Name: Ten Years
Duration: P00H03M11S
Description: March 2020 marked ten years since my mother passed away. I was so young at the time and never felt capable of writing about it but the combination of lockdown and the weight of ten years passing found me in a hugely introspective place and finally it all just drained out of me to make this song.

Ten Years

by Fletcher, James

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March 2020 marked ten years since my mother passed away. I was so young at the time and never felt capable of writing about it but the combination of lockdown and the weight of ten years passing found me in a hugely introspective place and finally it all just drained out of me to make this song.

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You've missed a lot
And I've missed you
Oh memory
Just doesn't do

I'm not the boy
You only knew
I've grown since you were sown
Emerged anew

Ten years without a good night
I still struggle drifting
When I rise I want to fall

Will's words were worth their weight
When I couldn't find my own
And everything was racing
It's only now I'm getting close

My days they quickly trickled by
My rivers dried
And only bitter salt
Was left behind

I didn't realise my mind
Wasn't on my person
Head spinning
But the world span on

My best friend took the weight
I couldn't carry by myself
No need to ask him for his help

We hid our bottles round the corner
Cause we're too young for drinking
But old enough to feel it all

I almost wish that I believed
That you were out there in the ether
Watching over me

But in my heart I think I know
There's really nothing out there
But I won't settle for despair

I feel your absence to this day
But I know I can't change it
No it was never in my hands

And if you could have stayed
I wonder who I'd have become
But I've done the best I can

Yeah if you could have stayed
I think you'd like who I've become
But you never met the man

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released September 30, 2020
Written, performed and produced by Fletcher, James

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Fletcher, James UK

Fletcher, James is a Bristol based singer, songwriter, and producer. Shying away from the path more travelled, he employs heartfelt and deeply melodic vocals laced with the wordplay of hip hop and layers them atop a framework of unorthodox song structures and lush chord progressions.

His debut album "All We're Meant To Do?" is out now. ... more

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