We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Closest

from Monogram #1 by Grant Olding

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

lyrics

The Closest

It’s not the way I cut my hair
It’s not the way I stand askew
It’s not the place I went to school
It’s not the lack of a tattoo.
It’s not the smoke that’s in my eyes
It’s not the standing in this hall
It’s not the bottle in my hand
I’m just a stranger after all.

And I’d better go now before someone finds me out,
Before someone turns me in.
I’d better run now, before I stop this spin.

Tonight might be the closest that I get.
Watching someone else, trying to forget
That this isn’t me.
It’s not who I truly am.
Does anyone else give a damn?

It’s in the way I drink my tea
It’s in the beating of my heart
It’s in the crowding of the room
It’s at the finish and the start.
It’s in the way I speak my name
It’s in the stutter and the smile
It’s in the aching in my back
I’m just a stranger all the while.

And I think I’d better go now before I come unstuck,
Before I fall apart.
Said I think I’d better run now,
But that would be too smart.

And this could be the closest that I get.
Watching someone else, trying not to sweat
That this isn’t me.
It’s not who I truly am.
Does anyone give a damn?

Just when I start to recognise myself I hear the old me talking.
The same old words fall out my mouth,
The floor gives way where I’m walking.

And tonight might be the closest that I get.
Watching someone else, trying to forget
That this isn’t me.
And this might be the closest that I get
Watching someone else, trying not to sweat
That this isn’t me.
It’s not who I truly am.
Does anyone give a damn?

credits

from Monogram #1, released April 26, 2019
music & lyrics by Grant Olding

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Grant Olding Hereford, UK

Grant Olding is a Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award winning composer and songwriter.

He's best known for writing and performing the songs in One Man Two Guvnor's which starred James Corden and played for three years in the West End, on Broadway and around the world.

He is also a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter working out of his studio between the Golden Valley and the Black Mountains.
... more

contact / help

Contact Grant Olding

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Grant Olding, you may also like: