| "Some of the music I write can put me in a difficult emotional space and I need to balance that. I want to spread the love; I don't want people to cry after my show - unless they're tears of joy." - Nelly Furtado |
| *Lyrics of Nelly* |
Hey, man, don't look so scared You know I'm only testing you out Hey man, don't look so angry you're real close to figuring me outWe are a part of a circle It's like a mobius strip and it goes round and round until it loses a link (yeah) And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain and shit is gonna fly once again Hey, man, we look at each other with ample eyes and why not some time to discover what's behind your eyes? And I've got so many questions that I want to ask you I am so tired of mirrors - pour me a glass of your wine! And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain, and shit is gonna fly once again! I've got a bunch of government cheques at my door Each morning I send them back but they only send me more I look at myself in the mirror; am I vital today? Hey, man, I let my conscience get in the way! (oh no) And there's a shadow in the sky, but it looks like rain and shit is gonna fly once again and I don't mean to rain on your parade but pathos has got me once again and I don't want ambivalence No I don't want ambivalence no more No I don't want ambivalence No I don't want ambivalence no more I said I don't want ambivalenceNo I don't want ambivalence no more! No more! I said I don't want ambivalence No I don't want ambivalence no more! No more! |
| *Hey Man* |
| You liked me till' you heard my shit on the radio Well I hate to say but pop ain't going solo You liked me till' you heard my shit on the radio But now I'm just too mainstream for you, oh no You liked me till' you seen me on your t.v Well if you're so low below then why you watching? You say good things come to those who wait I've been waiting a long time for it I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you and be less than I was just to prove I could walk beside you Now that I've flown away I see you've chosen to stay behind me and still you curse the day I decided to stay true to myself You say your quest is to bring it higher Well I never seen change without a fire But from your mouth I have seen a lot of burning But underneath I think it's a lot of yearning Your face, the colours change from green to yellow To the point where you can't even say hello You tell me you'd kill me if I ever snob you out Like that's what you expect from me, like that's what I'm about I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you and be less than I was just to prove I could walk beside you Now that I've flown away I see you've chosen to stay behind me and still you curse the day I decided to stay true to myself It's so much easier to stay down there guaranteeing you're cool Than sit up here exposing myself trying to break through Than to burn in the spotlight (open fire!), turn in the spitfire (open fire!) Scream without making a sound (open fire!), be up here without looking down (open fire!)because we're all afraid of heights I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you and be less than I was just to prove I could walk beside you Now that I've flown away I see you've chosen to stay behind me and still you curse the day I decided to stay true to myself Myself... Why ya hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me so, leave me down down down down low leave me down da down down da down da down down down low... Shit on the radio... |
| *Shit on the radio* |
| I've seen a man cry, I've seen a man die inside I've seen him say to me that he is only mine That he gotta do what is best for him Never let me in, not even beginTo tell me I'm the one under his moon and sun That I am the thing that revolves around him But while on top of him I know what's best for him 'ill show him how to win and let me in cuz I don't wanna be your baby girl I don't wanna be your little pearl I just wanna be what's best for me To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun We're all sorry now, I didn't mean to wow Make you cry like that, it's just a little spat Still I want you to know, though I love you so It's mostly me dreaming, forcing, believing That you're an ideal, hell I never steal But I stole you from, from another one So take yourself and wrap around my little finger Cuz that's how I think it should swing I don't wanna be your baby girl I don't wanna be your little pearl I just wanna be what's best for me To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun Why can't he see, why can't he see what's inside of me? yeah... don't you, don't you call me coochie-coo a little girl, now don't you gaga goo no coochie-coo girl now I'm so much more Can't you see? Can't you see? Look who's writing now a token of their love Can't you see love that it's just because I wanted a cheap way to get inside your headAnd not a cheap way to get inside your bed Oh you're running now, with that silly one It's all over now, this woman's just begun Maybe we'll see about the will and the way Butterflies return some day I don't wanna be your baby girl (I am what I am) I don't wanna be your little pearl (Don't need lies, lies...) I just wanna be what's best for me (Best for me...myself, myself) To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun |
| *Baby Girl* |
| He wants to be, he wants to be, with everything under the sun He wants to be, he wants to be, with everything under the sun And like a legend who rises and then falls I cannot be his only one He makes me feel, he makes me feel like you used to (whoa) like you used to He makes me feel, he makes me feel like you used to (whoa) like you used to And like a fickle flower when it first sees the light I cannot show just how I fight And like a fickle flower when it first sees the light I cannot show just how I fight Babe I saw you walking, it was after midnight Carrying nothing except for a flashlight You wanted to be Romeo, so low at my window You wanted to be Romeo, so low at my window Will you open the door for me if you believe in chivalry? Will you open the door for me if you believe in chivalry? For I do not think you low though, you bow to me so-so I do not think you low though, you bow to me so-so I know you want to drink from the purest wine (from the purest wine) But the drink is far more sour than you would ever think He wants to be, he wants to be with everything under the sun And she wants to burn, she wants to burn hot like that sun (whoa) hot like that sun Just like a legend who rises and then falls (like a legend) I cannot be his only one (his only one) And like a callous, cold, callous woman she'll never see what she did done So like this legend that rises and then falls I'll never be his only one |
| *Legend* |
| You're beautiful, that's for sure You'll never ever fade You're lovely but it's not for sure That I won't ever change And though my love is rareThough my love is true I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is (and baby all I need for you to know is) I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is All I need for you to know is Your faith in me brings me to tears Even after all these years And it pains me so much to tell That you don't know me that well And though my love is rare And though my love is true I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is (and baby all I need for you to know is) I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away (fly away) I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is All I need for you to know is It's not that I wanna say goodbye It's just that every time you try to tell me, me that you love me Each and every single day I know I'm going to have to eventually give you awayAnd though my love is rare And though my love is true (yeah) Hey I'm just scaredThat we may fall through (yeah) I'm like a bird (I'm like a bird) I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is (and baby all I need for you to know is) I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away (fly away) I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is All I need for you to know is I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is (and baby all I need for you to know is) I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is I don't know where my home is All I need for you to know is I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is (and baby all I need for you to know is) I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is All I need for you to know is |
| *I'm like a bird* |
| It's getting so lonely inside this bed Don't know if I should lick my wounds or say woe is me instead There's an aching inside my head It's telling me you're better off alone But after midnight, morning will come And the day will see if you will get some They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down down till' you see all my dreams Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems I looked above the other day Cuz I think I'm good and ready for a change I live my life by the moon (by the moon) If it's high play it low, if it's harvest go slow and if it's full, then go But after midnight, morning will come And the day will see (yeah) if you're gonna get some They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down down till' you see all my dreams Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems I'm searching for things that I just cannot see Why don't you don't you don't you come and be here with me I pretend to be cool with me, wanna believe That I can do it on my own without my heart on my sleeve I'm running, I'm running, catch up with me life Where is the love that I'm looking to find? It's all in me, can't you see, why can't you, why can't you see it's all in me (yeah) All in me Where is your logic? Who do you need? Where can you turn in your delicate time of need? Follow me follow me down down down downI do not need I do not need nobody Follow me down follow me down down down I do not need I do not need nobody Follow me follow me down down down down till' you see all my dreams, see all my dreams Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems Where is your logic? Who do you need? Where can you turn? |
| *Turn off the lights* |
| I left my heart in San Francisco with some club kids on a crowded street somewhereThe sky was red and he said, "Would you like to come be a part of my North American Dream?" I could try to chase life down down the street and I'd find The separation of fact and fiction I'm trynna finda way I'm trynna finda rightAnd if I budge I just might I'm trynna finda wayI'm trynna finda right And if I budge I just might I left my conscience somewhere with my rhythm I heard about it from the mouth of a man He was hopping some trains and combing the land Looking for a lover (kiss) planted in the eastTrying to run from the dreaded fist beast (beast) And it lies, it lies in the picket fence call It was my own paradise with my own private corridor I'm trynna finda way I'm trynna finda right And if I budge I just might I'm trynna finda way I'm trynna finda right And if I budge I just might So I'm dancing to a new beat and it came to me in bed My veins became a strain of light that I let to flow insteadAnd a wish came to me like Peter Pan at my window and saidEvolve your destiny child and you'll never walk alone-no You'll never walk alone, butTravel to the land of surrender till' you can't cry no more Till you can't, till you can't And you'll never walk alone all this inspiration is passing me by all I can do is chill when I really wanna fly and this pollution do nothing but dirty up my mind faster than forever in the blink of an eye To see past my lethargy is hard I feign the beauty of my youth is gone but the chemicals remain I'm trynna finda way I'm trynna finda right And if I budge I just might I travel to this land of surrender but I see it's all over me, over and over again and I try and I try and I try an angel on my left side and a devil on my right and they fight and they fight and they fight they're fighting, they're fighting, they're fighting for my attention hello? You have my attention Do I have your attention? Can I have your attention please? please, you've made such such such an impression on me |
| *I'm Trynna finda way* |
| Talking to the mirror again but it's not listening Cleaning my dirty mind like a toilet but it won't give in Drinking spirits in the hopes that I will find myself one But all I can rectify is that the party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun I feel like falling asleep and never waking up It's not that my glass is empty but I need another cup When all of the doors around me just shut one by one I feel like falling asleep but the party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Shaky shaky steps in the middle of the day A fire in my path and a cool decay Of limbs and tooth under my skin Oh, freedom, where do I begin? I'm changing my inflection and how I say the words Maybe it will sound like something they've never heard Oh, death of the party I picked up the chalice of malice And drank till I was full, I drank till I was full I was thirsty but I drank till I was full, I drank till I, till I, till I was full There's a fever in my bones that I know so well I keep my head low low low to avoid the swell But it'll be cold in hell, it'll be cold in hell Before they put me in that chamber So I'm cleaning up as fast as I can I'm cleaning up as fast as I can Cuz you can't unbreak what you break you can't unfake the very fake You cannot fuel without a tank, no you can't unbreak what you break (what you break) Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun Party's just begun |
| *Party* |
| Well, well, what do I say Looks like what goes around comes around And everyone will have their final say Sometime, someday Looks like I only love God when the sun shines my way Looks like I'm into divinity when I can see its sweet, sweet rays I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out Well, well, what do I say I've never seen a bad day look quite this wayAnd well, well, what do I do When all of my thoughts run right back to you Looks like I meant to speak with logic, but hon', the carnal always gets in the way Well well, this fire was more funner than proper grammar anyway I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out todayI say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today Then you get to the part where your heart just wants to die Then you get to the part where your heart screams it just sighs Then you get to the part where your heart knows it's a crime So it flies like a bird it's heard, it's heard, it's heard the word I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I sayWell, well, it's fine out today Today... I say what I mean but I don't mean what I sayWell, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say Well, well, it's fine out today I say what I mean but I don't mean what I say...Well, well, it's fine out |
| "The record is pop but it's presented in a way that a pop record usually isn't. You're hearing sounds that you don't usually hear in the mainstream at all. There's a lot of world rhythms and there's a hip-hop element running through it and sometimes even the language I use and the way I flow with my singing." - Nelly Furtado |
| "Well Well, this fire was more funner than proper anyway". -Nelly Furtado (Well, Well) |
| *Well, Well* |
| My love grows deeper every dayAnd takes a little piece of me My love grows deeper every day And takes a little piece of me My love grows deeper every day Deep into the sea But takes a little piece of me A little piece of me Oh it's so beautiful out and I can't see why we're not allowed to be Up in the sky with the birds counting the flowers and oh my powers have failed me again when I can't see beginning to end No I try and test it again through the hours Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you My love grows deeper every day And takes a little piece of me My love grows deeper every day And takes a little piece of me Deeper every day Deep into the sea A little piece of me A little piece of me Oh why can't I be green as the grass beneath my feet? As fresh as the dew hits the ground in the morning And not yellow like bumble bees Please take me off my knees, my knees I don't wanna be red forever Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you I've been looking at the moon But I've been thinking of myself I've got me under my own skin I don't need nobody else I'm looking at the moon But I'm thinking of myself I've got me under my own skin I don't need nobody else Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you Wandering stars in the blue could not be born cause of you If I could have sunlight in the palm of your hand I'd take the moonlight instead If I could have sunlight in the palm of your hand I'd take the moonlight instead |
| *My Love grows deeper* |
| Chuva! Chuvinha! Vem, Vem, Vem ca, rapaz! Chuva! Chuvinha! Vem, vem ca, rapaz! This is not political it's just that I, I demand attention when I walk into the room (hey!) And it's not that I can't play ball hard It's just that I don't want to And the more I think about this pressure love I don't want you And I can't have you and that's what hurts the most I cannot show you these things I boast I'll throw my heart out Keep my head up I cannot fuck up cuz I got what you need boy (baby I do) But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that) I got what you need boy (baby I do) But I will only bring on the rain So I'll prefer to run this road rough around the edges Good for something but too good to give it to you You run your own course at your own pace But I just got impatient see I wanted to explore Forsake you Forsook you Abate you Dissipate you Just turn fate around I believed that I was free of you (not) I still believe in those days on benches at sunset or the waves in July Or was it March? We weathered the weathers and storms Real and imagined such fragile tenderness You are truly blessed I stress As I blow you this kiss As I blow it in the wind, mmmmmwaa! I got what you need boy (baby I do) But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that) I got what you need boy (baby I do) But I will only bring on the rain Chuva! Chuvinha! Vem, vem ca, rapaz! Gonna make u cry so damn hard You're gonna curse your drawers And wish you weren't a boy Gonna make u cry so damn hard you'll curse your drawers wish you weren't a boy, yeah I will make u cry I will make u cry (Boo-hoo) They say time is made of memories Well I remembered and I'm tired This is not political it's just that I remember the fire Babe you left me with my head held high And I feigned to be more than I was, didn't I? I thought I could do without sugar love but this chocolate has turned into sweet bubble gum Candy is sweet but honey is sweeter It tastes like the real thing but candy is much much cheaper (cheaper!) I got what you need boy (baby I do) But I will only cause you pain, yeah (I promise that) (rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha) (rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha) (rain a'fallin' down, rain a'fallin' down, hahahaha) Time crying you'll be crying I'm sorry I made you cry I didn't mean to let me wipe those tears away Wipe those tears away Don't cry baby It's only rain |
| *I will make U cry* |
| I'm sorry I forsake you I'm sorry that I left you And I'm sorry I did forget youAnd I'm sorry that I made myself feel better By making you feel never good enough I know you'll shine much brighter than I ever could Maybe that is why I was Scared of you (and in everything I do I'm still thinking of you) oh, you, you I know you were scared of me (but everytime I tried to love you I just fell through) too Desculpa-me se te ofendi Desculpa-me se te esqueci Desculpa-me se eu te deixei Eu te deixei E desculpa-me por me sentir bem com tua dor Sabes que te adoro mas sei que a tua estrela e maior do que a minha muito maior do que a minha E por isso Eu tenho medo deste amor (os dias passo pensando em ti) amor Medo deste amor (Salve-me porque agora estou caindo)amor I was scared of you I was scared of you I was scared of you I was, I was so scared of you na, na, na... |
| *Scared of U* |
| *All Songs written by Nelly Furtado* |
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