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Artist: Sam Fender
Track: Seventeen Going Under

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I remember the sickness was forever
I remember snuff videos
Cold Septembers, the distances we covered
The fist fights on the beach, the bizzies round us up
Do it all again next week
An embryonic love
The first time that it scarred
Embarrass yourself for someone
Crying like a child
And the boy who kicked Tom's head in
Still bugs me now
That's the thing, it lingers
And claws you when you're down

I was far too scared to hit him
But I would hit him in a heartbeat now
That's the thing with anger
It begs to stick around
So it can fleece you of your beauty
And leave you spent with nowt to offer
Makes you hurt the ones who love you

You hurt them like they're nothing
(Oh, oh)
You hurt them like they're nothing
(Oh, oh)
You hurt them like they're nothing
(Oh, oh)

See I spent my teens enraged
Spiralin' in silence
And I armed myself with a grin
'Cause I was always the fuckin' joker
Buried in their humor
Amongst the white noise and boys' boys
Locker-room talkin' lads' lads
Drenched in cheap drink and snide fags
A mirrored picture of my old man
Oh God, the kid's a dab hand
Canny chanter, but he looks sad

God, the kid looks so sad
God, the kid looks so sad

She said the debt, the debt, the debt
So I thought about shifting gear
And how she wept and wept and wept
Well, luck came and died 'round here
I see my mother
The DWP see a number
She cries on the floor encumbered
I'm seventeen going under

I'm seventeen going under
(Oh, oh)
I'm seventeen going under (oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
I'm seventeen going under (oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
I'm seventeen going under (oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
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Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under
“Seventeen Going Under” is the lead single from Sam Fender’s second album and describes the struggles he had at age 17. The song was first performed on August 13th 2020 in
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Sam Fender – Howdon Aldi Death Queue
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Sam Fender – Get You Down
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Sam Fender – Mantra
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Camp Cope – Seventeen Going Under
[Verse 1] / I remember sickness was forever / I remember snuff videos / Cold Septembers / The distances we covered / The first time on the beach / The cops would round us up / Do
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Sam Fender – Pretending That You're Dead
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Sam Fender – Aye
[Verse 1] / They don't act up for the camera / They just sit back and command them / And collect and deflect and abandon / They even wrote all the Ten Commandments / They watched
Sam Fender – Good Company
The song juxtaposes the best and worst of himself, but he concludes that he always ends up giving the love interest of the song his worst side. Debuted in Hamburg on the 5th March
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[Verse 1] / This town is a world of waifs and strays / Comedy giants, penniless heroes / Dead men at the bar, I've drank with them all / Through misadventure and drag / But I'm
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[Verse 1] / Call me your little bull of blithe / Call me the twinkle in your eye / You sing Sam-I-Am / Washed his face in a frying pan / And I was your little bull of blithe / [
Sam Fender – Alright
[Verse 1] / Something changed at twenty-four / Spent my days moving to and fro / From the bed to the bathroom floor / Tear away my rancid skin / This must be penance for my evasion
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (Traducción al Español)
[Letra de "Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1] / Recuerdo, la enfermedad duró para siempre / Recuerdo, los videos snuff / Septiembres fríos
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[Spoken Intro] / Alright, this song, hum, we pretend to walk off-stage and you guys, I hope you know what to do, we might pretend to walk off-stage. I hate fucking encores, that's
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Sam Fender – Will We Talk? (Live From Finsbury Park)
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Sam Fender – Mantra (Live From Finsbury Park)
[Spoken Intro] / I've always wanted to play this next song just as the sun sets and so finally we'll have that right now / [Verse 1] / "Please stop tryin' to impress people who don
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Building upon this Brit Award winning artist’s theme of ‘starting again’ with society, toxic masculinity and the possibility of redemption, Sam Fender released “Hypersonic
Sam Fender – Saturday
[Verse 1] / Overtired, overworked, underpaid, under pressure / Always tying up loose ends / The unchained melody out of tune, remedy for the weekend / To cure the weekday blues
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Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender
Seventeen Going Under is Sam Fender’s second studio album, released on October 8th 2021. The album explores Sam’s upbringing and how it’s undeniably crept into his current-day
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Sam Fender
Born April 25th 1994, Sam Fender is a singer-songwriter from North Shields near Newcastle, England. In March 2017, Fender self-released his debut single, “Play God”. Despite the
Sam Fender Songs
Sam Fender has 83 songs with the most popular being Seventeen Going Under, Hypersonic Missiles and The Borders.