The Growing Pains - Booklet Alessia Cara
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- Cover101 all lyrics written by alessia cara no band-aids for the growing bains.
- growing pains[verse 1] make my way through the motions / I try to ignore it / but home's looking farther the closer I get / don't know why I can't see the end / is it over yet?/ a short leash and a short fuse / don't match / they tell me it ain't that bad / "now, don't you overreact" / so I just hold my breath / don't know why I can't see the sun when young should be fun / [pre-chorus] and I guess the bad can get better / gotta be wrong before it's right / every happy phrase engraved in my mind and I've always been a go-getter/ there's truth in every word I write / but still the growing pains, growing pains / they're keeping me up at night/ [chorus] (hey hey x8) and I can't hide/ 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night (x2) [verse 2] try to mend what's left / of my content incomprehension / as I take on the stress of the mess that I've made / don't know if i even care for "grown" / if it's just alone / [pre chorus] / [chorus] / [bridge] it's starting to look like / Ms. Know-It-All can't take her own advice / can't find / pieces of my peace of mind / I cry / more than I want to admit but I can't lie / to myself, to anyone / cause phoning it in isn't any fun / can't run / back to my youth the way I want to the days my brother was quicker to fool/ AM radio, not much to do / used monsters as an excuse to lie awake / now the monsters are the ones that I have to face / no band-aids for the growing pains (Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel) / © 2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)//Andrew Wansel (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) / Produced by Pop & Oak / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells / Programming by Oak Felder/ Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA today not [verse 1] someday I won't be afraid of my head / someday I will not be chained to my bed / someday I'll forget the day he left / but surely not today / one day
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- kind my[verse 1] do you recall the days at your old place? / playing with troll dolls / to scare the kids away / my closet was a time machine/ yours, a stage / I wish we told those little girls / they're gonna be okay / still picture it all in my mind/making a campfire/out of broken flashlights/jealous of your high tops/'cause someone stole mine / wish someone would've told me that we'd be alright/[chorus] my kind of time/is meant to carelessly spend/ and my kind of nights / are the ones that don't end / my kind of fun/ doesn't make any sense/and my kind of love/you won't never forget/ [verse 2] do you remember/all the cartoons at midnight/like the one / about the crass-humoured french guy / and what about you, Mr. Poetry? / and what about all we built/in just a couple weeks/talking about all of our fears / through a cracked screen/ picking little fights/ over falling asleep /I wish you knew I loved you/when you knew you loved me / really wish I knew you / Sooner than my 20s/ [chorus]/[bridge] I'm a product of who's when's and how's/those who let go/ and those who stuck around/wish somebody would've told me / I'd be here now / 'cause this kind of life/is one to sing about/ [Chorus] (Alessia Caracciolo, Eric Frederic, Nate Mercereau) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Frederic and Ried Music/Songs From the Boardwalk (BMI)/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (BMI)//Poslaniec Publishing (BMI)/Nice Life Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) / Produced by Ricky Reed and Nate Mercereau / Engineered by Ethan Shumaker at Elysian Park / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation by Alessia Cara and Ricky Reed out of love
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B thank you i've had a little cloud over my head for a long time, but held my tongue because I figured no one would want to hear it. I soon realized, though, that there are very omnipresent emotions existing in even the oddest circumstances. we've all felt too much at once, and sometimes maybe nothing at all. and there are a million feelings between and around that sentiment that make us all more alike than we think.
I wrote this album, selfishly for me at first, but ultimately for you. in hopes that you find comfort in this music the way that I strangely have myself.
thank you to Rick Nowels & Team, NO I.D, Ricky Reed, Click 'N' Press, Pop & Oak and team, Jon Levine, Manny Marroquin, Jimmy Douglass, Matty, George, Brick & team, and everyone in between whom I might've missed. you've all helped make it real and I'm forever thankful for your creativity.
to Chris, Tony, Robeo, the whole EP & Def Jam, & Universal crew, Vic, Andres, and everyone on the other end of things. you're champions for working so hard & encouraging me to do the same. thank you, most importantly, for putting your trust in me and always rooting for my work.
to you, Mr, for teaching me about love. Hier oder weg, Ich liebe dich.
to my family & friends (especially Mom and Dad, Dario, Liv, and Cor), most of whom I turned into my opinion machines throughout this process. thank you for your love, support, and ears.
and lastly, to all of you. for not only waiting for me on the other side, but for giving my experiences and the words I attach to them more value than you'll ever know.
remember, there is no form of pain we cannot grow from or out of. you've gone through it and you're still here. that is truly something to celebrate.
blame it on the growing pains!!!!!!