Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

I was the one,
who would always
jump in first
Didn't think twice
to look behind
Got such a good feeling,
just from playing
in the dirt
Once,
when I was little

We could build a rocket,
fly to the moon
Leave Tuesday morning,
and be back for noon
There wasn't nothing,
nothing that we couldn't do
Once, when I was little umm
Once, when I was little

Yeah I could dream more then
Yeah I believed more then
That the world
could only get better
Yeah I was free more then
I could pretend more then
That this life could
only show me good times
Once, when I was little
umm ohh lalala

There was a time
when I trusted everyone
Yes I did
There was no place
that I would not go oh no
Spend a day on the hillside
next to the holly mo
Oh once, when I was little
Yea once, when I, I was little

Yeah I could dream more then
Yeah I believe more then
That this world
could only get better
Yeah I was free more then
I could pretend more then
That this life could
only show me good times
Once, when I was little

Used to feel so strong
Even when they tell me,
tell me I was wrong
That I can't live
in a magic world
Cause it's time
for me to grow up
That I got to be
like the rest of them
When I know
there acting up ohh

I could believe more
then yes I could
I could pretend more then
That this life could
only get better
I could believe more
then yes I could
I could pretend more then

That this world could
only show me good times
Once, when I was little
When I was little

So here comes the next one,
the next in line
Stay as young you can,
for the longest time
Cause those days flew by
Like a breeze
just passing through
Once, when I was little

1. 07 - Once When I Was Little.mp3

"Once When I Was Little" Live On T4 Special

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

mmmm
there's so much craziness surrounding me
there's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
you make it real for me
well im not sure of my priorities
ive lost site of where im ment to be
and like holy water washing over me

you make it real for me
and IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
youuu are the only one who save me
that's whyyy ive been missing you lately
cause you make it real for me

when my head is strong but my heart is weak
im full of hurricanes and uncertainty
but I can find the words
you teach my heart to speak

you make it real for meee yeaaa
and iiiiiiiiii'm running to you baby
you are the only one who save me
that's whyyy ive been missing you lately
cause you make it real for me

everybodies talking in words
I don't understand
you got to be the only one
who knows just who I am
and you shine in the distance
I hope I can make it through
cause the only place
that I want to be
is right back home with you

I guess theres so much more
I have to learn
But if you're here with me
I know which way to turn
You always give me somewhere,
somewhere I can learn

You make it real for me
And iiiii'm running to you baby
Cause you are the only one who save me
That's why ive been missing you lately
Cause you make it real for me
you make it real for me

'Songs For You Truth For Me' 앨범은 영국 앨범차트 3위, 미국 앨범차트 49위.
"You Make It Real" 곡은 영국 싱글차트 7위 기록.

1. 03 - You Make It Real.mp3

"You Make It Real" M/V

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

I don't know where I crossed the line
Was it something that I said
Or didn't say this time
And I don't know if it's me or you
But I can see the skies are changing
In all the shades of blue
And I don't know which way it's gonna go

If it's gonna be a rainy day
There's nothing we can do to make it change
We can pray for sunny weather
But that won't stop the rain
Feeling like you got no place to run
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
We can make this last forever
So please don't stop the rain

(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain

I thought that time was on our side
I've put in far too many years
To let this pass us by
You see life is a crazy thing
There'll be good time and there'll be bad times
And everything in between
And I don't know which way it's gonna go

If it's gonna be a rainy day
There's nothing we can do to make it change
We can pray for sunny weather
But that won't stop the rain
Feeling like you got no place to run
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
We can make this last forever
So please don't stop the rain

(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain

Oh ...
And finally what life's it's all about
Yeah I know you just can't stand it
When things don't go your way
But we've got no control over what happens anyway

If it's gonna be a rainy day
There's nothing we can do to make it change
We can pray for sunny weather
But that won't stop the rain
Feeling like you got no place to run
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
We can make this last forever
So please don't stop the rain

(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Please don't stop the rain

(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Can't stop it, can't stop it, just can't stop the rain
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Let it fall, please don't stop the rain

1. 04 - Please Don't Stop The Rain.mp3

"Please Don't Stop The Rain" Live on T4

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

I'm trying to change
To make the best for us
But I'm just the same
Same as I ever was

Oh and if you stay with me
Honestly it's what I want
But if you stay with me
I know I had too much

So won't you save, save yourself
By leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out, don't listen to it
It's all in my heart
Save yourself, its all in my heart

So tell me I'm wrong
Please won't you change my mind
This love's so intense
Sometimes it can leave you blind

Oh and if you stay with me
Honestly it's what I want
But if you stay with me
I know I had too much

So won't you save, save yourself
By leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out, don't listen to it
It's all in my heart (save yourself)
Yeah its all in my heart (save yourself)

And I don't wanna let you go
But I know that it's the right thing to do baby
And I don't think I'm that strong to say goodbye
I don't wanna see you cry

So won't you save, save yourself
By leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out, don't listen to it
It's all in my heart (save yourself)
It's all in my heart (save yourself)
Yeah it's all in my heart
Yeah it's all in my heart

Only, only in my heart 

1. 02 - Save Yourself.mp3

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

When I was young and I was a victim of a killing smile
Love was cheap and it was great for a little while
I had to leave but she wanted me to stay
Now and she ripped of my shirt and left her marks of her distain

I just can't take it no more
I can't spend another night alone
I can't take it no more

If this is where we ended up
Then I refuse to be so hard on myself this time
If everything I have is gone
Then what is wrong with spending time with you

I keep you warm and you hold me tight
This might be our only night
Be our only night
Oh I can't give up
No no, no no

I tried to reconcile but it never made a difference
If you could cut the atmosphere with a knife, it was so tense and cold
And everytime I tried to get a little closer to you
You got further and further away from me until you faded into the distance

Yes you did
There's nothing I could do

If this is where we ended up
Then I refuse to be so hard on myself this time
If everything I have is gone
Then what is wrong with spending time with you

I keep you warm and you hold me tight
Cause this might be our only night
This might be our only night
I can't spend another night alone

If this is where I ended up
Then I refuse to be so hard on myself this time
If everything I have was gone
Then what is wrong with spending time with you

If this is where we ended up
Then I refuse to be so hard on myself this time
If everything I have is gone
Then what is wrong with spending time with you

Keep me warm and I'll hold you tight
Cause this might be our only night

Oh yeah, be our only night
Let me hold you like I want to
We might never get a chance again
Oh I can't give up

1. 01 - The Only Night.mp3

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

Let me hold you
For the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me
Now I can't feel anything

When I love you,
It's so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking,
It's the voice of someone else

Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

Oh what are we doing
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train when it's too late

Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell something that ain't real

Well the truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

But we're running through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late (too late)

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I cant tell you something that ain't real

Well truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last chance to feel again

1. 05 - Broken Strings (Feat. Nelly Furtado).mp3

"Broken Strings" Live on the T4 SPECIAL aired from Uk C4 Tv Channel

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

I can tell you now
When I'm here to listen
To what I've got to say
All my words unplanned
Just like us they are waiting
To come together
I don't know if we're ready to take our train

Oh I, oh I, I'm gonna fix this world up for you
I'll try, I'll try to build it all around you
You'll never gonna have to be alone
You'll always know you got someone
To fix the world up for you

Well I've been out getting wrong
More times that I get it right
That I won't even realize it
But I've been doing all I can
To stop your falling
Even now I'm holding my breath for you

But you don't know, you don't know
That I'm ready to hold you now, hold you now

Oh I, oh I, I'm gonna fix this world up for you
I'll try, I'll try to build it all around you
You'll never gonna have to be alone
Yeah You'll always know you got someone
To fix the world up for you

yeah when the the world comes crashing down
i'll be there, yes you know
Gonna fix the world up, up for you
Gonna fix the world up, up for you
Gonna fix the world up, up for you
(i'll do, i'll do, i will wanna do)

1. 10 - Fix The World Up For You.mp3

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

When you lower me down
So deep that I, I can't get out
And when you're lost, lost and alone
Yes you'd think it was the last place
You'd come back for more

If you don't want me to leave
Then don't push me away
Rather blow out the lights
You can watch it all fade
But I'm going nowhere

I'm gonna stay
When you just wanna fight
When you're closing your eyes
'Cause you don't wanna love me

I'm gonna stay
You can't push me to far
There's no space in my heart
Where I don't wanna love you

And when there's no stone
Then how can I feel the corn
If there's nothing, nothing, nothing left to lose
Then what is this feeling
That keeps on bringing me back to you

So I'm gonna stay
When you just wanna fight
And you're closing your eyes
'Cause you don't wanna love me

So I'm gonna stay, yes I will
You can't push me to far
There's no space in my heart
Where I don't wanna love you

And if you ask me to leave
And I walked away
We'd still be alone
And we'd still be afraid
I'm going nowhere
I'm going nowhere

'Cause I'm gonna stay
When you just wanna fight
And there's tears in your eyes
'Cause you don't wanna love me

I'm gonna stay
All the tears that I've cried
I could leave them to dry
If you don't wanna love me

Could leave them to dry
If you don't wanna love me

1. 09 - If You Don't Wanna Love Me.mp3

Songs For You Truth For Me (2008)

1, 2, 3, 4
ooh ohh ohh
yeah yeah yeah
hey

If loving you is easy,
playing by the rules,
but you said love taste so much better when its cruel
to you everything was just a game,
yeah you played me good,
But i want you, i want you, i want you,
So much more than i should,
Yes i do.

I've got my hands up so take your aim,
Yeah i'm ready,
There's nothing that we can't go through,
Oh it hit me like a steal freight train,
When you left me,
And nothing ever hurt like you,
Nothing ever hurt like you.

I was naive and wide eyed,
but you made me see,
that you dont get to taste the honey,
without the sting of a bee,
no you dont.

yes you stung me good,
oh yeah you dug in deep,
but ill take, ill take it, ill take it
Till im down on my knees.

I've got my hands up so take your aim,
Yeah i'm ready,
There's nothing that we can't go through,
Walk a thousend miles on broken glass,
It wont stop me,
from making my way back to you,
Its not real till you feel the pain,
And nothing ever hurt like you,
Nothing ever hurt like you.

Oh everything was just a game,
yeah you played me good,
But i want you, i want you, i want you,
i want you, i want you.

I've got my hands up so take your aim,
Yeah i'm ready,
There's nothing that we can't go through,
Walk a thousend miles on broken glass,
It wont stop me,
from making my way back to you,
Its not real till you feel the pain,
And nothing ever hurt like you,
Nothing ever hurt like you.

1. 06 - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You.mp3

Undiscovered [2006]

You want to stay with me in the morning
넌 나와 아침에 함께 있기를 원하지
You only hold me when I sleep,
넌 그저 내가 잠자고 있을땐 날 가만 두고,
I was meant to tread the water
난 물가를 걸을 운명이었어
Now I've gotten in too deep,
그리고 지금 난 너무 깊이 빠졌어
For every piece of me that wants you
널 원하는 나의 모든 부분이
Another piece backs away.
다른 부분에서 서서히 떨어지고 있어

"You Give Me Something" M/V
 

Undiscovered [2006]

I look at you, you bite your tongue
You don't know why or where I'm coming from

But in my head I'm close to you
We're in the rain still searching for the sun

"Undiscovered" M/V
 

I've been down so low
People look at me and they know
They can tell something is wrong
Like I don't belong
꽤 오랫동안 우울했지
사람들이 날보는것만으로도 뭔가가 이상하다는걸 알수 있을만큼
마치 내가 없는것처럼

"Wonderful World" M/V
 

Undiscovered [2006]

Oh life can be strange
Good and bad in so many ways
And in time you will find
That things are not always what they seem

Well i've got something to say
But you might laugh, joke or run away
Coz i'm awkward and nervous
Sometimes i dont say much at all

But if the rain must fall
If i lose it all
If the world comes down and takes my soul
If the sky turns black
And theres no no way back
It won't matter much to me
If i had you
All i need is your love
That's all i need
All i need is your love

Oh well dreams can come true
if you know inside you really want them to or you can sit you can wait
You can leave your fate in someone elses hands
Oh but I, I want you
And nothing else can make me feel the way you do
So i'm waiting, i'm wishing
That it's me you'll be holding tonight and every night

1. 10 - If The Rain Must Fall.mp3

"If The Rain Must Fall" Live in Bedgebury Pinetum

Undiscovered [2006]

I don’t believe you
And I never will
Oh I can’t live by your side with the lies you’ve tried to instil
I can’t take anymore, I don’t have to give you a reason
For leaving this time
Cause this is my last goodbye

It’s like I hardly know you
But maybe I never did
It’s like every emotion you showed me, you kept well hid
And every true word that you ever spoke, was really deceiving
Now I’m leaving this time
Cause this is my last goodbye

I’ve got to turn and walk away
I don’t have anything left to say
I haven’t already said before
I’ve grown tired of being used
And I’m sick and tired of being accused
Now I’m walking away from you
And I’m not coming back

I don’t believe you
And I never will
Oh I can’t live by your side with the lies you’ve tried to instil
I can’t take anymore, I don’t have to give you a reason
Oh for leaving this time
Cause this is my last goodbye

Oh I, I’ve got to turn and walk away
I don’t have anything left to say
I haven’t already said before
And I’ve grown tired of being used
And I’m sick and tired of being accused
Now I’m walking away from you
And I’m not coming back

And I don’t believe you
And I never will
Oh I can’t take anymore, I don’t have to give you a reason
For leaving this time
This is my last goodbye
My last goodbye

1. 12 - The Last Goodbye.mp3

"The Last Goodbye" Live at the Roxy 07/3/21

Undiscovered [2006]

How come you always wind up changing your direction?
How come you always end up dancing through the room?
How come you always never wanna use protection?
How come you're floating like a helium balloon?

I can't keep up
You're moving too fast
I got to know
Is this gonna last?
Cause I can't tell whether you're up or you're down
This whole situation is spinning me round
Spinning me round
Spinning me round

How come you always end up changing your intentions?
How come you always wind up blowing hot and cold?
One minute honest then you're full of false pretension
Head in the clouds but still you're desperate to control, to control

I just don't know what to believe
You build me and then you bring me down on my knees
You say you want me
Then you're up and you're gone
I got to know just where you're coming from
Coming from, where you're coming from

I got to know before it's over
One way or the other
If you're stringing me along

I can't keep up
You're moving too fast
I got to know
Is this gonna last?
Cause I can't tell whether you're up or you're down
This whole situation is spinning me round
Spinning me round
Spinning me round

How come?
How come?

How come you always wind up changing your direction?

1. 11 - How Come.mp3

"How Come" Live

Undiscovered [2006]

I've been twisting and turning in a space that's too small
I've been drawing the line and watching it fall
You've been closing me in , closing the space in my heart
Watching us fading and watching us fall apart

"The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" M/V
 

그의 특색있는 허스키한 목소리는, 어린아기였을때 그를 거의 죽음으로 몰아갔을정도로 앓게했던
백일해 (어린이의 급성 기도감염증) 와의 사투후에 나온 변화라고 한다.

그의 공식적인 음악활동은 Polydor 프로덕션이 그에게 기회를 주고 그가 사인을 하면서 시작되었다.
Corinne Bailey Rae 의 데뷔앨범발표 투어의 서포트 아티스트로 함께하였고,
BBC Radio 2 의 앵커였던 Dermot O'Leary 의 전폭적인 지지도 받았다.

세계적인 성공을 거둔 데뷔싱글인 "You Give Me Something" 은 네덜란드 차트 2위,
영국차트 5위 를 기록했으며,
데뷔앨범인 Undiscovered (2006) 는 영국차트 1위, 미국차트 24위를 기록하며,
미국내 판매 85,000장, 영국내 1,100,000장이상을 판매했으며, 전세계적으로 2,400,000장을 판매했다.
두번째 싱글인 "Wonderful World" 는 영국과 네덜란드에서 8위를 기록했고,
세번째 싱글인 "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" 는 영국차트 30위, "Undiscovered" 는 63위를 기록했다.

2007년엔 Brit Awards 에 Best British Male Solo Artist, Best British Breakthrough Act,
Best British Single Shortlist 부분에 노미네이트되었고, Best British Male Solo Artist 엔 선정되었다.