LYRICS
You only want me to mold to something I'm not
You say: "No, Just a different kind of you.
I'll just re-shape your heart, re-structure your bones
re-program your brain to think the way that I want you to"

So I'll play this charade for now
'Cause I'm not ready to admit you don't love me like this

Love me, Hold me, Tell me that you need me
Kiss me, Touch me, Call me just to hear me breathe
Fight for me, don't lie to me, oh,
That's all I wanted...

I'm trying to write that I hate you for all that you've done
The way you manipulate me and abuse my love
But my stubborn tongue will let me sing you no harm

My ears crave the words you refused to say
But it was good to pretend you did, anyway
My ears crave those three words you never meant to say
But it felt good to pretend like you did, anyway

I've got to let this go
I've got to let this go
I've got to let this go
I've got to let you go

'cause I was never what you wanted, was I?
No.

© Erin Shay, 2012

All I Wanted (international Artist Night Live)

LYRICS
six thousand k's away from you
and I'm not quite sure what I'm to do
It's a little too far for comfortable
But we do what we gotta to pull through

The passing days pave my way home
I count them down but for now

Without You I'm a little short of whole
Without You I feel so alone
Without You my life is a glass not quite full
Without You.

Another memory of you
breaks my heart in ways I can't undo
It's a little too much that I can't feel your touch
but our love is enough to pull through

Sure it may be easier to dream of another
but I don't want any other man but you
It may be tough, it may be tough to see the light at the end of the tunnel
But if you love me, baby,
if you just love me, baby, we'll make it through

© Erin Shay, April 2011

Without You (acoustic Demo Live)

LYRICS
Predictive life outcomes At the age of 5 
He's gonna be a football star, She'll find a cure for time 

They look down at this young blonde girl
unaffected by her smile 
They shake their heads
'She just won't cut it' 

We try so hard to challenge our fate, yeah. 
Success will be such sweet revenge, yeah. 
We'll fight the odds that tell us we can't be what we want to be 
We try so hard to challenge our fate, yeah. 

He's not in love with me, he only wants this body
He tells me: 
"Who do you think you are? 
There's no way you'll ever make it 
Find something stable"

He breaks through my thin-skinned soul 
unaffected by my guitar 
He shakes his head: "You just won't cut it" 
Won't cut it? Guess what? Those words mean nothing to me 

Don't tell me I'm not the one 
I'll prove your stupid sorry ass wrong 
And when I do, When I do 
I'll wave to you from the top

© Erin Shay, 2009

Sweet Revenge (This Heart EP)

LYRICS
I love the way my hair falls across my face
Just so that you can brush it away
You trace your fingertips lightly along my lips
And you pull, pull, pull me down to catch my kiss

And, oh, I love moments like these with you
Oh, lets make this last a little longer

Lay here with me tonight
Fight off the urge to close our eyes
Hold me tight 'cause in 9 days time
I gotta go

We could just stay right here in bed all day
Playing guitars and sing 'Paperweight'
Grab the phone, we'll order in
kick back playing X-Box games
Nobody gets me this way 
and you know no-one gets you like I do

I know sometimes I can fall off track
And it might push you back
I'm starting to question if I'm self-sabotating
for melodic inspiration

Oh for now, for now let's just forget about that
'Cause I love this moment right here with you
For now, For now lets make this last forever

We could just stay right here..

The Interim (For Now) - Live Feat. Richard James Long

LYRICS
I can't find the right way to say all I'm feeling 
And I can't find the right time to let you know I don't want to let you go 

I can't find the right words to express all these thoughts in my head 
And I can't find the right emotion to show how much I love you so 

I want to hold on forever to you 
Don't want to hear that's a day too long for me to 
I'll hold on forever to you 
Don't want to hear that's a day too long 

I know you can see right through my eyes ,right through the lies 
And I, I can't deny it, I've tried to fight it 
But I'm scared of what life would be like without you by my side 

I'll hold on forever you you 
Don't want to hear that's a day too long for me to 
I know I'll hold on forever to you 
Don't want to hear that's a day too long 

I don't believe in impossible anymore 
I've got pictures of you tattooed on my brain 
I don't believe in impossible anymore 
I've got pictures of you, that's all I need
That's all I need to believe that we'll meet again

A Day Too Long *bonus track* (This Heart EP)

LYRICS
He used to treat me so bad;
Kick me out, leave me crying and stranded 
10 minutes, you'd be there to pick me up and drive me home 
You'd call to make sure I'm okay in the morning 
But since he's been gone it seems you've moved on 

every weekend moving on and on and on like a Pawn;
A King no more 

I'm not in love with you 
Just with the memory of who you used to be before 
But that ain't you anymore 
I'm not in love with you 
You're just a boy I once knew grown up into a man-whore 
I don't love you anymore 

Remember film marathons? 
Phone calls that started at midnight 
And went on until the first ray of sunlight 
Now when did all of that change? 
I'll tell you when, and don't you dare say his name 
You shrugged me off; got too cool and moved on 

every weekend moving on and on and on like a Pawn;
A King no more
You're my King no more

© Erin Shay, 2009

I Don't Love You (This Heart EP)

LYRICS

Let's go back a year, I'll set the scene: It's 3 in the morning
You say you're out with friends, but your ex-girlfriend's car
Is in your driveway

You won't answer the phone, you won't come to the door
You act like you're not home but I can see you through the window
You're caught out again, you come out without shame
You say the blame is mine, but this is not my lie

I was never good enough for you
Not pretty enough for you
Not smart or dumb, not cool or fun
Not woman enough for you

3 weeks later you apologise and you feed me your lies
But the next chance you get I turn my head
and you're swapping tongues down the back of the club

You're caught out again; you come out without shame
You say the blame is mine, well, that's fine
'Cause I'll find better next time

Erin Shay

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