Cover art for Life Is Not the Same by James Blake

Life Is Not the Same

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Aug. 19, 20211 viewer41.9K views

Life Is Not the Same Lyrics

[Intro]
Daytrip took it to ten (Hey)

[Verse 1]
I played the ones you know
I took you all the way
But that was yesterday
I wore your favorite clothes
I said the things you'd say
But that was yesterday

[Pre-Chorus]
So if you loved me so much
Why'd you go? (Why'd you go?)
Keep yourself back
Keep on lying, oh
I can only be what I am
Dive in, smiling

[Chorus]
Life is not the same
If we're miles away
I was your champion
I did everything your way

[Verse 2]
We both swim out to sea
You lost me willingly
But that was yesterday
(That was yesterday)
You knew it would get dark
You made sure I would need you
In every way
[Pre-Chorus]
So if you loved me so much
Why'd you go? (Why'd you go?)
Keep yourself back
Keep on lying, oh
I can only be what I am
Dive in, smiling

[Chorus]
Life is not the same
If we're miles away
I was your champion
I did everything your way
Life is not the same
If we're miles away
I was your champion
I did everything to help you stay

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Genius Answer

You meet some people and they can just have an effect on you. It could be that they just sparkle, and you’ve got no idea why, but you’re doing things differently, or saying different stuff to impress them, and it doesn’t mean you’re weak or easily influenced—well, maybe it means you’re easily influenced a little bit—but it takes a special person to do that. I can take accountability for being willing to bend for someone. Certain people, for example, have taught me that I needed to develop a thicker skin and that I was too ready to give up control to someone else. I clearly needed to have more self-belief, because if I was so easily swayed then maybe I’d miscalculated my own self-worth.

—via Apple Music

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Recorded At
No Idle Campus, Los Angeles, CA, US
Release Date
August 19, 2021
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