Welcome back to another #MusicMonday! It’s not about books, but about music, and I’m looking forward to presenting you with a taste of my playlist. It’s the brainchild of Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek, but my inspiration comes from the lovely Claire from A Knight’s Reads. Every Monday, I’ll be choosing a song to share with you. The Spotify playlist is here and it will be updated as I go along.

Yesterday I went to see Razorlight. As always, at the time of writing, I’ve not been yet, but I saw them earlier in the year supporting James and I was impressed so I’m looking forward to seeing them perform their own show. I loved them in their early days, so I’m sharing one of my favourite Razorlight tracks:

Razorlight: Somewhere Else

You’re an emotional wreck
You don’t know who you are
You never say what you mean
And you keep your mouth shut
And your nights stay still
And then you come and call on me

You say I just can’t help myself
I really, really wish I could be somewhere else
Than here

And I met a girl
She asked me my name
I told her what it was
She looked at me
I tried to explain
Exactly what I’d lost

But now I just can’t help myself
I really, really wish I could be somewhere else
Than here
You give me everything I need
But I really, really wish I could be somewhere else
Than here

Just anywhere else
Just anywhere else than here

And I won’t forget it
No, I won’t forget it
No, I won’t forget it

And when I saw you there, it was the first time
And you just walked on by
I was catching the sparks that flew from your heels
Trying to catch your eye

But that was somewhere else
Yeah, somewhere else
Somewhere else
I really, really wish I could be
Somewhere else
Somewhere else
Somewhere else
I really, really wish I could be
‘Cause I just can’t help myself
I really, really wish I could be somewhere else
Than here

And no, I just can’t help myself
I really, really wish I could
I got everything I need
I really, really wish I could be
Somewhere else
Somewhere else
Somewhere else
I really, really wish I could be

Writer: Johnny Burrell

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Until next time!