Biography:
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewan Burke (born 25 August 1988 in Islington, London) is an English singer and winner of the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008.
As the winner of The X Factor, Burke released her debut single, "Hallelujah", originally a Leonard Cohen song, that became the current European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours: selling 105,000 copies in one day; but also, the top-selling song of the year in the UK as well as becoming the 2008 Christmas number one single in the UK.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Em
Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
Em
The birds and the trees, they don't sing no more
Em
These autumn leaves are lying down on the floor
Em
Just like mister love, we go, oh yeah
Em
Ain't nothing left but a picture frame
Em
You're forgetting my face, so don't say my name
Am
Don't wanna it's going up in flames
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Verse 2]
Em
I have the key to your heart, you changed the lock on the door
Em
Won't even bother to knock, I know that nobody's home
Em
You're not the person that I knew before, oh
Em
Like the bones of our love is buried deep in the ground
Em
Like the wings of a dove, you can't be holding us down
Em Am
Let it go, let it go, yeah, forget all the vows
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Bridge]
Am
Time is running, let the water come in from the sea
Am
Wasting time on that someone who's not meant to be
Am
Let it go, let it go, go and set yourself free, free, free
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Outro]
Em
I just keep holding on to your shadow
Em
Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
Em
The birds and the trees, they don't sing no more
Em
These autumn leaves are lying down on the floor
Em
Just like mister love, we go, oh yeah
Em
Ain't nothing left but a picture frame
Em
You're forgetting my face, so don't say my name
Am
Don't wanna it's going up in flames
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Verse 2]
Em
I have the key to your heart, you changed the lock on the door
Em
Won't even bother to knock, I know that nobody's home
Em
You're not the person that I knew before, oh
Em
Like the bones of our love is buried deep in the ground
Em
Like the wings of a dove, you can't be holding us down
Em Am
Let it go, let it go, yeah, forget all the vows
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Bridge]
Am
Time is running, let the water come in from the sea
Am
Wasting time on that someone who's not meant to be
Am
Let it go, let it go, go and set yourself free, free, free
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Yeah, you got me running down the wrong road
Em
Yeah, I'm swimming in the shallows
F#m
That's not the love that I seek in what you're giving to me
N.C. G
I want a love that runs deep, want it as deep as the sea
[Chorus]
C G D
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
C G D Em
Try to run but I know it's return to your ghost
C G
I keep clinging to everything I have once loved
D
But love don't live here anymore
C G D D#7
Oh, but I just keep holding on to your shadow
[Outro]
Em
I just keep holding on to your shadow
