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RestartSam Smith

Released: May 26, 2014

Songwriter: Sam Smith Zane Lowe

Producer: Zane Lowe

[Produced by Zane Lowe]

[Verse 1]
It was a Monday night when you told me it was over babe
And by the Friday night, I knew that I would be okay
Don't say it was a good thing
Don't say it was the right thing to do
Don't say it was the best thing for the both of us
When I'm the one playing the fool

[Chorus]
What do you want from me when I just want a restart?
You keep coming back for me when you're the one who tore us apart
And the truth is I'm better on my own
And I don't want to live in the past
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart

[Verse 2]
You've been lighting up my phone
Worried that I'll be alone tonight
Want to make sure that I'm fine
But baby you're not on my mind no more
I know it was the best thing for the both of us
Cause you're the one who looks like the fool

[Chorus]
What do you want from me when I just want a restart?
You keep coming back for me when you're the one who tore us apart
And the truth is I'm better on my own
And I don't want to live in the past
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart
What do you want from me when I just want a restart?
You keep coming back for me when you're the one who tore us apart
And the truth is I'm better on my own
And I don't want to live in the past
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart
So let me restart
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Sam Smith

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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