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Alex G

The Same

Release date: 8th August 2011

From Race
Track 2
2:32
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'The Same' by Alex G is an Alternative track on the album 'Race', released in 2011. The lyrics find a speaker looking back on certainty, then admitting they are wrong, not okay, and physically unwell. There is a weary, self-aware tone as they describe feeling like a routine inconvenience to someone else, even while they make small preparations to be seen properly, from doing their hair to putting on makeup. A line like “I was the only kid in the world” frames the emotional distance between what they thought they understood and what they now realise.

"The Same" is a track by Alex G, from the album Race, released 8th August 2011. The track is 2:32 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Alex G.

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Alex G

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Lyrics

The Same


I was a girl
I was the only kid in the world, I thought I knew
What it meant to you
But I'm wrong
I'm wrong, I'm wrong

I'm not okay
In fact, I'm sick today, I'm on the floor
It's such a bore
It's nothing new to you

I'll be downstairs, let me do my hair
And put my makeup on, it feels so wrong
You say "Rock on"
I'm not the same

Everybody wants you, yeah
Everybody loves you
Your smile, your teeth, your hair
They don't know you're not there
They don't know you're not there

Too fast, too slow, too late
You are never gonna make it
You're never gonna make it

I'm not the same

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Track details

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Race
Alex G
9th August 2011
Track number
2
Release year
2011
  1. 1Remember
    2:08
  2. 2The Same
    2:32
  3. 3Tv
    1:16
  4. 4Gnaw
    3:22

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