Biography:
James Andrew Arthur (born 1988) is a British singer and musician who won the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, Impossible, was released after the final and debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart on 16 December 2012 in its first week of release.
Since 2005, and prior to his participation in The X Factor, he was a vocalist and guitarist in a number of bands, and later, as a solo artist as well as forming his own The James Arthur Band and James Arthur Project.
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Other songs:
- Can I Be Him
- Certain Things
- Empty Space
- Falling Like The Stars
- Get Down
- Impossible
- Naked
- Say You Won't Let Go
- Say You Won't Let Me Go
- Say You Wont Let Go
- You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You
- Long Live The King
- Recovery
- Say You Won’t Let Go
- You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
- Alright
- Always
- At My Weakest
- Back From The Edge
- Beat The Bullies
- Beautiful Lies
- Brokenhearted
- Cant Take My Eyes Off You
- Coming Home For Summer
- Confessions
- Emergency
- Everybodys Asking Questions
- Fade
- Faded
- Finally
- Hold On
- Hometown Glory
- I Am
- I Cant Take My Eyes Off You
- I Need A Friend
- I Unproudly Present
- If Only
- Ill Reach You
- Is This Love
- Its Not Over
- Kryptonite
- Last Time
- Let Me Love The Lonely
- Let Me Win It
- Lets Go Home Together
- Live Like A Queen
- New Tattoo
- Phoenix
- Prisoner
- Remember Who I Was
- Roses
- Safe Inside
- Sermon
- Shape Of You
- Skeletons
- Smoke Clouds
- Sos
- Suicide
- Sun Comes Up
- Superman
- Supposed Acoustic
- Sweet Dreams
- The Truth
- Thinking Out Loud
- Train Wreck
- Tuesday
- When We Were Young
- Wrecking Ball
- You Deserve Better
- Young
- Youre Nobody Til Somebody Loves You
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[Verse 1]
Bm G D
It was good to be there in the bright lights, mmm
Bm G D
But I lost good friends under the spotlight, woah
Bm G D
Imagine if everybody knew your name
Bm G D
But they had nothing nice to say, nothing nice to say
Bm G D
It was good to be living up the high life, woah
Bm G D
But the comedown's harder in the headlines, woah
Bm G D
Everybody tells you, you should play the game
Bm G D
But there's only you to play, there's only you to play
Em G
But I tried
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm G
Don't tell me it's over, cause I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Bm
The truth sets me free
[Verse 2]
Bm G D
I broke my back to make a breakthrough, mmm
Bm G D
I lost my mind, look what it came to, oh
Bm G D
I had to lose it all so I could understand, woah
Bm G D
I was just a boy in the shadow of a man
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm G
Don't tell me it's over, cause I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Em Bm
Oh, the truth sets me free
Em G
Oh, the truth sets me free
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm
Don't tell me it's over
G
I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Bm G
Oh, the truth sets me free
D A
Oh, the truth sets me free
Bm G
Oh, the truth sets me free
D A
Oh, the truth sets me free
Bm
It sets me free
Bm G D
It was good to be there in the bright lights, mmm
Bm G D
But I lost good friends under the spotlight, woah
Bm G D
Imagine if everybody knew your name
Bm G D
But they had nothing nice to say, nothing nice to say
Bm G D
It was good to be living up the high life, woah
Bm G D
But the comedown's harder in the headlines, woah
Bm G D
Everybody tells you, you should play the game
Bm G D
But there's only you to play, there's only you to play
Em G
But I tried
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm G
Don't tell me it's over, cause I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Bm
The truth sets me free
[Verse 2]
Bm G D
I broke my back to make a breakthrough, mmm
Bm G D
I lost my mind, look what it came to, oh
Bm G D
I had to lose it all so I could understand, woah
Bm G D
I was just a boy in the shadow of a man
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm G
Don't tell me it's over, cause I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Em Bm
Oh, the truth sets me free
Em G
Oh, the truth sets me free
[Chorus]
Bm
I set fire to the glory
G
I set fire to the dream
D
I set fire to the only thing
A
That led me from the streets
Bm
Don't tell me it's over
G
I don't want to believe
D A
Cause now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breathe
Bm G
Oh, the truth sets me free
D A
Oh, the truth sets me free
Bm G
Oh, the truth sets me free
D A
Oh, the truth sets me free
Bm
It sets me free
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