Alec Benjamin - Settle Down Lyrics
He set out with a backpack
A compass in hand
To steal Mona Lisa
And that was his plan
A modern day outlaw
And vanish before you
Like tracks in the sand
His pockets were full but his heart was so heavy
And all these material things can be deadly if
No one is there who will share when your seventy-one
If only someone
Filled the spaces
He might settle down
He met her on Tuesday
On his way back from France
He rolled up the painting
He stole with his hands
And even da Vinci
Couldn't have sketched
A more perfect woman
Than the one that he met
His pockets were full but his heart was so heavy
And all these material things can be deadly if
No one is there who will share when your seventy-one
If only someone
Filled the spaces
He might settle down
Settle down, settle down, settle down, settle down
He woke up in the morning
With nothing around
She left with the portrait
No trace of her found
She was the outlaw
She was the one
She took the bounty
And left him with none
His pockets aren't full and his heart is still empty
And falling in love it can be just as deadly
And no one is there who will care when he's seventy-one
If only someone
Filled the spaces
He might settle down
Settle down
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Alec Benjamin - Stan
- Alec Benjamin - Simple Song
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- Alec Benjamin - Pretending
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Alec Benjamin Settle Down Comments
i need this song on my spotify i’ve been listeing to it since it came out and i can never get enough of it 🥺
it's been two years since i listened to this and i still remember all the lyrics. your music is unforgettable
Takes 2 seconds of Alec Benjamin to make tears fill my eyes
This song ain't on spotify and I'm sad
why aren´t these on your spotify
Usually when I’m trying to sleep, but my brain is full of junk, I end up listening to one of your songs, and my brain “settles down” (haha get it? Ok I’ll leave now)
Love your music! I also really appreciate your lyrics. It takes a lot of skill to not only rhyme, but also have a good rhythm.
2mil happening today
why are there so many of his songs not on Spotify??? :((
Can you pls put this and "Journey to the lowest place on earth" on spotify
🔥🔥🔥
His voice is so calming ❤😊
Is there ANY way that you can publish all your songs on iTunes OR Spotify idec which one just PLEASE
Me: awe this looks like a cute song
Also me:😭❤
Omg! 1M already yeyyyy😭❤❤❤❤
I feel like I would be the girl in this and I'm so sad:(
💜 2019 💜 was just at your concert in New York yesterday I will never forget October 25th 2019
I NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY!!!
🤤🤤🤤💙😍
Who is still here in 2065 and still loving him when he's 71?
He would be 91 and I love him always
@Isabelle LaFrance hahaha
typo.
BUT
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
why is the background of him in a store??????
It's just a random photo that he picked. I like it
Wow this is a masterpiece <3
Of Course it is.
Alec Benjamin made it.
@Lahly Bird haha thats soooo true thought!!
*hi if u are reading this, that means u are probably as obsessed as me*
Nope.
I'm more.
Lahly Bird *bet*
It's nice to come back to his old stuff and see how much he has grown as an artist and the giant community he has created
his voice in this song tho ♥♥
He sounds younger than he usually does doesn't he?
this literally sounds like a story someone would write, this guy's a genius i love him
Exactly, he doesn't sing, he narrates ❤️
Welcome to Alec Benjamin.
Every song is a story.
@Lahly Bird ik ive been listening to him for years
Only Alec can make a picture of a person in the supermarket that looks like it was taken by a stalker look like art
Its himself
crap its a year now I wanna cry
It's a year?!
need this piece of art on spotify
Reminds me of the movie The Best Offer. It tells exactly this story and the portrait stealing isn't metaphorical. It's actually real. But he ends up falling love with her and she turns out being a fraud. So it goes both ways.
Every time. EVERY TIME. I listen to a song of yours and I'm like, "Yeah, got it. This is the story. I know how this is going to end". I've grown so used to correctly guessing the ending of movies and TV shows and songs and I keep thinking that you'll fall into the same rhythm but more often than not your last verse ALWAYS GETS ME. Now I'm so crestfallen that this guy who I thought had found a happy ending gets played by this woman but it's like, "HE JUST WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN". But at the same time I've identified with your character so quickly that it feels like I'll never get to settle down either. WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO ME, DUDE??
how much time did it take you to write this
i read the word "settle" as "seattle".
For some reason This song makes me want to punch this girl in the face
its 2019 and here i am listening to old demos *sigh* hes come so far :')
Maaannnn, 2:22 till 2:53 and 2:54 till 3:08 have such different fellings
U stole my Heart ;) its True
How have I not heard this yet omg 😭😍
His songs always give me chills
I LOVE THIS
Seriously, how are you not famous!?
he grew fame, but he deserves more even if hes not gonna be our little secret
dramatic
OMG his voice is so different but still is AMAZING
This song is perfect wtf
His music aren't songs. They're freaking stories.
The most amazing song 😍 I wish all your music was Spotify, one of the most talented singers ever 😍❤️
ikr hes soo good!
Alec is such a super cool singer song writer♡
Piano intensifies
I am so happy I found alex before he realesed his first album cause I can say I was one of the first
My life in three words: Alec and AJR
The swallowing at 1:08😍😍
I’m crying , this song is so beautiful
Thank you Alec.
Lalalalalala
Anyone got the Spotify link for this song?
This hurt so much :'c
this song is one of my favorite. we think we will all have the best life with the best car and décor for our million dollar homes. but in the end, it's not. we still feel lonely. since we have no one to share with. also, is the seventy one thing a subtle reference to the "I will be loving you till were seventy" and the questions surrounding what happens at seventy one?
You are so talented, your songs are beautiful and meaningful, unlike most singers, I love you <3 <3!!
I luv u!
Omg loving the plot twist in the lyrics :o
This kinda sounds like a Disney song<3
Gonna go see you October 9th🤯🙌😭💗
I'm trying to find a bad song by Alec Benjamin for an hour now can't find any
The story tho!!!!
It is like disney songs but more emotional one :)
I've been watching all his videos and I'm addicted 💜
Anyone else doing an Alec Benjamin marathon?? 😂😭
For everyone who's saying he deserves more, you're right. He'll blow up soon for sure, but enjoy this for now.
Kkkkkk ok this was kinda funny
i'm currently in class listening to all his songs😂💕
when did your old songs get so many views I swear this just had like 200k
now that your fan base is growing like A LOTT i decided to binge listen your songs
I STILL WANT TO SEE A MUSIC VIDEO
my loooove
He's so talented this man. Give him the whole world
im sobbing this is beautiful
put this on your next album !!!!!
Favorite👏🏻Alec👏🏻Benjamin👏🏻song👏🏻ever👏🏻
How does one even sing and play piano/guitar at the same time. I still can’t say a word while playing my cello ehhhhh
this is literally incredible <3
Everybody says that you're so great, yeah
Walk around like you deserve that gold
But what would happen if they knew the place that
You got it from?
I guess that I was just another victim
Someone that you thought that you could play
I had a feeling and I should have listened
Now there's no us
I was so rich with all this love
You wanted it and I was so dumb
I let you in when I should have run
Now all that's left is something numb
I gave you all I had to lose
My skin, my soul, my finest jewels
You stole it all for someone new and then
You gave away the best of me
My sins, my sweetest ecstasy
To someone worth much less than me
Yeah, you're my Robin Hood
i love this song
Honestly this song still makes me cry every time. His music is so beautiful I just can't.
i NEED this on spotify :(
This song is an echo, the answer that resonates with this song that has been sung by Alec. I suggest you listen to Robin Hood by Anson Seabra after this song. It's as if the man in the song is directly telling us what has happened through his perspective instead of the story teller's himself. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVkVGczOXWA
Your music is so uplifting- even the sad music
omg! those korean pears behind Alec are so delicious!! They're perfectly sweet!! makes me crave them right now.
this song has had so much meaning to me since 2017. I wish i could go back
Paitence brings the world together and apart,
The stranger I met changes my life,you might say,but peaceful singing is what people from alec expect.
Please please please publish this song!
A - Awesome
L - Legendary
E - Excellent
C - Creative
B - Brilliant
E - Effective
N - Noteworthy
J - Joyous
A - Amazing
M - Meaningful
I - Influential
N - Necessitate
Normally it takes me like 2 or 3 times listening to a new song to really get into it but all of your songs just click right away and I love them from the first note
Listening to this drunk and with a broken heart..... i just dont wanna live anymore
Someone make a 1 hour version of this
the way he sings just really touches his viewers hearts, why is he not bigger!! 😍😍
LOL I have been just listening to Alec Benjamin for atleast 2 days and 1 night also why does this song sound like a perfect disney song I love it!
*My dad came up behind me and asked if I was listening to Justin Beiber. I said "He's not Justin Beiber."*
*He said ",same thing."*
;-;
2019, and I just found this song. I love it so much, I wish it was on spotify, all your songs are amazing, it's shocks me that the first ever song I listened to was Paper Crown. I didn't know it was yours, but I loved it. In 2018 I found your songs again and I love them so much, all your songs are really amazing!
Wow.....! .Great lyrics Alec....! Its beyond the sense of commons .....so beautiful a song love it .....Stay blessed ....
ly alec