CAROUSEL

MELANIE MARTINEZ

SONGWRITERS: JEREMY DUSSOLLIET; MELANIE MARTINEZ & TIMOTHY SOMMERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CRY BABY

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE POP

YEAR: 2014

 

           Melanie Adele Martinez(born April 28, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, director, photographer, screenwriter, and visual artist. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to prominence in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show The Voice. Following the show, she released her debut single "Dollhouse", followed by her debut EP of the same name(2014), through Atlantic Records.

        Martinez later released her debut studio album, Cry Baby(2015), which went on to be certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Martinez's songs "Sippy Cup", "Mad Hatter", "Mrs. Potato Head", "Cry Baby", "Pacify Her" and "Soap", were all certified gold in the U.S., and her songs "Dollhouse" and "Pity Party" received platinum certification from the RIAA.

              Martinez released her second studio album, K-12(2019), alongside its accompanying film, as a follow up to the storyline of Cry Baby. Her EP was released a year later in 2020, called After School.

        "Carousel" is a song by American recording artist Melanie Martinez. The song was featured on Martinez's debut EP, Dollhouse(2014) and her debut studio album, Cry Baby(2015). "Carousel" was released on September 1, 2014, as the second single from Dollhouse. A music video accompanying the song was released on October 15, 2014. The song was used in the trailer for the fourth season of the horror anthology television series American Horror Story.

Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

Come, come one, come all

You must be this tall

To ride this ride at the carnival

 

Oh, come, take my hand

And run though playland

So high, too high at the carnival

 

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you've already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

 

Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

This horse is too slow

We're always this close

Almost, almost, we're a freakshow

 

Right, right when I'm near

It's like you disappeared

Where'd you go? Mr. Houdini, you're a freakshow

 

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you've already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

 

Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

Why did you steal my cotton candy heart?

You threw it in this damn coin slot

And now I'm stuck, I'm stuck

Riding, riding, riding

 

Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel.

LOST ON YOU

LEWIS CAPALDI

SONGWRITERS: ANUROOP PILLAI; DAVID SNEDDON & LEWIS CAPALDI

COUNTRY: SCOTTLAND

ALBUM: DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2017

 

        Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.

         On 17 May 2019, he released his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, which remained at the top of the UK Albums Chart for six weeks. It later went on to become the best selling album of 2019 and 2020 in the UK, and "Someone You Loved" was the best selling single of 2019 in the UK. In May 2020, it was announced that Capaldi's song "Someone You Loved" had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist

       "Lost On You" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released as a digital download on 7 July 2017 via Virgin Records as the second single from his debut extended play Bloom and his debut studio album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. The song peaked at number 50 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

Lately I'm getting lost on you

You got me doing things I never thought I'd do

Never spent so long on a losing battle

But lately giving up don't seem to matter

 

Everyday I'm a slave to the heartache

And you're wasting away every night

I don't wanna leave you lonely

But I've run out of love this time

You know that I adore you

Though I couldn't give enough

Hope you'll be safe in the arms of another

'Cause I can't take the weight of your love

 

Lately I'm getting lost on you

I tore your world apart like it was nothing new

Never bled so much when I didn't have to

I'm given up on a life lived after

 

Everyday I'm a slave to the heartache

And you're wasting away every night

I don't wanna leave you lonely

But I've run out of love this time

You know that I adore you

Though I couldn't give enough

Hope you'll be safe in the arms of another

'Cause I can't take the weight of your love

 

I had a hold on your soul

But I lost my grip, let you go

I should've carried us both

 

Everyday I'm a slave to the heartache

And you're wasting away every night

Don't wanna leave you lonely

But I've run out of love this time

You know that I adore you

Though I couldn't give enough

Hope you'll be safe in the arms of another

'Cause I can't take the weight of your love

Of your love

Hope you'll be safe in the arms of another

'Cause I can't take the weight of your love.

LOVEBIRD

LEONA LEWIS

SONGWRITERS: LUKASZ GOTTWALD; BONNIE LEIGHT MCKEE & JOSHUA EMANUEL COLEMAN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: GLASSHEART

LABEL: SYCO RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2003

 

     "Lovebird" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis for her third studio album Glassheart(2012). It was written by Bonnie McKee, Joshua "Ammo" Coleman and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, and produced by Josh Abrahams, Ammo and Oligee. "Lovebird" was recorded at Pulse Recording in Los Angeles and is a power ballad, incorporating a piano and synth-driven melody. The lyrics consist of Lewis informing her past lover that enough time has passed since their relationship for her to have moved on and to have developed as a person. Critics praised Lewis' vocal performance, likening her technical abilities to those of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. The musical structure of the song was heavily compared to one of her previous singles, "Bleeding Love", along with songs performed by Adele. The accompanying music video shows Lewis trying to escape from a giant bird cage.

          To promote "Lovebird", Lewis performed the song on talk shows Daybreak and Loose Women in the United Kingdom, in addition to singing competition La Voz in Spain. Nonetheless, "Lovebird" sold fewer than 600 copies upon its release, failing to attain one of the top 200 chart positions on the UK Singles Chart; however, two weeks after the release of Glassheart, "Lovebird" peaked at number 22 on the South Korea Gaon Single Chart due to strong digital download sales.

I will lay down next to you

Stay in bed all afternoon

We were birds of the feather, we were always together!

And I never will forget

All the little things you said

And that beautiful summer, used to call me a love bird

Now the time went on, the wait is gone, and I have gone

And a scar that I feel in

And my wings have been broken

And I can't believe

 

That I would ever want to be set free

But I just can't stay

So your lovebird's flyin' away

Your lovebird's flyin' away

'Cause my heart's been stuck in a cage

 

I sing my song, so pretty

Dum, dum, diddy

 

And I miss you everyday

But there's nothing left to say

I sing my song, so pretty

Dum, dum, diddy

I want the world in my feet

Even if it's bittersweet

Wanna stand on my own and

 

Put my heart in my own hands

'Cause I begun to see that you and me are different breeds

So I gotta believe in

Gotta get back to breathing

And I can't believe

That I would ever want to be set free

But I just can't stay

So your lovebird's flyin' away

Your lovebird's flyin' away

 

'Cause my heart's been stuck in a cage

I sing my song, so pretty

 

Dum, dum, diddy

And I miss you everyday

But there's nothing left to say

I sing my song, so pretty

Dum, dum, diddy

And you'll always be

A part of me

You made me who I am

But I gotta say I'm not afraid to test my wingspan

'Cause it seems when you love something

Let it go, let it go, let it go

Open up the gate

'Cause your lovebird's flyin' away. 

WISH I NEVER MET YOU

CHRIS HOLSTEN

SONGWRITERS: CHRISTOPHER HOLSTEN; HILD SKAAR, LARS ROSNESS & TOBIAS STENKJAER

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: COLD HEARTS

RECORD: WM NORWAY

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2020

 

          Christoffer "Chris" Holsten(born May 4, 1993) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer.

          Holsten comes from a musical family. He played the title role in a Norwegian language musical production Oliver that played in the Lillestrøm Cultural Center in 2003 when he was just 10 years old. He also ended up with roles in other stage presentations like Skatten på Sjørøverøya and Scrooge and at age 17 started putting musical materials online, ending up with a contract with the Circle management group.

        An avid sportsman, he joined the junior level football (soccer) with the local Lillestrøm SK football club following both music and sports simultaneously.

Shook up here, so I'm out of flow

And I want love

But I've been waiting for ya

Soft, our scent

Still lingering on your skin

So I keep begging for ya

 

Touching your hand in the back of the cab

Reminds me of all that we had

And I don't wanna let you go

I don't wanna let you go

Kissing your lips just to feel what I missed

Though it tastes like someone else

And I don't wanna let you go

'Cause baby now I

 

See your face everywhere I go, and I

Wish I never met you

No way back to what we had and I (wish I never met you)

No I never should have crossed that line

Someone else is on my mind

'Cause now I see your face everywhere I go, and I

Wish I never met you

 

Ghost of her

Keeps haunting me, honestly

'Cause I keep falling for ya

I don't mind

Haven't felt this good in a long, long time

I just wanna hold ya

 

And I kiss your lips just to feel what I missed

Though it tastes like someone else

I don't wanna let you go

'Cause baby now I

 

See your face everywhere I go, and I

Wish I never met you

No way back to what we had and I (wish I never met you)

No I never should have crossed that line

Someone else is on my mind

'Cause now I see your face everywhere I go, and I

Wish I never met you

 

Wish I never met you

Wish I never met you

 

See her face everywhere I go and I

Wish I never met you

No way back to what we had and I (wish I never met you)

No I've never should have crossed that line

Someone else is on my mind

Now I see her face everywhere I go and I

Now I

 

See your face everywhere I go and I (wish I never met you)

Wish I never met you

No way back to what we had and I (wish I never met you)

No I never should have crossed that line

Someone else is on my mind

'Cause now I see your face everywhere I go and I

Wish I never met you

 

Wish I never met you

No I never should have crossed that line

Someone else is on my mind

'Cause now I see your face everywhere I go and I

Wish I never met you.