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It's Not Me
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A Powerful song about love lost. Lyric by Dawn Sinclair, Music, arrangement and vocal Mark Ellis...thank you so much for this one Mark
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English lyricist working with dozens of composers and artists
I am a lyricist working with many composers and artists around the world and most frequently with 2 guys, Juri Rosenfeld and Mark Ellis who, although their styles are entirely different, are both extremely talented as musicians and composers, as well as producers. Along with these two, with whom I have written more than 50 songs....I have been most fortunate to collaborate with so many others that the list is almost endless but two very talented ladies spring to mind: Dawn Diamond and Amy Caldwell, who have not only both composed for my words but have also both are possessed of beautiful voices and have sung many, many times on songs I have written. There is no ONE genre I write for, since a lyricist has to be able to write for ANY category and I do, but one thing I try to be always, is honest in my work because when there is integrity, there is a way to relate to the song and if occasionally I meander into the poetic, it is because I am and always have been, since the age of 13 years, a poet...but that doesn't mean everything I write is flowery or full of metaphors...as I say, I strive always to be real and of course, most importantly, to be as unique as possible.
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Genre
Pop Pop Rock
Charts
Peak #33
Peak in subgenre #6
Author
Mark Ellis/DawnSinclair
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Mark Ellis/DawnSinclair
Uploaded
May 07, 2007
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MP3 5.7 MB 128 kbps 6:16
Story behind the song
I have wanted to write a powerful lyric for a male vocalist for a long time and took my inspiration for this one from two classics, although the subject is different from them. I discussed the lyric with Mark before he took it on and he was more than willing to give it a go although he was nervous I could tell. As it happens, his first draft blew my mind and although I had to persuade him to remain as the vocalist, he was motivated to experiment on this second draft which is just perfect to my ears. By the way, he only added a single word to the original lyric... and it fits his music exactly ---amazing!
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It’s Not Me V1 If I cared enough that you're walking away I might struggle forever for the right words to say If the hollowness in my empty heart was due to the moment my world fell apart CH 1 If it was true that I still loved you I'd be no one that I ever knew. V2 If I felt the pain of unbearable loss I might scream to the skies like the man on the cross I would plead for an answer to the question "why?" and never comprehend however I try CH 2 If it was true that I still loved you I really don't know what I'd do BR But it's not me who's left here without a hope or a prayer, of ever knowing love again, of ever going there. It's not me who would beg you to come back and make it right, to wipe away the prospect of another endless night Rfn It's not me... it can't be me... don't let it be me V3 If my hands were shaking as I stood alone I could no longer call this empty house a home. If my photographs showed that love was a lie I'd tear every one of them in pieces, wouldn't I? CH 1 If it was true that I still loved you I'd be no one that I ever knew. Rfn But it's not me... it can't be me... don't let it be me Finale No .... that's not who I am Not really who I am ‘Cause I don't give a damn.
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