This song goes out to any young female who came to Hollywood with a heart full of hopes and dreams. Only to have their soul shattered by all the corruption & evil that surrounds the bittersweet symphony that makes up lalaland Los Angeles.
City of Angels and City of Demons.
For those of us who have experienced the horrors of being intimidated, harassed, or assaulted by industry execs and the “powers that be,” our hearts go out to you— in this song, and in the bullet called life.
WE DESERVE TO GLISTEN!
NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!
NEVER LET ANYONE TAKE AWAY YOUR SELF WORTH! NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY!
AND THEY WILL TRY!!!!!
But we can be blindsided and end up bright sided on the other side.
<3
Written by: Kristi Magdalene, Ben Kernion, and Benny Wilton.
Produced by: Thomas Rojo
Lyrics
(VERSE)
I trusted him, he trusted her, she trusted me
I'm the trees, as you're the sea, and we are altogether
I wish you only the truth, only for you,
Do you know it’s me coming through
Is there any room left on the Tour of the Stars
She’s not that innocent, she’s gonna go far
(CHORUS)
Blindsided, blindsided, blindsided, blindsided
(POST-CHORUS)
Before these brain cells leave me forever
Let’s come together
Let’s undo what they did to us
Girl, I’m always here for you
As you have been for me
Knives don’t have our backs
But our place in Heaven is guaranteed
We’re living in upside down times, we’re living in upside down times
No gets a free ride! We all got here ‘cause we died and came back to life
(VERSE)
Alone in that motel room was a girl who had her whole life before her eyes
Power concedes nothing! We’re just walking wombs, they’re trading women for the highest prize
This is our Vietnam, revolutions are messy, people get left behind
You can’t unsee this, you can’t believe this
You can’t unsee this, you can’t believe this
Trying to stay clean on yesterday’s shower
It will all run riot at the top of the hour
(CHORUS)
Blindsided, blindsided, blindsided, blindsided
(POST-CHORUS)
The most unlikely to succeed at being loved
The most driven to do, whatever you say I can’t do
I’ve got nothing but everything to lose
I’ve got nothing but everything to prove
You taught me all your greatest tricks, then left me at home alone with all the guns
We both know I’m not that dumb
You’re running game on everyone, it must be fun to try and fool the Devil
I’ll not pretend like be that clever
(CHORUS)
Blindsided, blindsided, blindsided, blindsided
(OUTRO)
I don’t wanna recycle the abuse
I can see it happening before my eyes
And there’s nothing I can do
If not for you
You keep me grounded
You are astounding
With hope and truth
There are many shades of pink
There are many layers to this dream
There’s still time to rise above, we deserve to glisten
I didn’t get anywhere in life waiting on someone else’s permission
(CHORUS)
Bright sided, bright sided, bright sided, bright sided