I’m excited to be preparing for the release of my new song, “I Am,” which will go live on Spotify, Apple Music, everywhere else, and on this website on May 9, 2024. I’m happy to share that “I Am” has also been selected as a semifinalist in this year’s International Songwriting Competition.

I have a long history with this song. Official release—and full story—approaching on May 9, 2024. (More music can be found on the ingeniously titled Music page.)

For now, listen to a snippet and read the lyrics below!

I Am, by Simon Spire

I don't care about anything, I've left it all behind
I don't care about everything I wanted from this life
At first I didn't trust my eyes, but now I've seen it a thousand times

I don't care to try no more, to try is just to lie
I can't bear to fight no more, I've battled all my life
And when I'm here, with nothing left, the music comes alive

I am
I am released
I am
I am free

I don't care about anything, my appetite is spent
I just don't have the drive I had to push and crawl ahead
But in the end, I have to say, I like it better here

I don't care for all the lies I told and I believed
I just don't have the will no more to live them like I did
And now they're gone, well I can see it's easy to be me

I am
I am released
I am
I am free

I don't care to win the war, in fact I lost it all
I must admit there was a time I wanted nothing more
There comes a point you see that it's a fight that's never won

And I don't care about my dreams, though it's no easy death
But waking up is better than continuing the mess
It's everything to me to say I'm all that I have left

I am
I am released
I am
I am free

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Simon Spire.
Vocals, instruments, programming — Simon Spire.
Live drums — Massimo Majorana.