Beat The Odds (Acoustic)

Story Behind The Song

Self-produced so other mixes/edits available on short notice. Original version at friendsofsteve.bandcamp.com

Song Description

Shimmering, slow acoustic ballad about having hope, then losing it

Song Length 3:31 Genre Folk - Alternative, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking, Moving Subject Breaking Up, Heartbreak
Similar Artists Ryan Adams, The Stills Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

I just want to hold you
I get so cold when I'm near you
When I try to reach you
I get an elbow from you

I don't know why I'm here
Or if I can last another year / But I'll stay another year
And though I cry, I might break down and try
To hope that we can beat the odds

This uncertainty
Is what's killing me
Why can't you just leave
And leave me be

I don't know why I'm here
Or if I can last another year / But I'll stay another year
And though I cry, I might break down and try
To hope that we can beat the odds

Now I don't want to see you
(My worlds are colliding)
I don't want you to care
(My sanity is sliding)
The thought of you is a weight
(Into the depths of despair)
That I can't bear
(Where it all seems unfair)

Chorus

I don't think we beat the odds
I'd like to think we beat the odds

Lyrics Stephen Kirk Donnelly Music Stephen Kirk Donnelly
Producer Stephen Kirk Donnelly Publisher Author published
Performance Friends of Steve Label Independent

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