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Blinded By Need (Ides Mix)

from Balance (2020) by Benjamin Russell

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We don't do ourselves any favours when we try too hard to fit an image that isn't really who we are. Although it's hard to be vulnerable and open with others sometimes, we certainly won't make a real connection unless we do. I have been each of the people in this song.

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Blinded By Need - song by Elyce & Benjamin Russell (socan)

Over there in a corner, staring at the floor
There’s a man who doesn’t know what he came here for
He’s hiding in his silence - he doesn’t want to share
He’s sending off signals that say, "Don’t speak, beware!"
And if you talk to him he’ll pay no heed
He sees nothing but himself - he’s blinded by his need

There’s woman who’s laughing - she’s playing the fool
Scared to be herself, she acts dumb, but it’s a tool
She blocks it from her mind - she’s made it a rule
Not to show she’s a person - it wouldn’t be cool
And if you spoke to her, she’d pay no heed
She sees nothing but her fear - she’s blinded by her need

And the man over there with the voice you can’t miss
Is expounding on everything - he seems full of bliss
Or is he running from something - himself? Is he
Confusing human value for "personality"?
If you to talk to him - he’ll pay no heed
He sees nothing very clearly - he’s blinded by his need

What am I doing getting drunk with strangers?
I don’t know
At least it beats being all by myself
But does it though?
We could have been doing something fruitful
Maybe planting a seed
But we’re too unaware of each other
Blinded by need

Well, I thought that I could see so much more
I could see through the veils right down to the core
But I’m nervous tonight - I’ve a mask of my own
I’m not being myself - I should have stayed home
If you talk to me, I will pay no heed
'Cause I’m lost in a haze and I’m blinded by my need

Blinded by need

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from Balance (2020), released February 26, 2021

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Benjamin Russell Montreal, Québec

Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.

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