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Everything Is Recorded - Close But Not Quite (ft. Sampha) [Official Music Video]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Everything Is Recorded
Everything Is Recorded
Performer
Sampha Sisay
Sampha Sisay
Vocals
Richard Russell
Richard Russell
Programming
John Foyle
John Foyle
Programming
Baluji Shrivastav
Baluji Shrivastav
Sitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Songwriter
Sampha Sisay
Sampha Sisay
Songwriter
Richard Russell
Richard Russell
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Russell
Richard Russell
Producer
John Foyle
John Foyle
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Fate lets you fall into her arms without a word
And only the size of your breath that hurts
I'm not one to go to church
But you made me believe in something more than hurt
[Verse 2]
I feel like I don't have the words
I feel like I don't have the words
Because I can't speak
Am I so naive?
I feel like I don't have the words
Because I can't speak
[Verse 3]
Of these words I've tried to recite
They are close but not quite
Of these words I've tried to recite
They are close but not quite
[Verse 4]
I'm so misunderstood
I'm so misunderstood
I'm so misunderstood
I'm so misunderstood
I don't know what to believe in
[Verse 5]
I guess your eyes said enough
I guess your sigh said enough
All of these words, no they can't express pain
It's like my life ended, there's no words that I've learned
[Verse 6]
Oh and these are just words
And they can't express pain
These are just words
Oh, words
That can't express the pain
The pain in my soul
[Verse 7]
Speak the unspoken
A monster got woken up and now, now I'm in his part
[Verse 8]
Of these words I've tried to recite
They are close but not quite
Almost impossible to do
Reciting the makings of you
Written by: Curtis Mayfield, Richard Russell, Sampha Sisay

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