“The Life Of The Party” – Penfriend
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A song for the introverts, for the bruised hearts, for the blushing ones fed up with holding it all inside.
Sometimes the past won’t let us go, but if we turn and face it, we can take action to dull the blows. We can heal ourselves.
This is a call to tell our stories – to ourselves and others. Our voices matter.
I wrote this song in one day in October 2023. Sometimes a song falls from the sky, and my job is to catch hold of it and nurture it.
This song helped heal me. Now it’s yours.
THANK YOU.
VIDEO CREDITS
Directed and shot by Laura Kidd at The Carousel, Nottingham, and edited in The Launchpad. Additional filming and warm support by Tim Bailey.
SONG CREDITS
Written, produced, performed, and recorded by Laura Kidd in The Launchpad, Nottingham.
Piano by Jay Chakravorty.
Drums by Max Saidi.
Mixed by Chris Sheldon.
Mastered by Katie Tavini.
HUGEST THANKS to The Correspondent’s Club. I can’t do this without you xxx
LYRICS
When did the light fade out of your eyes?
When did the life drain out of mine?
Now when the storm comes I’m ready to run
How do you explain what we’ve become?
Just wait
Don’t leave yet
Don’t second guess
I’m not the life of the party
I’m the light, I’m the light, I’m the light
I dream of a birthday – on my birthday
Chocolate cake in my hands – don’t take my hand
The gentlest fiction for my crash land
It shouldn’t surprise me – you surprise me
The mess that we’re in – this mess we’re in
Cos if it’s not raining it’s threatening – is threatening
Don’t leave
You’re never known me
Just listen
I’m not the life of the party
I’m the light, I’m the light, I’m the light
Where did the love go out of your kiss?
Why does it always come back to this?
I’m not the life of the party
I’m the light, I’m the light
I’m not the life of the party
I’m the light, I’m the light
I’m not the life of the party
I’m the light, I’m the light
I’m the light
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