KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See

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Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm

[Chorus]
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
(Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you heard
She likes to leave you hanging on a wire

[Chorus]

And she's taller than most
And she's looking at me
I can see her eyes looking from the page of a magazine
Oh, she makes me feel like I could be a tower
A big strong tower, yeah
The power to be
The power to give
The power to see

She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah
(Suddenly I see)

She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah
(Suddenly I see)

She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah
(Suddenly I see)

She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
(Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
(Suddenly I see)
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
(Suddenly I see)
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

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Track duration: 03:22

"Suddenly I See" as written by Katie Tunstall

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    General Comment:The song itself is a tribute to "female power", inspired by and about American musician/songwriter Patti Smith. As described in the lyrics, Tunstall was inspired to a career in music through looking at a black and white picture of a woman. Admiring her strength and accomplishments, she suddenly realised what she wanted to do with her life. Tunstall explained in an interview that the song was "about the photograph of Patti Smith on the cover of Horses"
    -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
    Flag mereychicaon November 15, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:also, stop taking entire song meanings from just a few lines of song context. the true bane of the intelligent is that the vast population of morons are too stupid to know they're stupid.
    Flag iceboundforton June 23, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:everyone adding what they assume the song means and no one realizes the lyrics are posted wrong on the site. oh sure, yeah, you're fans alright.
    Flag iceboundforton June 23, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:"Oh, realizes who she wants to be like"

    Hell naw, she's a lesbian. Go lesbians.
    Flag Joplin4lifeon April 02, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:She obviously admires this girl. And I do agree that it seems like she has found herself to be a lesbian (:
    Flag Arobsonskiion August 17, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think this song is about realizing how powerful a woman can be, just for being a woman.
    Flag RedNosedBaboonon July 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:listening to this i have recently read the vampire academy books, it sound like lissa Dragomir
    (to all who have read it!)
    Flag phantom123on January 06, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:This song is about someone (probably her) coming out the closet. She even said it in an interview, so look it up people, its called youtube!
    Flag mikied7on December 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:See, I personally interpret this as finding yourself, and I really like it for that reason. A sudden revelation of who you are, and why you care about that so much. Really makes me think.
    Flag captpicard12on September 22, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:O.O... The artist of this song is a girl??

    Oh, well, there goes my theory. lol
    I had thought it was a song about a guy seeing a girl that inspired him to be strong...
    It was a pritty good idea in my mind... so much for that. ^^;
    Flag Demimegon March 16, 2009   Link

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