‘Shady’ is Alfie Templeman’s late 2020 single release for his mini-album “Forever Isn’t Long Enough” and features production from Thomas McFarland, from the band Jungle. Templeman features “nods to ‘70s soft rock and '80s pop that further bolster the intrigue and give it a warmth well beyond Templem...
[Verse 1]
Trying to figure it out
Trying to see what it's about
Hoping to make some sense of this
Starting to wrap my head around it
[Pre-Chorus]
I could be someone
Someone that'll lie
But I'd be missing the real person I am
Wish you didn't change
So they stayed the same
So I feel like me again
[Chorus]
Do you really, wanna go there?
I'm down to do the thing you want
I know I’m actin' shady
Do you really, think I'm sorry?
I tried to move it along
But this is over, baby
[Verse 2]
Reaching, for something that ain't mine
Someone, that I used to spend time with
One day, I hope you'll talk to me
I feel, just like we used to be
[Pre-Chorus]
I could be someone
Someone that'll lie
But I'd be missing the real person I am
Wish you didn't change
So they stayed the same
So I feel like me again
[Chorus]
Do you really, wanna go there?
I'm down to do the thing you want
I'm not actin' shady
Do you really, think I'm sorry?
I tried to move it along
But this is over, baby
[Outro]
This is over, baby
I could be someone
Someone that'll lie
But I'd be missing the real person I am
Wish you didn't change
So they stayed the same
So I feel like me again
Shady was written by J. Lloyd & Thomas McFarland & Alfie Templeman.
Shady was produced by Thomas McFarland & Jungle & Alfie Templeman.
Alfie Templeman released Shady on Tue Nov 10 2020.
This track is about trying to stay true to myself, doing what I wanna do in my life and trying to avoid all the arguments and shady people that come with it. No more negativity, more making sense of the past and enjoying what the present has to offer.
—via Mailing List
There were bits of this that I started in 2019; I had those vocal hooks. My label, Chess Club, said, ‘Hey, Tom McFarland from Jungle would love to work with you.’ I played him that idea and he started playing this bassline, which is at the very start of the song, and I started playing some really di...