Stuff Tagged ‘ALL or NOTHING’

The official CD release party for ALL or NOTHING! Simon performs with full band.

Track List

1. Inside Out lyrics
2. More or Less lyrics
3. Hiding So Long lyrics chords

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

The world has started to shine

Or has it only begun?

Or has it finally died?

Something’s changed – it’s gone

Goodbye to all that I loved

Arm’s length is not enough

I’ll sell my shadow and all

My soul exchanging something whole

I’d take all that

I’ve dreamed and then I’d

Give it up, give it all up and

Die just one more time

Until it’s real until I see

Through Faustus’s eyes and

Every color fades to black and white it’s gloom

Nothing’s real anymore to me but you

And I can tell it’s all or nothing

I see now it’s all or nothing

Bury me I choose – all I want is you

I would build the world just like new

And then I’d drop it at once

And leave it all for you

I can’t stop till I see

Everything I thought was me

Alone and dead on the floor

There’s nothing more for me

Prechorus

Chorus

That’s why

I’m taking it all away I’ll say

Goodbye, I’m leaving it all if I could

Stare a little more at the sun I’m done

Move a little closer till it’s gone and then

I’d take my life and name and burn it all – gone – it’s all the same

Nothing can give me what I want

Nothing can give me what I want

Chorus

Simon – vocals, guitars

Ralf Illenberger – additional guitar

Eddy Barattini – drums

Troy Perkins – bass

Eric Miller – background vocals

Hello hello, It’s been a real thrill to see “Hiding So Long” being covered by other singers/guitarists/musicians!  Thank you for giving new expression to the song.  To me art is dynamic, never static, and always evoking something new in the moment in which we find ourselves, so it’s cool to watch the song continue to [...]

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With Round 1 of the New Zealand ALL or NOTHING phase complete, I’m back in New York and rocking out with the band. It was a great trip back home: as well as the obvious catching-up with family and friends, the album release in NZ was a wonderful way to kick off the official ALL [...]

It’s almost release day here in New Zealand! ALL or NOTHING goes into stores throughout New Zealand on August 18th on the Sony/BMG-distributed Rajon label – this is the first domino to fall in the snow-balling ALL or NOTHING tsunami (oh yeah, I think I just combined three metaphors.) I’m fond of lame puns, so [...]

I knew I was home when I received a call from the affable guy setting up a guitar of mine. It’s a Taylor acoustic, and needed some adjustments made. He said to me, “I see that there’s been no arrangement made for payment – let’s make it a box of beers.” I wasn’t sure that [...]

I am often asked why I chose the title of this album to be ALL or NOTHING. Because it’s something that means a lot to me, and because I often wish I could say more when condensing my verbal answer into a couple of sentences, I have decided to write a little about it here, [...]

I wrote a song last year entitled “Lost In You” (not yet recorded). Broken-heart-love-songs are not all that frequent for me – as much as I truly love them, I usually end up writing about something else. But this song was definitely one of those (and she knows who she is!). Well, the heartbreak I [...]