You're Not Alone In How You Feel (live street performance) - Kieran Le Cam

I wrote this song a long time ago, when I was feeling very lonely and unappreciated. I can't remember exactly when but I think I recall not feeling at home, at a music competition in France. "Nouvelle Star", the French Idol series. Id' gotten to Paris, which is the equivalent of "omgee ur going to LAAA!" (lol), and it was held in this old hotel, and the experience was kind of interesting, but I remember how that TV show felt, and how these productions don't care about you as an artist and how as much as some contestants were awesome, many felt very alien to me. I passed my audition but it went really badly because, one, I didn't want to play covers, and two, I was pretty heavily psychotic (from my psychotic episode only a couple years earlier). You can't make this shit up.

I remember thinking at the time that I didn't even know any of the judges. So many other contestants seemed to idolize them, and in my head I was like...uh I know Miley Cyrus from the voice? Obviously I didn't say that to them. I don' t think they asked.

Either way I was on the roof of that hotel (it had a nice view), and I felt so misunderstood and different and sad. And I crumpled to my knees, and wished for someone to hear me. And I remembered all the times I'd done that before, fallen to my knees. At some point I can't remember when, I grabbed my guitar, and just played.

I remember writing that vocal progression "I wish I could escape..." going up then down then up again, and I remember just following the notes wherever they took me. Over the years I worked on the chords to make them more interesting and the guitar playing for it to sound tight, but natural. And this is what you get. My vocals have gotten better and no doubt I will keep improving. Just thought a little back story would be interesting. But as usual I didn't want to end on a sad note, and the only hope I could put into that song was the promise that if anyone needed me to listen to them, to understand them, that I would be there for them. So that they don't need to fall to their knees and wish for some magical force to hear them. They could have a real live human do it instead. As far as I can tell, if someone needs to talk, to feel heard, I've never turned them away or not cared, since. If you're reading and you feel a need to talk, I can't promise I can help much, but I promise I will listen.

And yes it is surprising coming from someone who talks so much.

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LYRICS:

Think fast, talk slow
Brain hurt or down low
White ghost or scapegoat
I know it hurts

Through thick and thin
Lowered head or raised chin
Eyes wide or shut closed
Just know the worst
has come and gone

Again, again, again it's gone
Again, again, again, it's gone
Again, again, again, again

I wish I could escape
All of this pain and misery
When I am down upon my knees
Wishing that someone heard me now
I know it’s hard to get away
From all the noise inside your head
But if you listen well, you’ll see
You’re not alone in how you feel
I’m there
I'll listen to you anywhere

Drink glass or fire smoke
Bottom’s up or first toke
Jack shit and being broke
I know it burns

Lovesick or no one
Peace sign or shotgun
Backstab or upfront
Everyone learns

Again, again, again it goes
Again, again, again, it goes
Again, again, again, again

I wish I could escape
All of this pain and misery
When I am down upon my knees
Wishing that someone heard me now
I know it’s hard to get away
From all the noise inside your head
But if you listen well, you’ll see
You’re not alone in how you feel
I’m there
I'll listen to you anywhere

Aah aah aah aah
Ah ah ah
Aah aah ahh
Aah ahh ahh
Ahh ahh ahh
Ahh ahh ahh
Ahh
x2

I wish I could escape
All of this pain and misery
When I am down upon my knees
Wishing that someone heard me now
I know it’s hard to get away
From all the noise inside your head
But if you listen well, you’ll see
You’re not alone in how you feel
I’m there
I'll listen to you anywhere

@lauver-mn3mo 2 months ago

You've lovely voice. Congratulation:finger-red-number-one:

@divineintelligencevideos56 2 months ago

You're Only Alone in Your Own Head! Find Peace There First! You are Appreciated Brother! I Appreciate You! ❤💯

This Sounds like a Coheed, & Cambria Song! Good Job! :person-turqouise-waving:💯

@mikemcdonald4501 2 months ago

Nice song, energetic performance, sunny day in Dublin. I like the girl with crutches trucking at full speed about 4:40. And I always get a chuckle from the discreet McDonald's Hamburgers sign. In the U.S. it would be 20 feet tall and a garish neon yellow.😊