Vanessa Amorosi - Shine

Vanessa Amorosi's "Shine". Copyright Transistor Music/CBK Produktions/BMG Australia. Writer(s) Vanessa Amorosi, Robert Parde and Mark Holden.


You say that you never had a mum
And nobody needs you
So cry, so cry
You believe that life rolls by
Just to deceive you
By your time, by your time
Youre getting old
And the longer you take
The slower your pain will grow
It will grow, it will grow
You can close your eyes
And hope that when you open them
Youve got a brand new life
Friend you'll find, you cant hide?

You can give your life or you can lose your soul
You can bang your head or you can drown in hole
Nothing lasts forever, but you can try
Look around you...
Everyone you see, everyone you know is going to Shine

Grow up and make the best of what youve got
Of what youve got, of what youve got
The days are going by and you're sittin on your arse
And youre wondering why, why, why, yeah

You can give your life, or you can lose your soul
You can bang your head, or you can drown in a hole
Nothing lasts forever, but you can try
Look around you...
Everyone you see, everyone you know is going to Shine

You can bang your head, or you can drown in a hole
Nothing lasts forever, but you can try
Look around you...
Everyone you see, everyone you know is going to Shine

You say that you never had a mum
And nobody needs you
So cry, so cry, so cry
You believe that life rolls by just to deceive you
By your time, well by your time
Your getting old
And the longer you take the slower youll pain will grow
Itll grow, itll grow
You can close your eyes
And hope that when you open them
Youve got a brand new life

You can give your life or you can lose your soul
You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole
Nothing lasts forever but you can try
Look around you...
Everyone you see, everyone you know is going to Shine

You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole
Nothing lasts forever but you can try
Well look around you
Everyone you see, everyone you know is going to Shine

Don't don't, don't don't you do it

Amorosi wrote "Shine"for a friend from high school who committed suicide. Amorosi says: "Mark changed a line in it. He said the song didn't work, or that one particular line in it didn't work. The line went 'Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna die' and he didn't like the word 'die'. He thought it was just wrong. We were all sitting around trying to find a substitute, and we were all stuck on the word 'try'. But Mark came up with the idea of changing it to 'shine' and it all came together. That's Mark's magic. He has a great ear for music. He knows exactly what makes a hit. I think it was a good outcome, because something that was tragic became positive, but... I could never go back to changing it to 'die' now. It is what it is. A lot of my music on The Power was very personal, because I suppose that's what sets me apart from the other songwriters. I'm very blunt and honest with melodies and lyrics. I like to get straight to the point. So I think with "Shine" I tried to make it uplifting but it was very, very personal - and quite an upsetting song."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vanessa
• Amorosi
• Shine
• Pop
• Rock

[SeaBassVamp]

Sweet Shining Song!

Amorosi- Absolutely Amazing!

[7aussiegirl]

I love Vanessa, and this song is amazing. It gives you peace and hope for the future. Great Job Vanessa.

[newzealandhk1]

The story behind this is.. amazing :')

[TheLaurahun]

omggg, classiicc sonng,, i used to hear my mother sing this song!!!!!

feels like a lifetime ago

[nikehaz355]

Memories of Ansett live on in this song

[chrisharcoan]

elissah berrett

[chrisharcoan]

go vanessa

love your voice

[Angelf24736]

I love all Vanessa's songs <3 this isn't an exception =D

[mc4102]

bye bye ansett australia :(

[serajett]

looks windy...