2025 Competition Lyrics Entry:

Diversion by Nicola Dwyer

Lyrics

The road lesson travelled that’s what I take.
The decisions always different that I make.
I’m a bit of a mystery and I’m a little aloof,
The answers of the universe I’m living proof.
So many times I’ve been knocked down.
Each time I get back up and adjust my crown.
I never conform that just doesn’t feel right.
For what I believe in I stand up and fight.


*Chorus
See I was born different I always knew this. Not a single unheard whisper did I ever miss. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I refuse to go back to a time that when.
I walked around on this earth in a trance
I not look back now not for a glance.


When you present to the world in this way.
It will bring lots of questions and then some dismay.
Cause we are all thought that we must be the same.
If you ask me I think this is a dam shame.
So embrace who you are and love it at all cost.
Don’t float around the earth like your constantly lost.
I hope you wake up to see this is true.
So you can grown learn and elevate too.


Chorus
See I was born different I always knew this. Not a single unheard whisper did I ever miss. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I refuse to go back to a time that when.
I walked around on this earth in a trance no,
I’ll not look back not not for a glance.


The road lesson travelled that’s what I take.
The decisions always different that I make.
I’m a bit of a mystery and I’m a little aloof,
The answers of the universe I’m living proof.
So many times I’ve been knocked down.
Each time I get back up and adjust my crown.
I never conform that just doesn’t feel right.
For what I believe in I stand up and fight.


*Chorus
See I was born different I always knew this. Not a single unheard whisper did I ever miss. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I refuse to go back to a time that when.
I walked around on this earth in a trance
I not look back now not for a glance.



I will leave you with one thought I hope resonates.
I have walked 50 years along these great plates.
No matter what happens from this moment on.
I’ve awakened and I know I never was wrong.
I took me a road that is different than most
Lived like like some kinda shape shifting ghost.
Now I’ve awoken and set myself free.
Part of this world I no longer need to be.
The soul journey of mine I’ve come to complete.
If you ask me I think that that shits kinda neat.


Chorus
See I was born different I always knew this. Not a single unheard whisper did I ever miss. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I refuse to go back to a time that when.
I walked around on this earth in a trance no,
Il not look back for even a glance.

Author

Bio

I like to call myself Alice. Like Alice in wonderland because I’ve always done things differently, questioned everything and choose the road lesson travelled.

Co-author(s)

Lyrics Competition Results

Emotional Impact:
13/ 20
Technical Skill:
13/ 20
Memorability:
8/ 20
Storytelling:
12/ 20
Imagery:
7/ 20
Total Score:
53/ 100
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