Emeli Sande – Read All About It Part III

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You've got the words to change a nation,
But you're biting your tongue,
You've spent a lifetime stuck in silence,
Afraid you'll say something wrong,
If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song,
So come on, come on, come on, come on,

You've got a heart as loud as lions,
So why let your voice be tamed,
Baby we're a little different there's no need to be ashamed,
You've got the light to fight the shadows so stop hiding it away,
Come on, come on

I wanna sing,
I wanna shout,
I wanna scream til the words dry out,
So put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid,
They can read all about it,
Read all about it, oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh x2

At night we're waking up the neighbours while we sing away the blues,
Making sure that we remember, yeah that we all matter to,
If the truth has been forbidden then we're braking all the rules
So come on, come on, come on, come on

Let's get the TV and the radio to play our tune again,
Its 'bout time we got some airplay of our version of events,
There's no need to be afraid,
I will sing with you my friend,
Come on, come on

I wanna sing,
I wanna shout,
I wanna scream til the words dry out,
So put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid,
They can read all about it,
Read all about it, oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh x2

Yeah we're all wonderful, wonderful people
So when did we all get so fearful
Now we're finally finding our voices
So take a chance come help me sing this

Yeah we're all wonderful, wonderful people
So when did we all get so fearful
And now we're finally finding our voices
Just take a chance come help me sing this

I wanna sing,
I wanna shout,
I wanna scream til the words dry out,
So put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid,
They can read all about it,
Read all about it, oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh x2

I wanna sing,
I wanna shout,
I wanna scream til the words dry out,
So put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid,
They can read all about it,
Read all about it, oh

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Lyrics submitted by MichaC, edited by Rebekah-Marie

Track duration: 05:55


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    General Comment:I think this song can cover a whole range of topic, which I will not go into due to them already been put down.

    My own personal opinion of this song:
    It makes me think of the holocaust, which in retrospect, is probably a pretty silly thing to be thinking about when hearing this song.
    I have no idea why it makes me think of the holocaust, but it still does.
    Flag CharlieMadon May 19, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I believe this song is just about anyone trying to speak up on issues that are subject to prejudice by society, such as gay couples, rape, etc.

    I think the fact that this song is fairly broad, lets a lot of space for interpretation, and gives people hope for a voice.
    Flag Plupon May 10, 2013   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:Like many other songs,this of course can have many interpretations.
    I take this song like an encouragement to shout out anything about anything to anybody you want - to the special person, to the special group of people or to the world in general.
    '' We are wonderful,wonderful people,
    So when did we all get so fearful?''

    It's not always so easy as it sounds to find that inner voice and essentialy - to get strenghts and shout it out no matter of other opinions.
    But when you do, when you find that spark and that strenghts it is like- ''So put it all of the papers,im not afraid.They can read all about it.''
    Flagged cristalsouon March 12, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:emeli sande wrote this song about bringing back the real meaning and truth behind music and lyrics rather than for "the moment" songs that are in the charts these days. Its about bringing back the messages that songs in the 60's and 70's had where they really thought about their lyrics and where there was a real awareness of the world around them..really timeless music. About bringing poetry back into music and about getting poetic music played on the radio and tv like it used to be. She said that she feels alot of people get misrepresented by things that are supposed to represent them in the media and are categorised "like this is the channels where you can find music that represents you" and being put in categories. It''s about time she got some airplay of her version of events
    Flagged scoobydogon November 12, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think it's about a highly scrutinized gay couple who can't come out because of publicity and hatred. "you've got the words to change a nation, but you're biting your tongue,"- (coming out), "baby, we're a little different, there's no need to be ashamed."

    And the entire song is about them wanting to come out to the public, they don't care about the hate that they'll receive anymore. "put it in all of the papers, they can read all about it." "it's about time we got some airplay of our version of events."

    I am just absolutely convinced that this is what this entire song is about. It's very bittersweet, sweet because they want to come out and be themselves but they're afraid and ugh, beautiful song.
    Flagged cellophaneskinon June 19, 2012   Link

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