Leave The Ground
from Song-A-Week by Michael Shoup
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Welcome to the fifth episode of Song-A-Week!
This week, I got to co-write and collaborate with Paul Shearer who Produced my latest record, "Learning How To Live." It was certainly nice to get back into comfortable harmonic ground, and I think you'll see [hear] the superb polish that Paul brings to a song.
Big thanks to Chelsea for helping shoot this week!
Lyrics and Tech details below!
Welcome to the fifth episode of Song-A-Week!
This week, I got to co-write and collaborate with Paul Shearer who Produced my latest record, "Learning How To Live." It was certainly nice to get back into comfortable harmonic ground, and I think you'll see [hear] the superb polish that Paul brings to a song.
Big thanks to Chelsea for helping shoot this week!
Lyrics and Tech details below!
lyrics
LEAVE THE GROUND
She tells herself this is the last time
Like a hundred times before
She builds a house and hides it inside
But it keeps knocking down the door
It turns her somedays into maybes
It turns her maybes into doubt
She runs away into tomorrow
But today's her only one way out
CHORUS:
So, Take one step to the edge now
Eyes closed, holding your breath
You fall, you fall
Heart pounds out of your chest but
Can't stop, can't take a rest
You fall, you fall down
Can't fly until you leave the ground
Paralyzed she keeps her feet down
Afraid to let go of her pride
She knows she's running out of time now
Just gotta spread her wings and learn to fly
CHORUS
Can't fly until you leave the ground
Gotta start out lost so you'll be found
Can't fly until you leave the ground
CHORUS x2
She tells herself this is the last time
Like a hundred times before
She builds a house and hides it inside
But it keeps knocking down the door
It turns her somedays into maybes
It turns her maybes into doubt
She runs away into tomorrow
But today's her only one way out
CHORUS:
So, Take one step to the edge now
Eyes closed, holding your breath
You fall, you fall
Heart pounds out of your chest but
Can't stop, can't take a rest
You fall, you fall down
Can't fly until you leave the ground
Paralyzed she keeps her feet down
Afraid to let go of her pride
She knows she's running out of time now
Just gotta spread her wings and learn to fly
CHORUS
Can't fly until you leave the ground
Gotta start out lost so you'll be found
Can't fly until you leave the ground
CHORUS x2
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from Song-A-Week,
released February 1, 2011
TECH SPECS
Shot with an iPhone 4 using an Owle Bubo. Editing done in Final Cut Pro and extra audio editing in Logic by Mr. Paul Shearer.
ABOUT SONG-A-WEEK
Song-A-Week is a weekly video blog where I take submissions / ideas from readers of my blog and pick one [or a few] each week to write a song about. Viewers can submit ideas at the URL above, and a new song will be posted every Tuesday.
TECH SPECS
Shot with an iPhone 4 using an Owle Bubo. Editing done in Final Cut Pro and extra audio editing in Logic by Mr. Paul Shearer.
ABOUT SONG-A-WEEK
Song-A-Week is a weekly video blog where I take submissions / ideas from readers of my blog and pick one [or a few] each week to write a song about. Viewers can submit ideas at the URL above, and a new song will be posted every Tuesday.
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Michael Shoup Nashville, Tennessee
My mother calls me Michael. My friends call me Shoup.
A Songwriter, Storyteller, Pixel Manipulator, and Entropic Strategist, I make music and tools for others like myself.
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