Chelsea - The Winner

“The Winner" is a extended play by Chelsea.



Written by Chelsea Lee Smith;

Produced by Chelsea Lee Smith [also exec.], Goldie Bellamy from Crystal Venus, Chuck Ainlay;
Mastered by Aldam Krauss, Glenn Worf and Serban Ghenea;

Genres: Country [Country-Rock, Country-Folk, Country-Alternative, Country-Ballad]; Alternative [Alternative-Rock]; Rock [Blues-Rock] Ballad [Acoustic-Ballad];

Recorded at Gemini Diamond Studios, Dublin; Record Plant Studios, New York;

Lengh: 22:27




© Twin Flame Management, all rights reserved at Rocket Records. 2027











TRACKLIST

Side A

01. The Winner

02. If Walls Could Talk

03. Gravedigger



Side B

04. Your Own Heart

05. See You On The Road (Feat. Caleb Roth)

06. Home

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TRACK ONE - THE WINNER

The Winner




TRACK TWO - IF WALLS COULD TALK







- VERSE 1 -

I can't escape your pride that insists on squeezing me

Your eyes are empty and as cold as the bed you lie on

I'm burning inside wanting to fight more and more

You're finding out now that you'll reap what you sow

So keep digging deep, look for any sign

I'm running towards the light of the labyrinth, but I can't find the end



- CHORUS -

It's like there's a wall between us

Even when we stand side by side we always seem to be alone

You built it because you didn't want to hear my voice

Cause I keep pushing and pushing harder

And you keep on pushing and pushing 'cause you're afraid

That's all that's stopping my freedom

Release me from the shackles, let me live for real

This war seems to have more cons than pros

Cause baby there's a wall between us

And I wish they could talk



- VERSE 2 -

Your love is seasonal and only comes when you really want it

You wallow in the depths of your feelings new reasons to fight

It's just another excuse to keep the devil on your side while you struggle to hide

The fear that I've seen and tried to solve

Things are getting heavier to deal with



- CHORUS -

For there's a wall here between us

Even though we stand side by side we always seem to be alone

You who built it to silence my voice

For I keep pushing and pushing harder

And you keep on pushing and pushing 'cause you're afraid

That's all that's stopping my freedom

Release me from the shackles, let me live for real

This war seems to have more cons than pros

Cause baby there's a wall between us

I wish they could talk



- BRIDGE-

In this life it's hard to be this lucky

I just wish I was stronger

(I wanna be strong)



- CHORUS -

Like this wall here between us

Even though we stand side by side we always seem to be alone

You who built it to silence my voice

Cause I keep pushing and pushing harder

And you keep pushing and pushing 'cause you're afraid

That's all that's stopping my freedom

Release me from the shackles, let me live for real

This war seems to have more cons than pros

Cause baby there's a wall between us

And I wish so much that they could talk

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TRACK THREE - GRAVEDIGGER





- VERSE 1 -

I had already warned you the day we became lovers

That I would love you until we were buried

I made you wait for me until the night of our engagement

From that day on we were never apart again

So if one day our bond is weakened

As tight as a noose I'll leave you bound

For I'd rather go to heaven or hell

Than see you with another in chains



- PRE-CHORUS -

You can bury me then

Six feet below the ground

And let the stone say:



- CHORUS -

Here lies a woman whose only motivation

Was to love a man with all her heart

And if you're gone just before I'm gone

Tell the gravedigger that by your side he'll bury me



- VERSE 2 -

It won't be the whiskey or even the cigarette

It will be your name that I last pronounced

And if divorce and death do us part

I'll let the coroner know that we were once one half



- PRE-CHORUS -

You can bury me then

Six feet below the ground

And let the stone say:



- CHORUS -

Here lies a woman whose only motivation

Was to love a man with all her heart

And if you're gone just before I'm gone

Tell the gravedigger that by your side he will bury me



- BRIDGE -

So if the ties that bind us one day weaken

And if forever is over for you

If the ring on your finger gets a little too tight

You'll remember that we were once the same



- HOOK -

And let the stone say:



- CHORUS -

Here lies a woman whose only motivation

Was to love a man with all her heart

And if you're gone just before I'm gone

Tell the gravedigger that by your side he will bury me



- ANOTHER -

I had already warned you the day we became lovers

That I would love you until we were buried

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TRACK FOUR - YOUR OWN HEART







- VERSE 1 -

You are constantly in confusion

Like everything is wrong, like it's not your mission

Before you were even here, you'd already left

And even with all the light emanating from you

I could only observe you getting lost in your own emptiness



- CHORUS -

You're breaking your own heart

Going too far with all this confusion

You say you just want to feel loved

But you don't understand your feelings in profusion

You just give in when the going gets tough

I hope you can get out of this situation

Cause you're breaking your own heart



- VERSE 2 -

So many tears have fallen for me, so many falls in vain

It's easy to hear through the walls when you're down

But you weren't born to live in shadows

You don't have to accept that life gave you this "no".



- CHORUS -

You're breaking your own heart

Going too far with all this mess

You say you just want to feel loved

But you don't understand your feelings in profusion

You just give up the ready when it gets hard

I hope you can get out of this situation

Cause you're breaking your own heart



- BRIDGE -

So let go of your fears and let them go

You know it's not too late, I'm still here

You say you just want to feel loved

But you don't understand your feelings in profusion

You're breaking your own heart.



- CHORUS -

You're breaking your own heart

Going too far with all this confusion

You say you just want to feel loved

But you don't understand your feelings in profusion

You just give up the ready when it gets hard

I hope you can get out of this situation

Cause you're breaking your own heart



- OUTRO-

Your own heart...

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TRACK FIVE - SEE YOU ON THE ROAD (FT. CALEB ROTH)






Caleb / Chelsea / Both

- VERSE 1 -
Oh, Father Time
In all your splendor, give us a moment
So we can readjust our thinking
Letting the electrons ask the neutrons in marriage
Oh father time, give us more time
May you relive, all my tears
My heavy soul only allows me to cry cement
This is what I carry, my torment

- CHORUS -
No one knows where they're coming from
Nor how they're trying to wrap our minds
Bounding the limits of our sweet and innocent knowledges
Be a bang before a brave god
Than an ignorant, penitent sinner
I've never been good for goodbyes
So until I find you, I'll be singing
A song to travel and ease the ride
See you on the road, oh

- VERSE 2 -
Oh father time
You say I take it for nothing
All the plans and moments we've had
It's hurting to live with half a heart
Your eyes are like rain
Just a soul that's changing shape
I'll be laughing on the way
Thinking of those days in our nest, oh

- CHORUS -
No one knows where they're coming from
And how they're trying to wrap our minds
Bounding the limits of our sweet innocent knowledge
Be a bang before a brave god
Than an ignorant, penitent sinner
I've never been good for goodbyes
So until I find you, I'll be singing
A song to travel and ease the ride
See you on the road, oh

- BRIDGE -
So I say goodbye to my friends
Father time, you taught me to love like a beast
And to go to parties like a queen
The girl from Paris living in the machinery of America
She was the profit and the loss
The comet and Apollo 13
The beginning and the end

- CHORUS -
No one knows where they're coming from
And how they're trying to wrap our minds
Bounding the limits of our sweet and innocent knowledges
Be a bang before a brave god
Than an ignorant, penitent sinner
I've never been good for goodbyes
So until I find you, I'll be singing
A song to travel and ease the ride
See you on the road, oh

- OUTRO-
On that last day, father time
You told me to focus on my dreams
Well I'll take you with me, now this is ours
I know you and I know what you'd say to me
You'd say "keep up the show"
So let's move on

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TRACK SIX - HOME







- VERSE 01
There is a small town at the intersection of the 60th and the 40th

It has only one traffic light, but it doesn't work and nobody fixes it

All the inhabitants know each other and the lies don't last

The nearest big city is where all the young people move to

I miss the drinking festivals they used to have

And the nights laughing with friends that I know won't come back

But I'm not in the place I used to call home




- VERSE 02 -
My hotel in New York has more people than my old neighborhood

And the price of a house is what I paid for this dinner

I miss cleaning tables in Tulsa more

Than hours in the subway

But I'm no longer in the place I used to call home




- CHORUS -

I'm in a world so big

That sometimes I feel small

I miss the way it makes me feel

The blue skies of Oklahoma

Oh... I miss the drinking festivals that used to be

And the nights laughing with friends that I know won't come back

But I'm not in the place anymore.

No, I'm not in the place anymore...

I'm not in the place anymore...

I'm not in the place I used to call home





VERSE 03
In a world of red carpets

The bright lights of the paparazzi can thrill you

I miss my pierced boots and the clothes we couldn't afford

Here you can have anything you want

Minus an "everything for a dollar" store

But I'm no longer in the place I used to call home




- CHORUS -
I'm in a world so big

That sometimes I feel small

I miss the way it makes me feel

The blue skies of Oklahoma

Oh... I miss the drinking festivals that used to be

And the nights laughing with friends that I know won't come back

But I'm not in the place anymore.

No, I'm not in the place anymore...

I'm not in the place anymore...

I'm not in the place I used to call home




- OUTRO -
There's a small town at the intersection of 60 and 40.

There is only one traffic light there, but it doesn't work and nobody fixes it.

I am no longer in the place I used to call home...

Home