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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Charlie Winston
Vocals
Aref Durvesh
Tabla
Toumani Diabate
Kora
Marie-Line Marolany
Background Vocals
Danny Keane
Cello
Sam Walker
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Charlie Winston
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
AutoRoute
Producer
Franck Lobielti
Executive Producer
Kennie Takahashi
Mixing Engineer
Brian Lucey
Mastering Engineer
Anthony Belguise
Recording Engineer
Anthony Cazade
Recording Engineer
Nicolas Quere
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
I've never been an academic, I never did well at school
Never made the grade like we're all told we're supposed to do
I was slow and to cope I would joke and be a teachers fool
Just to hide it
He said, I'll never come to much, I'll never be no good
I didn't fit in the vision of the curriculum like I should
Who say's a test is the best way to get us understood?
I don't think so. Don't think so, no.
Here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose?
Tell me, what I gotta prove?
Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail
So let me fail forward, hey. Here I am.
I said I was slow but now I know another point of view
Turns out, I let every little thing
Sink in until I know it through in through
Ain't it funny to kill a mockingbird are words that we learn at school
On compassion?
Well, here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose?
Tell me, what I gotta prove?
Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail
So let me fail forward, hey. Here I am.
Each day, I make a bet that the voices in my head
Won't always understand, or take me as I am
I didn't read a lit of books as a kid until my table's turned
At 21 I began to eat up the whole shelf filling up myself in the words
Of other misfits looking for a home in a lonely world
Now, here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose?
Tell me, what I gotta prove?
Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail
So let me fail forward, hey. Here I am.
So let me fail... So let me fail forward.
Here I am
So let me fail... So let me fail forward, hey.
Writer(s): Charlie Winston
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