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Artist: James Bay
Suggested Track: Let It Go

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From walking home and talking loads
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
From nervous touch and getting drunk
To staying up and waking up with you

Now we're sleeping near the edge
Holding something we don't need
All this delusion in our heads
Is gonna bring us to our knees

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

And I'll be me

From throwing clothes across the floor
To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you
If this is all we're living for
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore?

I used to recognize myself
It's funny how reflections change
When we're becoming something else
I think it's time to walk away

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

And I'll be me

Tryna fit your hand inside mine
When we know it just don't belong
'Cause no force on earth
Could make it feel right, no, woah

Tryna push this problem up the hill
When it's just too heavy to hold
Think now's the time to let it slide

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Let the ashes fall
Forget about me

Come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me?

And I'll be me

Oh, me, oh
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James Bay
Hailing from North Hertfordshire, a small English town, soulful singer and songwriter James Bay honed his craft of folk-pop music under the influence of Foy Vance, Ben Howard and
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James Bay lyrics - 63 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Let It Go", "All My Broken Pieces", "Us".
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James Bay – Let It Go
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James Bay (Ft. Julia Michaels) – Peer Pressure
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James Bay – One Life
[Verse 1] / All I wanna be / Is with you, in your arms / In our room, living small in a big house / I've been having dreams / Have you had them too? / I see me and you / By the
James Bay – Give Me The Reason
[Chorus] / Give me the reason / Am I staying or leaving? / Give me the reason to give it one more try / Don't wanna say goodbye / [Verse 1] / Feels like yesterday / You and I, we
Maisie Peters (Ft. James Bay) – Funeral
[Verse 1: James Bay] / I know it's not how you planned it / But that's not the worst thing in the world / I know that you're scared / 'Cause you think I'll let you down again / But
James Bay – Us
[Verse 1] / Sometimes I'm beaten / Sometimes I'm broke / ‘Cause sometimes this city is nothing but smoke / Is there a secret? / Is there a code? / Can we make it better? 'Cause I'm
James Bay – Endless Summer Nights
[Intro] / Ooh / [Verse 1] / In twenty-four hours in the back of a car / We'll be falling apart / So we're going all in, seven hundred percent / Before it gets dark / Bloodshot eyes
James Bay – Wanderlust
[Verse 1] / You get me high and low / No matter where I go, you're the first thing on my mind / We started to fade / I know I was supposed to call, I wasn't alone / And it was late
James Bay – Wild Love
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James Bay – Hold Back the River
English indie rocker James Bay released this song in 2014—the second single from his debut album Chaos and the Calm. The song had already gone platinum by the time full album came
James Bay – Bad
[Verse 1] / I know it hurts that we don't touch anymore / It's even worse because we built this from the floor / It's just as hard for me to know I might see you 'round / It's just
James Bay – Scars
This song is about James being apart from someone he loves and the struggle he faces during their separation. Also expressing his vow never to leave that person again. This is a
James Bay – Pink Lemonade
On “James Bay – Pink Lemonade (Behind The Scenes)”, Bay refers that the song is about “this massive urge and desire to escape (…)” completing with “that´s what the lyrics are about
James Bay – Save Your Love
[Chorus] / Save your love / For someone who's never gonna run / For someone who's there when you wake up / But be careful who you choose / 'Cause you still got a heart to lose / [
James Bay – In My Head
[Intro] / I'm gonna get you in my head, in my head, in my head / I'm gonna get you in my head 'til I can't forget / [Verse 1] / I'm fed up with this profile / I don't sleep, I'm
James Bay – Slide
[Verse 1] / From the hot strobe lights and the spiked punch bliss / And the long walks home in the dark we'll miss / Nobody teaches you how to reminisce / Nobody teaches you to
James Bay – Need the Sun to Break
[Verse 1] / I'm halfway gone / Sleepless, I'm battle worn / And you're all I want / So bring me the dawn / [Chorus] / I need the sun to break / You've woken up my heart, I'm
James Bay – Incomplete
[Verse 1] / I breathe in slow to compose myself / But the bleeding heart I left on the shelf / Started speeding now, beating half to death / 'Cause you're here and you're all mine
James Bay – I Found You
[Verse 1] / Blue is all I've ever really known / Playing records that I couldn't own / Walking fast into the ticket line / Walking slow to save a lonely night / [Pre-Chorus] / I'm
James Bay – Better
[Verse 1] / I grew up running from the best of me / And I'm still not sure just who I am supposed to be / So hold me again, before I fall / Hold tight, hold tight / I hung back in
James Bay – Stand Up
[Verse 1] / We were kids / Lookin' out into nothin' / Lookin' for a way to get around at night / We were kids / Holdin' out for a dream / We were born to be wild and free / Or sit
James Bay – Right Now
[Verse 1] / Hold me, hold me / Oh, I want to feel you now / Do we, do we / Do we ever need to doubt? / [Pre-Chorus 1] / We can do no wrong / So we must be long overdue a life
James Bay – Craving
This song alludes to a later track on Bay’s album (Clocks Go Forward), in which James feels trapped in his thoughts. After a bad breakup, he hides “under sheets, under heavy covers
James Bay – Nowhere Left To Go
[Verse 1] / Baby, when I see you up close / The wonders of the world don't come close / You're from another planet and I want you, I want to / Try to write around every curve / I'm
James Bay – Fade Out
[Verse 1] / Tell me what this is for you / 'Cause you only text me after 2 / I wanna just be done with you / But I call you back 'cause I'm a fool / Come get me when your promises
James Bay – Brilliant Still
[Intro] / For every time you hate yourself / For all the ways you gave yourself / When you can't look in the mirror, heart's ready to spill / I just wanna tell you that you're
James Bay – All My Broken Pieces
[Verse 1] / Tell me what it's like / To not wake up, wake up and wonder / Every single night / Always / I'm sat bolt upright / Watching her sleep, I wish I can join her / Every
James Bay & Alicia Keys – Us
[Verse 1: James Bay] / Sometimes I'm beaten / Sometimes I'm broke / ‘Cause sometimes this city is nothing but smoke / Is there a secret? Is there a code? / Can we make it better? '
James Bay – Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
[Intro] / Goodbye never felt so bad / [Verse 1] / Show me your smile, mine's got a crack in it / Hold me a while and a little while more / Tell me again, "This is not forever
James Bay – Best Fake Smile
Best Fake Smile is the fifth song on James Bay’s critically acclaimed debut album Chaos and the Calm. With an alluring acoustic sound, Bay tells the story of a waitress who is run
James Bay – Rescue
[Verse 1] / I found you all alone / I came to warm your bones / There were twenty million tears in your hands / You found me in the dark / You came to heal my scars / I was
James Bay – Heavy Handed
[Verse 1] / It's only getting harder / Talking to you without falling down / And this house keeps getting darker / We used to laugh, now all we do is shout / If we're cutting any
James Bay – Clocks Go Forward
[Verse 1] / Darkness bleeding in, the sun is getting low / No diamonds in the trees, only leaves of gold / And our long days in the heat haze starts to fade / [Chorus] / We can
James Bay – Silent Love
[Verse 1] / I still got your t shirt / At home / From when everybody / Stayed over / In the summer / Now it’s cold / And I still wanna let you know / [Verse 2] / I always found you
James Bay – If You Ever Want To Be In Love
“If You Ever Want To Be In Love” is a song which describes the emotions and struggles of teenagers who meet at school, feel attracted to each other, but are often too shy or
James Bay – Move Together
In an interview with Radio.com from November 2013, James says that Move Together “is a very personal story about my relationship with somebody very close to me, so it means a lot
James Bay – If I Ain’t Got You (James Bay Spotify Session 2015)
[Intro] / This is one of my favorite Alicia Keys' songs / [Verse 1] / Some people live for the fortune / Some people live just for the fame / Some people live for the power / Some
James Bay – We Used To Shine
[Verse 1] / Honesty, really is the hardest thing / And all the twisted truth you bring, won't let me in / Tell me how it ends / I long to be bold enough for bravery / 'Cause this
James Bay – Stealing Cars
[Verse 1] / All we need is a spark / A second chance, a lifeline / Waiting out in the dark / Holding out for a search light / [Chorus] / No, I don't know why seasons change / Or
James Bay – Sparks
Sparks, the second track on Bay’s third EP Hold Back The River,is a cautionary tale of a love that’s lost its luster. The passion that once kindled Bays relationship has now burned
James Bay – Chew On My Heart
[Verse 1] / Take your time, I'll be right here / I know no one could ever love me better / Take all night, you're the truth that is breaking me / And keeping me together, together
James Bay – Break My Heart Right
[Verse 1] / Tail lights and runways / We put on a brave face / We write down the details to make us feel safe / Cold on the mattress / Sad and alone / I think it's ten thousand
James Bay – Love Don't Hate Me
[Intro] / Woo-ooh-ooh (Woo-ooh-ooh) / Woo-ooh (Woo-ooh) / [Verse 1] / All the walls around you / They're built to keep me in, they're built to keep me out / All the nights we
James Bay – When We Were on Fire
[Verse 1] / Drifting apart, getting harder to hold you / Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold / Are we burning out? / Swept out of sight, rolling out on an ocean / Let
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Bay’s first full length album, Chaos and the Calm, was released May 23, 2015 with the help of Universal Records, including his well known ballads “Hold Back the River”, “Let It Go
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