Shamir - On My Own

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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Shamir - "On My Own," a 2020 self-released single.

I don't mind to live all on my own

and I never did...

I don't care to feel like I belong

But you always did…

Following the release of his sixth full-length album Cataclysm, Shamir returns with the appropriately-titled stand-alone single "On My Own," where the Philadelphia-based artist asserts his independence against a '90s-influenced guitar-pop melody. It's a sneak peek at another forthcoming full-length slated to come out this Fall.

The song was inspired by a recent break-up. He told Rolling Stone magazine, “I wrote ‘On My Own’ last summer after a breakup as a way to remind myself that while it sucked to lose someone I was getting used to, at least I’m an introvert. But considering the pandemic, it’s also morphed into an accidental quarantine anthem, especially for the people who live alone like me.”

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0:00.0	The I said. I used to think that love was linked to you
0:27.0	in just to run.
0:30.0	But just to a way. But it's a cosmic in love me to use.
0:37.0	It may not work in our name.
0:40.0	It may not be. never worth it nothing.
0:45.0	Maybe it's just a little more.
0:50.0	And life will get easier.
0:58.0	I don't believe the life anymore. We'll be born in with my words.
1:02.0	So I don't like to live up on my own.
1:09.0	And I never did.
1:12.0	I don't care to feel like I feel like I feel like you are
1:17.0	you are still. I always thought my heart was freezing
1:31.0	and I was cold.
1:32.0	And I was cold. an ice cold
1:34.0	and I refuse to fucking suffer
1:39.0	just you feel home now I know.
1:45.0	Maybe I can find the one.
1:48.0	Maybe I can't find the one.
1:51.0	And what is the same? I'm going to watch my smooth.
1:55.0	I think you might feel like in your mind.
2:00.0	I need an effort to tell for the self-press
2:05.0	I don't mind to live all my own.
	...

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