Cover art for By Your Side by CLAiRE T.

By Your Side

CLAiRE T.
Track 10 on Alchemy 
Jan. 10, 20201 viewer

By Your Side Lyrics

So here I am drinking this boxed wine
The one I tried for the first time
That first night that I spent with you
You had a bottle of Jack
And I had all the things you lacked
Or so it seemed?
Baby, we were doomed from the start
Bound to fall apart
Remember when I asked you to be mine?
And then I didn't see you for quite some time
And by the time that you got home
You had problems of your own
Ain’t that just how it works sometimes

And if you only knew
Darling, what you put me through

I've tried to move on &
I've made some new plans but
Still having such a hard time
Getting over this ex
How do I replace you?
Press a button just erase you
Cuz now I’ve had enough
But my heart's not giving up
Here I am waiting up again
Same old story, you think I'd learn
But also I thought maybe you'd play pretend
Apologize for how it all got in the end
Cuz I know
We both did things we're not proud of
If you only knew
Darling, what you've put me through
Ever since that first night, babe
You've had me By Your Side
So let me be a part of this ride... cuz

I've tried to move on &
I’ve made some new plans but
Still having such a hard time
Getting over this ex
How do I replace you?
Press a button just erase you
Cuz now I’ve had enough
But my heart's not giving up

Babe I know you’ve had it rough
And it's late now, we're both drunk
But if you only knew
Darling, I think you would put it all aside
Still wanna be the one By Your Side
By Your Side ...

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this track shares a title with Sade’s hit By Your Side, and while this song has a totally different feel, Sade acted as one of the many production influences for me which is why it’s worth mentioning. also, the original demo I made sampled the intro to Lovers Rock, but I pulled that part to avoid any complications. so that being said, this track has always kinda felt like it was missing something, but I couldn’t bring myself to cut it completely from the project…
it paints the (arguably pathetic) picture of the night I first spent with the person these songs are based on, and sets the tone for how I felt for a long time afterward.

     sitting, waiting, wishing...

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January 10, 2020
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