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SHANNON CURTIS

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    • Both at the Same Time (2018)
    • The Space Between (Audio Play) (2017)
    • The Space Between (album version) (2017)
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Albums

  1. If You Leave Shannon Curtis 4:28
  2. A Little Respect Shannon Curtis 3:29
  3. Dancing in the Dark Shannon Curtis 3:26
  4. Drive Shannon Curtis 3:54
  5. Take On Me Shannon Curtis 3:47
  6. The Boys of Summer Shannon Curtis 4:49
  7. West End Girls Shannon Curtis 4:00
  8. Wouldn't It Be Good Shannon Curtis 4:01
  9. A Question of Lust Shannon Curtis 4:14
  10. Forever Young Shannon Curtis 3:45

Before / After

Shannon Curtis

Record Details

Released
2021
Genre
Artpop

Record Tracklist

  1. Before / After -:-- / 3:51

Well, I guess this is it, then
We’ve come to the part where I let go
Because going on from here
Requires a lighter load

I thought that I needed
This to be what I’m supposed to be
But I have changed my mind, in fact
It’s changing everything

And I’m letting go
I’m letting go
I’m letting go
So I can say hello
I can say hello
So I can say hello

It may look like nothing (May look like nothing)
But the fundamental structure of belief
Under all I do and say and make
Is changing now, you’ll see

‘Cause history came here
And didn’t she throw a spoke into the wheel?
I straightened up from grinding
And felt a weight I could no longer wield

And so I’m letting go
I’m letting go
I’m letting go
So I can say hello
I can say hello
So I can say hello

There was a time before (There was a time)
And there will be a time after
(My whole perspective has changed)
(Total transformation)
(I got inside myself)
One thing I know, if I’m to get there (One thing I know)
I must shed the old masters
(What really matters?)
(If I continue on like this, what will my life look like?)
From before
(Old patterns that no longer serve me)
(Goodbye to people-pleasing)
(Old beliefs that held me back for too long)
To welcome the after
(I’m taking my own power back)
(Listen closer to my instincts)
Say goodbye
(I am enough)
(I’m welcoming abundance)
To before
(What do I have to lose? Only what needs to be let go)

I’m letting go
I’m letting go
I’m letting go
So I can say hello
I can say hello
So I can say hello

Well, I guess this is it, then
We’ve come to the part where I let go

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