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Giver by Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson

Giver

Release date: 24th September 2006

From Close to Paradise
Track 4
3:27
AlternativeMusicSinger/SongwriterPop
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About This Track

'Giver' by Patrick Watson is a 2006 alternative track from the album 'Close to Paradise'. The lyrics cast a puzzled eye on shifting feeling and the sensation that time is moving too quickly, with the singer repeatedly turning the question back on the listener in a self versus other, and then both together, kind of loop. One line crystallises the unease: “time's a little fast”.

"Giver" is a track by Patrick Watson, from the album Close to Paradise, released 24th September 2006. The track is 3:27 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Patrick Watson.

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Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson

Lyrics

Giver

Is it just me or do you feel a little strange?
Is it just me or do you feel the change?
And now, is it me?
How about you?

Isn't it strange that time's a little fast?
Isn't it strange that nothing ever last?
And now, is it me?
How about you?
Well, now, is it me?
How about you?

Don't be a fool
Well, don't be afraid
Nothing's really ever supposed to last
Now, don't be a fool
Well, don't be afraid
Everybody needs to meet the end

Isn't it fun at the very edge of the world?
Where talking's like walking on broken glass
No need to fret, I'm in the same hands as you
One of these days, I'm gonna meet my matchmaker too

Well, don't be a fool
Well, don't be afraid
Nothing's really ever supposed to last

Oh, don't be afraid
Everybody needs to meet the end

Oh, that is why
Oh, that is why I feel, I feel so alive
At the edge of the world
Well, now, is it me?
How about you?
Well, now, is it me?
How about you?

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Track details

From Close to Paradise

3:272006
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Album
Close to Paradise
Close to Paradise
Patrick Watson
25th September 2006
Track number
4
Release year
2006
  1. 1Close to Paradise
    5:02
  2. 2Daydreamer
    4:34
  3. 3Slip into Your Skin
    3:38
  4. 4Giver
    3:27

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