Sam Smith

Released: May 15, 2015

Songwriter: Victoria Hemmings William John Pearce John Conlon

Producer: Berger & Shaqiri

[Verse 1]
What is your angle
Well, I hear your [view?]
I know that you whisper with
The minds that think like you
A mystery lived and breathed
From the day that I could see
Even I've no concept
Of the rage inside of me

[Bridge]
Sweet as the comfort of my
Everlasting peace
No bad religion
Just me and my beliefs
I was my [light?]
And now I am my [word/world?]

[Chorus]
And I've no desire to share my life
With little tin buddhas

[Verse 2]
Ask me your questions
Take me as you will
No thought can be sacred now
So sacrifice your kill
I see more fear in you
Then I breed within myself
Do you possess existence
And call it something else?

[Bridge]
Sweet as the comfort of my
Realizing [well?]
A misguided trust
Of those who are not
Of this world
I was my [light?]
And now I am my [world?]

[Chorus]
And I've no desire to share my life
With little tin buddhas
And I've no desire to share my life
With little tin buddhas

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.

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