 Genius Lyrics
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Different Kind Of Beautiful
|
|
[Intro] / You're a different kind of beautiful, the kind that makes me scared / The kind that makes me turn around and act like I'm not there / The kind that takes my breath away
|
|
Alec Benjamin – If I Killed Someone For You
|
|
Alec relives the story of being madly in love and willing to do anything to keep that. The one he kills is the old him which he thought the girl wouldn’t like as much. This turned
|
|
Alec Benjamin – The Way You Felt
|
|
[Chorus] / The way you felt in my arms, our chemistry was sacred / Oh, I fell for your charm, I was so infatuated / But you left me in the dark and my heart completely vacant / Now
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Older
|
|
[Verse 1] / I'm not prepared for the future / So many things that I just don't know / I cut my hair, bought a new shirt, new pair of shoes and / It's time to go / I finally found
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Devil Doesn't Bargain
|
|
The song talks about an abusive relationship. Alec is trying to convince a friend to let go of an abusive partner, but they’re convinced that they will change. Alec has said that
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Boy In The Bubble
|
|
In “The Boy In The Bubble”, Alec Benjamin relates his childhood experiences of being bullied and reflects on the ultimate impact on his bully. Alec flips perspectives in verse 3
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Crazy
|
|
Track 3 off of Alec banjamin’s Animal mixtape.
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Shadow Of Mine
|
|
On “Shadow of mine” Alec Benjamin explores his continuous attempts to escape his problems but he keeps failing as he comes to terms with it.
The track employs a piano beat that
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – America
|
|
[Verse 1] / You've been hanging your conscious on the fence / 'Cause you can't hold it / An empty promise laid to rest / A life is stolen / And there will be no consequence / For
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Jesus in LA
|
|
‘'Jesus In LA’‘ is a song by Alec Benjamin about the music industry. When he moved to LA and left his friends and family in Arizona, he thought he could find happiness. But when
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Mind Is A Prison
|
|
On the slow-paced “Mind Is A Prison,” Alec Benjamin sings about being stuck in his head with his thoughts. He first performed the song during various concerts on his Caught in the
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Outrunning Karma
|
|
[Verse 1] / Outrunning karma / That boy, he's such a charmer / All the bugs and their larva / Follow him out to Colorado / Ten dozen hearts in a bag / Their bodies lying / He'll
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Feed
|
|
[Verse 1] / You've got that flesh between your teeth, got the dirt beneath your nails / You've got that hunger in your eyes, the one that never seems to fail / Now I can feel it
|
|
Alec Benjamin – I Built a Friend
|
|
[Verse 1] / I built a friend / With three pieces of plastic and a pen / I made him on the table in the den / I gave him my old cell phone for a head, for a head / And we spent
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Demons
|
|
“Demons” is the first release of Alec in 2020, followed by “Mind is a Prison” in just under a month.
The song was first performed on an Instagram live on October 23, 2019, and it
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Pretending
|
|
[Verse 1] / In this masquerade, she can't feel the pain / Cover up her heart, with a little paint / While he's pulling out a flask, to hide it all away / There's nothing left to
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Paper Crown
|
|
Every time her “kingdom” falls down is when she breaks down, puts her walls up, and refuses to ever let anyone in to hurt her again or break her heart again. Alec ties the
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Beautiful Pain
|
|
In an interview in 2012, Alec Benjamin revealed that he had written “Beautiful Pain” at only 16 years old after the death of his grandpa to whom this song is dedicated to.
It’s a
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Death Of A Hero
|
|
On an interview with the Zach Sang Show, Alec said that this song was about the day where a musician whom he looked up to very much did something he didn’t exactly approve of
|
|
Alec Benjamin – 1994
|
|
Though “1994” is the last track of Alec’s album Narrated for you, it is the oldest one out of the 12 since he wrote it when he was only 18.
It is a hard-hitting, soulful song
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Must Have Been The Wind
|
|
Before the release of “Must Have Been the Wind” on June 13, Alec’s shared an acoustic version of the beginning of “Must Have Been the Wind” on his Instagram.
Alec narrates a story
|
|
Dream & Alec Benjamin – Change My Clothes
|
|
“Change My Clothes” is about how content creator Dream and American singer Alec Benjamin have big dreams, but just can’t seem to bring it out from their comfort zone, fearing
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Stan
|
|
‘'Stan’‘ is a cover of Eminem’s song with the same name. Alec Benjamin often performs this song during his concerts.
In that song, Eminem corresponds with a stalkerish fan who
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Water Fountain
|
|
According to this song, Alec Benjamin is talking about a girl he liked, and they had met at a water fountain. He soon finds out the girl is with another guy. Therefore, Alec goes
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Swim
|
|
“Swim” is the 5th song of Alec Benjamin’s first album Narrated for You.
While previous songs of the album have mainly been about love and its difficulties and the lyrics of “Swim
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Wrinkles
|
|
[Verse 1] / Wrinkles / Tributaries like the Nile / Picture frames around your smile / Reminds me that it's been a while / And your wrinkles / A demonstration of the weather / An
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Steve
|
|
In this song, Alec Benjamin tells us about one of the problems he sees within the society. The message is formed directly in the chorus:
Oh you want what you can’t have
But you’ve
|
|
Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other
|
|
“If We Have Each Other” opens Alec Benjamin’s first full-length mixtape, Narrated For You. The song was originally released as a single on July 26, 2018.
In this song dedicated to
|
|
Alec Benjamin (Ft. Call Me Karizma) – "Simple Song" (tour song)
|
|
[Verse 1: Alec Benjamin] / The seasons they don't change here / And sometimes I miss cold weather / And it's hard to be next to her / When it's hot out in december / But I am
|
|
Alec Benjamin – I Sent My Therapist To Therapy
|
|
[Verse 1] / He said / "Take a seat over there, on the chair by the couch / Tell me what you've been thinking about / There's nothing you can say that's out of bounds / You can
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Alamo
|
|
[Intro] / Alright / [Verse 1] / Please give me a reason to believe all the lies / 'Cause my teachers and the media are ghouls in disguise / Abusing their authority to proselytize
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Dopamine Addict
|
|
[Verse 1] / Six months clean off the dopamine / Threw my phone through the wall / My friends can't get a hold of me / Just a dial tone when they call / [Pre-Chorus] / Chills and
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – O.I.N.V.
|
|
In “O.I.N.V.” the speaker is in love with a girl that rejected him and now he has to see her with another man and wishes he was the one she choose.
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Annabelle’s Homework
|
|
Alec Benjamin talks about his affection for Annabelle, a girl he goes to school with. Alec desperately tries to get her attention and have her fall in love with him, going as far
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Match In The Rain
|
|
[Verse 1] / Seems you've been changing lately / I can feel the distance in your touch / There's two people in this hallway / But there's only one of us / That's tryna keep this
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Gabriel
|
|
[Verse 1] / Gabriel the oldest son / He praised the Lord and married young / Became a priest and at confession / Cured the people of transgression / Gabriel he held the weight / Of
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Gotta Be A Reason
|
|
In “Gotta Be A Reason,” Alec Benjamin narrates the stories of two characters: a former army general, traumatized by war and the death of his friend, and a failed actress that was
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Nuance
|
|
[Intro] / Da-dum / Da-dum / Ba-ba-da-dum / [Verse 1] / Nuance was an old friend that everyone forgot / After graduation, he became an afterthought / We threw a cocktail party and
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Deniro
|
|
Alec expresses dissatisfaction about the minor role he plays and not having control, then decides to do his best and make the most out of his role.
The song’s meaning on the
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – I’m Not A Cynic
|
|
[Verse 1] / I'm just being realistic, being honest with myself / I've tried being optimistic, but it doesn't seem to help / So, I'll just have to admit this is the hand that I've
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Hipocrite
|
|
[Verse 1] / It's hip to be a hypocrite, well, that's how it seems / Sayin' and portrayin' things you don't really mean / All talk, no walk / You can be a winner with no skin in the
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – One Wrong Turn
|
|
[Verse 1] / I knew a guy, let's call him Jeff / He had a wife that up and left / Last Thursday night, she saw his texts / And she was mortified / It wasn't right, though he
|
|
Alec Benjamin – The Wolf and the Sheep
|
|
[Verse 1] / Everybody has to get older / Even Jenny / She's just nineteen, young and naive / She wants to find a way to be endless / Fight the science, in defiance, and be timeless
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Six Feet Apart
|
|
[Verse 1] / They say distance is relative / And relative to relatives I have / I'd say I'm relatively close / To breaking down / Because right now / I feel so alone / I've been
|
|
|
Alec Benjamin – Just Like You
|
|
[Verse 1] / When I was younger, I would argue with my dad / Tell him that I hated him when I was talking back / Blocked his number, can't believe that I did that / Oh, I didn't
|
