Alec Benjamin
After getting dropped by Columbia Records at 18 years old, singer-songwrite… Read Full Bio ↴After getting dropped by Columbia Records at 18 years old, singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin built a following by playing in parking lots outside of Shawn Mendes and Troye Sivan concerts. The Phoenix, Arizona native caught the attention of Jon Bellion, earning a songwriting credit on Bellion’s debut album and later joined him on tour.
To build on the momentum, Benjamin began uploading new songs to his YouTube channel at a rapid clip and eventually earned a viral hit with “I Built a Friend” and a deal with Atlantic Records.
Benjamin connects to listeners by incorporating using his life struggles to tell stories and give meaning to his songs. You can see this in “Let Me Down Slowly,” “Paper Crown,” “I Built a Friend,” “Death of a Hero,” and “If We Have Each Other.”
Benjamin released his first studio album mixtape, Narrated for You on November 16, 2018, and released his first studio album, These Two Windows on May 29, 2020
To build on the momentum, Benjamin began uploading new songs to his YouTube channel at a rapid clip and eventually earned a viral hit with “I Built a Friend” and a deal with Atlantic Records.
Benjamin connects to listeners by incorporating using his life struggles to tell stories and give meaning to his songs. You can see this in “Let Me Down Slowly,” “Paper Crown,” “I Built a Friend,” “Death of a Hero,” and “If We Have Each Other.”
Benjamin released his first studio album mixtape, Narrated for You on November 16, 2018, and released his first studio album, These Two Windows on May 29, 2020
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Alec Benjamin Lyrics
1994 This is where I broke my wrist Where I thought I…
Alamo Please give me a reason to believe all the lies 'Cause…
America You've been hanging your conscious on the fence Cause you ca…
Animal And the wheels go round and round And the headlights shining…
Annabelle's Homework Careful as I write her name On the corner of the…
Army Of A Nation Here there is no future, Here there is no time Here…
Be My Enemy I never thought that I would be that one The only…
Beautiful Pain If you gave me only one wish I wouldn't want to…
Boy In The Bubble It was 6:48, I was walking home Stepped through the gate,…
Colin's House In my suburb you and me We'll go at night when…
Crazy Weren't you just so fortunate But you moved out on your…
Death of a Hero I was in Pittsburgh when I saw Superman in the…
Demons I've got all these demons hiding underneath Nobody can see t…
Deniro This is not the role that I auditioned for Please tell…
Devil Doesn't Bargain The devil doesn't bargain It's useless, don't do this It's …
Different Kind Of Beautiful You're a different kind of beautiful, the kind that makes…
Dopamine Addict Six months clean off the dopamine Threw my phone through the…
End of the Summer When I was fifteen, in my parent's house I met a…
Gotta Be A Reason There's gotta be a reason that I'm here on Earth Gotta…
Hammers It's wholly subjective The thing that you see So what's your…
hill i will die on Some have fought battles in fields full of cattle And some…
Hipocrite It's hip to be a hypocrite, well, that's how it…
I Built A Friend I built a friend With three pieces of plastic and…
I Sent My Therapist To Therapy He said "Take a seat over there, on the chair by…
I Won't Forget You When all you can do Is turn back around Walk over your…
I'm Not a Cynic I'm just bein' realistic, bein' honest with myself I've trie…
if i kill someone for you I'm sorry that I did this, the blood is on…
If We Have Each Other She was 19 with a baby on the way On the…
Im Not a Cynic I'm just bein' realistic, bein' honest with myself I've trie…
Jesus in LA Well, I shook hands with the devil Down on the south…
Just Like You When I was younger, I would argue with my dad Tell…
King Size Bed She said, "I'll take the left side tonight, I don't…
Let Me Down Slowly This night is cold in the kingdom I can feel you…
Match In The Rain Seems you've been changin' lately I can feel the distance in…
Mind Is A Prison I don't live in California, I'll inform you, that's not…
Miss her the Most She is beautiful, she can do better I don't think she…
Must Have Been The Wind I heard a glass shatter on the wall in the…
My mind is a Prison I don't live in California, I'll inform you, that's not…
Nancy Got a Haircut Nancy got a haircut She looks really nice now Walkin' with a…
Nuance Da-dum Da-dum Ba-ba-da-dum Nuance was an old friend That ev…
Oh My God Looking at the pictures I keep on my shelf 'Cause it's…
Older I'm not prepared for the future So many things that I…
One Wrong Turn I knew a guy, let's call him Jeff He had a…
Outrunning Karma Outrunning karma, that boy He's such a charmer, all the Bugs…
Paper Crown A paper crown, and a heart made of glass A tattered…
Pick Me Is it lying if I add a couple inches to…
Shadow Of Mine Booked a trip to Texas, thought I'd start again Switched all…
Six Feet Apart They say distance is relative And relative to relatives I ha…
Speakers I often think about the way you'll think about me…
Stan My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I got out of…
Steve I know the Bible isn't perfect 'Cause it left one person…
Swim I've been falling much more deep than I wanna I've been…
The Book Of You & I Well, it all began in the back of her car I…
The Boy In The Bubble It was 6:48, I was walking home Stepped through the gate,…
The End of the Summer When I was fifteen, in my parent's house I met a…
The Water Fountain She told me that she loved me by the water…
The Way You Felt The way you felt in my arms Our chemistry was sacred Oh,…
Together We Fall I know its cold But it's not freezing I know you're tired Bu…
Water Fountain She told me that she loved me by the water…
Boy In A Bubble It was 6:48, I was walking home Stepped through the gate,…
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on Let Me Down Slowly
nobody:
alec:
Zoe
on Gabriel
Gabriel the oldest son
He praised the Lord and married young
Became a priest at that confession
Cured the people of transgression
Gabriel he held the weight of
Everybody's toxic waste
And with the load upon his shoulder
Couldn't sleep as he got older
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Looking for a place to be
Or some place he could hide his grief
Gabriel ran to the beach
And set out for the open sea
Heaved the baggage from the sands
Aboard the vessel with his hands
And when he couldn't see the land
Released their sins on his command
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
As the problems slowly drifted
All the weight was quickly lifted
From his back into the sea
He finally felt he was free
When he got home after months
Sat down and waited for lunch
He looked down at an empty dish
Cause all their sins had killed the fish
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
But is Gabriel responsible
There you go
I am OBsEsseD with Alec Benjamin
on Let Me Down Slowly
he's talking about how when you truly love someone they will always be in your heart. and how it hurts to be broken up with so let him down slowly cause hes fragile
Alec benjamin lover
on The Water Fountain
#ILOVEALECBENJAMIN
Hello just posting here
on The Water Fountain
Great!
Star
on Gabriel
Gabriel the oldest son
He praised the Lord and married young
Became a priest at that confession
Cured the people of transgression
Gabriel he held the weight of
Everybody's toxic waste
And with the load upon his shoulder
Couldn't sleep as he got older
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Looking for a place to be
Or some place he could hide his grief
Gabriel ran to the beach
And set out for the open sea
Heaved the baggage from the sands
Aboard the vessel with his hands
And when he couldn't see the land
Released their sins on his command
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
As the problems slowly drifted
All the weight was quickly lifted
From his back into the sea
He finally felt he was free
When he got home after months
Set down and waited for lunch
He looked down at an empty dish
Cause all their sins had killed the fish
Oh oh oh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to
Everybody has to talk to
Oh oh oh
Our Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel, he had no one
That he could talk to
But is Gabriel responsible