In March 2007, she started to post YouTube videos of herself singing popular cover songs of that time, in front of her white closet doors which have now become her trademark. The first video she posted was of her singing "Listen" by Beyonce, from the movie Dreamgirls. Soon after, viewers began requesting songs for Savannah to post. She covered everything from Miley Cyrus's "7 things" to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the Wizards of
Oz.
In the fall of 2007, Savannah recorded the first song “Goodbyes” that she wrote during middle school graduation about her best friend. "Goodbyes" was Savannah's debut single on Radio Disney, and it stayed on Radio Disney's Top 30 Countdown for 18 weeks and peeked at #5. This still holds the record for the highest charted song by an unsigned artist.
"Goodbyes" made it to Radio Disney's Top 10 Summer Songs and Top 50 Songs of 2008. For 2 months that fall, Savannah was the opening act of Nat & Alex Wolff's tour.
During 2009 Savannah released two more singles on Radio Disney, "If You Only Knew" and "Fighting For My Life". She also participated in a project for Zoovolution, where she narrated an audio book called "Fur Trade" and recorded a song to help raise awareness about cruelty against animals. She recorded a song for the “Tinkerbell and the Lost
Treasure Soundtrack”, as well as a cover of "Little Wonders" from “Meet the Robinsons, for the Disney Mania 7 released in 2010.
In 2010 she performed her new single, “Be Original”, on the Coca Cola Red Carpet Pre Show for the American Music Awards. This song received heavy rotation on Radio Disney reaching #13 on the Top 30 Countdown and ended up being one of the top 50 songs of 2010. Savannah was voted by twitter entries to be one of the top 10 artist breakout artist of 2011.
House Of Cards
Savannah Outen Lyrics
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I'm tired of your games but we're stuck together
I saw you kiss another girl on Friday night, you know the drill But this time I'll be gone forever.
Yeah the walls will shake as I break away from you oo oo
I will fly outside and I'll find somebody new oo oo
Yeah you locked my heart in a House of Cards
Yeah you're paper thin and I'm looking through you oo oo oh oh oh.
I'm peeling off the tape that holds us together
Don't play the King of Diamonds now, how dare you try to buy me out You've left me with no doubt, it's over.
Yeah the walls will shake as I break away from you oo oo
I will fly outside and I'll find somebody new oo oo
Yeah you locked my heart in a House of Cards
Yeah you're paper thin I'm looking through you ooh ooh oh oh oh.
Yeah the walls will shake as I break away from you oo oo I will fly outside and I'll find somebody new oo oo
Yeah you locked my heart in a House of Cards
Yeah you're paper thin I'm looking through (you)
Your House of Cards is falling down around you oo oo
In Savannah Outen's song House of Cards, the lyrics express the final straw in a relationship that has been filled with games, lies and deceit. The metaphorical language used in the lyrics paints a picture of a crumbling relationship that is built on false promises and illusions of love. The first line, "You're not the Ace of Spades in your fake black leather," suggests that the person she is speaking to is not the cool, confident and unbreakable figure he had presented himself to be. In fact, she sees right through his facade.
She then goes on to say that even though she's tired of his games, they are still stuck together. She witnessed him kissing another girl on Friday night, which solidifies the fact that their relationship is just a house of cards, fragile and easily destroyed with one gust of wind. However, this time she is determined to break free and fly away to find someone better. The chorus expresses her empowerment and strength to escape from the situation, and the metaphor of the walls shaking and her flying away captures the energy of the moment.
As the song progresses, she starts to realize how shallow and meaningless their relationship really was. She talks about peeling off the tape that held them together, and the roof falling down in the "unfair" weather. This line suggests that her view on their relationship has changed, and now she sees it for what it was: a flimsy and artificial connection built on false hopes and expectations. The final line of the chorus, "your House of Cards is falling down around you," further emphasizes this notion, suggesting that the person she's addressing is now realizing the consequences of his actions.
Overall, House of Cards is a powerful song that captures the energy of a relationship's end. It speaks to the feeling of being trapped in a situation where you feel powerless and stuck, but finally finding the strength to break free and move on to something better.
Line by Line Meaning
You're not the Ace of Spades in your fake black leather
You are not as cool and impressive as you think you are with your fake persona.
I'm tired of your games but we're stuck together
I am exhausted of playing your mind games, but we are still in a relationship and can't seem to break free from it.
I saw you kiss another girl on Friday night, you know the drill But this time I'll be gone forever.
I caught you cheating on me on a Friday night, as you have done before, but this time I have had enough and will leave you for good.
Yeah the walls will shake as I break away from you oo oo
I will fly outside and I'll find somebody new oo oo
As I leave you, I will feel liberated and will start a new life with someone else without being held back by you.
Yeah you locked my heart in a House of Cards
Yeah you're paper thin and I'm looking through you oo oo oh oh oh.
You have trapped me in a fragile and unstable relationship with your manipulative ways, and I see right through them and you.
I'm peeling off the tape that holds us together
The roof is falling down in this unfair weather
I am tearing down the facade of our relationship, as it is crumbling down due to the unfair circumstances we have been through.
Don't play the King of Diamonds now, how dare you try to buy me out
You've left me with no doubt, it's over.
Do not think that you have the power to charm and buy your way back into my life, as I have no doubt that our relationship is finished.
Your House of Cards is falling down around you oo oo
Your manipulative and fake ways are catching up to you, and your fragile House of Cards is collapsing around you.
Contributed by Ella H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.