Damien Rice - Bottom Shelf

I take myself from the bottom shelf
And I reel my troubles in
And I put them up on a higher hill
To a place I've never been
And I'll wait for you if you want me to
Am I just wasting my time?
And I'll wait for you if you ask me to
Am I just losing my mind?
And I'm always hanging on
And I'm always closing doors
And I'm always saying no
No, when I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want you
And I'll take myself from the bottom shelf
And I'm on the street again
But it's the newer town, and the rain come down
In a place I?ve never been
And I play for you if you ask me to
Am I just wasting my time?
Yeah I play for you if you want me to
Am I just losing my mind?
'Cause I'm always hanging on
And I'm always closing doors
And I'm always saying no
When I really really want it all
When I really really want you
When I really really want it all
I really really really want
Yeah I really really want it all
When I really really wanted you
I take myself from the bottom shelf
And I reel my troubles in
And I put them up on a higher hill
To a place I've never been
And I'll play for you if you want me to
I just wasting my time?
And I'll play for you if you ask me to
Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing?
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[@leslawrence3865]

Who is preventing him was releasing live songs, more raw like this? They’re fools… this is so unique, they could make 10X off of sales. I saw him live ~10 years ago and he didn’t really let his own true voice out. Felt like I was in a room with a couple thousand people listening to his album on a CD player.

[@KATRUBY888]

Beautiful.........thanx

[@AmbientJoe]

One of my favourite songs years ago. Recently been listening to Kodaline. Heard a song of theirs called "say something". The chord progression and melody is very similar to this song and here I am maybe 15 years later and I'm listening again.

[@twistedimagev2]

[@paramore0007love]

Amazing ;)

[@travlynn08]

Stripped, raw, and real Rice.

[@dboyd1089]

That's a wicked picture! Not really related to the song but fantastic picture! haha
Ah yes, this used to be on repeat for me for a while a couple years ago....

[@daniyahxx]

@travlynn08 Thank you for recognizing it as so!

[@leslawrence3865]

Why isn’t this song on any of his albums? Or at least available as a single?

[@pvw337]

Is this song on any album? It's amazing

[@BrokoliceSMedem]

+Pieter van Wyk Nope, its not..( on any album, yes it is amazing :D )

[@Macin04]

@homoeroticna what do you mean by that?

[@Exitdream667]

And I'll wait for you if you want me to
Am I just wasting my time?
And I'll wait for you if you ask me to
Am I just losing my mind?
...

[@soyrockstar100]

probably not the best damien song..thanks for uploading!

[@devinrobertson5251]

the fuck?