Suddenly I See

"Suddenly I See" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and is featured on her debut album, Eye to the Telescope. It was released on 29 August 2005 as the third single (second single in United States) from the album, charting at #12 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music). The single was a hit in Australia where it charted at #6 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was also certified gold by ARIA for sales of 35,000 copies. The song was Tunstall's highest charting in the United Kingdom, and spent 26 weeks in the Top 75 Singles. "Suddenly I See" won her an Ivor Novello Award in 2006 in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically. It is inspired by New York singer and poet Patti Smith, whose album cover for Horses also inspired Tunstall's album cover for Eye to the Telescope.

[Verse 1] Her face is a map of the world Is a map of the world You can see she's a beautiful girl She's a beautiful girl [Pre-Chorus] And everything around her is a silver pool of light The people who surround her feel the benefit of it It makes you calm She holds you, captivated in her palm [Chorus] Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me [Verse 2] I feel like walking the world Like walking the world And you can hear she's a beautiful girl She's a beautiful girl [Pre-Chorus] She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white Makes you feel warmer When you're trying to remember what you heard She likes to leave you hanging on her word [Chorus] Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me [Bridge] And she's taller than most And she's looking at me I can see her eyes looking from the page of a magazine She makes me feel like I could be a tower A big strong tower, yeah The power to be, the power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah (Suddenly I see) She got the power to be, the power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah (Suddenly I see) She got the power to be, the power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah, yeah (Suddenly I see) She got the power to be, the power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah (Suddenly I see) She got the power to be, the power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah [Outro] Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me (Suddenly I see) This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah (Suddenly I see) Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me, yeah yeah (Suddenly I see) Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see) Why the hell it means so much to me