Shine – LoveMyESL

by Anna Nalick

an American singer/songwriter born and raised in California. This is the title song from her second album, which was released March 25, 2008.

Oh, the night makes you a star
And it holds you cold in its arms
You’re the one to whom nobody verses “I love you”
Unless you say it first
So you lie there, holding your breath
And it’s strange how soon you forget
That you’re like stars, they only show up when it’s dark
‘Cause they don’t know their worth

And I think you need to stop following misery‘s lead
Shine away, shine away, shine away

Isn’t it time you got over
How fragile you are
We’re all waiting, waiting on your supernova
‘Cause that’s who you are
And you’ve only begun to shine

There are times
When the poets and porn stars align
And you won’t know who to believe in
Well, that’s a good time to be leaving
And the past, he knocks on your door
And throws stones at your window at four in the morning
Well, maybe he thinks it’s romantic
He’s crazy, but you knew that before

And I think you need to stop following misery‘s lead
Shine away, shine away, shine away

Isn’t it time you got over
How fragile you are
We’re all waiting, waiting on your supernova
‘Cause that’s who you are
And you’ve only begun to shine
Yeah, you’ve only begun to shine

Won’t you shine, shine, shine
Shine over shadow, oh, oh
Shine, shine, shine
Shine over shadow, oh, oh
Shine, shine, shine, shine over

I think you need to stop following misery‘s lead
Shine away, shine away, shine away

Isn’t it time you got over
How fragile you are
We’re all waiting, waiting on your supernova
‘Cause that’s who you are
And you’ve only begun to shine
Yeah, you’ve only begun to shine
Yeah, you’ve only begun to shine

Vocabulary:

verses: writes in a poem
strange: odd, unusual
’cause: because
worth: importance, value
misery: condition of pain or suffering
got over: recovered from
fragile: easily broken
supernova: exploding star
poets: the best people
porn stars: the worst people
align: come together
romantic: a loving thing to do