Zoe Gray - Play On (Shadow)

from SpinTunes #13 - Round 1 by Spintunes

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Zoe Gray writes: " I'm exclusively on mobile for the next week, and am not entirely sure how to work this. I am sending you all the info here. Pardon the recording quality; I wrote and recorded this at my camp & am sending it with no editing.

This song is about Shakespeare."

lyrics

"Play On" lyrics:
We gather together here under the lights
To sing and to dream of sweet midsummer nights
We sit on a tree branch reciting your words
We tell you you saved us and hope that you heard
And under the costumes and makeup
We love and we dance and we break up
We feel and we kill and we die
Again and again just to figure out why

[chorus]
You know us
You know me
You know us
And so we
Say and say and say and say on
And we play and play and play and play on

And sometimes I wonder what you'd think of us all
You'd probably just point and laugh while we fall
You'd write ten more stories of fools and of kings
You'd write about me, you, and sorts of things
And under the masks and attire
We love like we're dancing on fire
We feel like we're then, there, and now
Again and again just to figure out how

[chorus]

I think it might be better if we don't know who you are
Cause you could be a hero or a villain or a star
A tyrant or a lover or an extra down below
It's like you could be one of us for all that we know

And under all guises and pretense
And under all layers of defense
We make laughter and sorrow and strife
Again and again just to figure out life

[chorus]
And we say and say and say and say on
And we play and play and play and play on

credits

from SpinTunes #13 - Round 1, released July 10, 2017

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