The EP THE TWO OF US AGAINST THE WORLD is Markella's first pop album following a remarkable transformation from internationally acclaimed opera singer to pop recording artist, Markella sings songs of love, discovery and defiance. RELEASE DATE: 11 NOVEMBER 2010
THE TWO OF US AGAINST THE WORLD is available in the Markella Store and on iTunes
VERSE 1: Always hoping, always waiting for the world to understand
Always longing, always wishing for our perfect wonderland
Always striving, always fighting, never reaching victory
Always losing our way, at the end of the day
Needing anyone to believe
But I don't care if anybody else believes in me anymore
‘Cause I have you to believe in me
VERSE 2: Nevermore will I look for approval from anyone not equipped to know
Nevermore will I keep anybody around if I feel they can't let me grow
Nevermore will I Iet anybody but you come inside of my dream
Nevermore will I share any secret desire if you're not a member of my team
It really doesn't matter if some don't know enough to believe
‘Cause I have you to believe in me
CHORUS: It's just the two of us, against the world, against the odds
When no one really understood us
No one really knew me, no one really knew you
No one really knew enough to know
But I know you like nobody else
And I know you know me like I know myself
The two of us, against the world
WHY AM I THE LUCKY ONE
VERSE 1: On the day I found you, with that aura all around you
I knew that you were the one
I knew my life wouldn't be the same when my lips first tried to say your name
I knew that you were the one
I knew in an instant that my journey had just begun, my life starting over again
VERSE 2: I've never had even one regret, and I know that I will never forget
just why I fell in love with you
You were a true phenomenon, you were so different from every one
That's why I fell in love with you
And deep in your eyes I saw myself, and I knew that's where I needed to go
CHORUS: I discovered the world with you, I discovered how to dream with you
I learned how to hope, I learned how to cry
And I discovered the question that may never have an answer, and here it is...
Why with over six billion people, why am I the lucky one?
BRIDGE: Why am I the lucky one who got to spend the best years of your life with you.
You taught me how to love, taught me how to live...
MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
VERSE 1: I'm not gonna follow the path that is worn in the ground
I'm not gonna go where there are too many people around
I'm not gonna be what every body wants me to be
I'm gonna march to the beat of a different drummer 1, 2, 3
I really don't care about expectation
I just want to be who I need to be
I really don't care about adaptation
I just want to find what's truly me
VERSE 2: I'm not gonna be one of the people that you never hear make a sound
I'm not gonna be one of the people that you find in lost and found
I'm not gonna let anything or anybody keep me down
I'm gonna march to the beat of a different drummer 1, 2, 3
I really don't care about emulation
I just want to be who I need to be
I really don't care about admiration
I just want to find what's truly me
CHORUS: Marching to a different drummer, Marching in my very own key
All my thoughts belong to me, I don't know how else to be, and I know you don't agree
‘cause I'm marching to the beat of a different drummer than you
Why can't you see that I am free of all your fantasy
I like reality, so I'm marching to the beat of a different drummer than you
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Why can't you see that I'm marching to the beat of a different drummer than you
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
I'm gonna keep on I'm marching to the beat of a different drummer than you
Marching to the beat of a different drummer, I don't care what anybody thinks about it
Marching to the beat of a different drummer, I don't know an other way to go about it
HERE AND NOW
VERSE 1: Imagine the moment before the end, before you die
Imagine the feeling of not enough time to say goodbye
What would you say to me? What would I say to you?
Imagine the revelation that we could have said so much more
VERSE 2: Imagine a lifetime of living each day as if it were your last
Imagine the magic suspended in time, no future or past
How would I look to you? How would you look to me?
Imagine the satisfaction of owning this sliver of time
CHORUS: The here and now, the only thing in the universe we know for sure
The here and now, alone with you in the moment, just ours to share
The here and now, it's all for you
I'll never waste another today, tomorrow may never come our way
The here and now, it's all for you
BRIDGE: Tomorrow may never come, so today I'm living for you
THE TWO OF US AGAINST THE WORLD (Original)
VERSE 1: Always hoping, always waiting for the world to understand
Always longing, always wishing for our perfect wonderland
Always striving, always fighting, never reaching victory
Always losing our way, at the end of the day
Needing anyone to believe
But I don't care if anybody else believes in me anymore
‘Cause I have you to believe in me
VERSE 2: Nevermore will I look for approval from anyone not equipped to know
Nevermore will I keep anybody around if I feel they can't let me grow
Nevermore will I Iet anybody but you come inside of my dream
Nevermore will I share any secret desire if you're not a member of my team
It really doesn't matter if some don't know enough to believe
‘Cause I have you to believe in me
CHORUS: It's just the two of us, against the world, against the odds
When no one really understood us
No one really knew me, no one really knew you
No one really knew enough to know
But I know you like nobody else
And I know you know me like I know myself
The two of us, against the world
Credits: Co-Produced by Dan Kane and STYVYN. | Engineered by Dan Kane, Powerbase Studio | All instrumental tracks created and performed by STYVYN at New Age of Reason Studios
