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Open

Description

"Open" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed live at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on 2005-01-21 and would be played numerous times in 2005. "Open" would resurface seven years later when it was played at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ on 2012-04-10. The next month, the song was released on the LP What We Saw from the Cheap Seats on 2012-05-29. "Open" was played extensively in 2012 on the tour supporting the album, with its only 2013 and final performance in Santiago, Chile on 2013-04-03.

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Lyrics

I am
Down the road and up the hill
I wait for you still
Wires 'round my fingers
Potentially lovely
Perpetually human
Suspended and open
Open
Open
I am
Through the woods and past the trains
I wait here in vain
Scrubbing out the stains again
Potentially lovely
Perpetually human
Suspended and open
Open
Open
In a night, the snow starts falling
And everybody stares
Through their windows at the streetlights
Too beautiful to see
I am
In a room I've built myself
Four straight walls
One floor
One ceiling
And day after day, I wake up feeling
Day after way feeling, feeling
Potentially lovely
Perpetually human
Suspended and open
Open
Open
Open
Open up
Your eyes
And then

Sheet Music

TJ Metcalf

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Song Facts

Release Status:

Released

Originally By:

Original

Collaborators:

Solo

Alternate Titles:

Down the Road and Up the Hill

Written:

Unknown

Demo:

N/A

First Official Release:
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:

Song Stats

First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:

Time Between First and Last Performance:

about 8 years and 2 months

# of Appearances on Official Releases:

1

# of Times Performed Live:

43

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