Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is a popular American singer who rose to fame on the American Idol television program, and who has become the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history, even handily eclipsing that year's "Idol" winner in sales. His first CD, Measure of a Man, went triple platinum and was the subject of conflicting reviews: Many fans and some critics recognized and admired the pure pop sound ("so pure it floats") and top-notch production values while others heard only a manufactured sound, noting that the singer hadn't earned his musical chops but "merely" sang his way to the hearts of millions on television, a perceived unjust leap-frogging of "the true path of the true artist." Merry Christmas With Love was his first Christmas album, and unusually for such a seasonal offering, it too went platinum, again with soaring, crystalline vocals and beautiful production work. His accompanying seasonal tour, The Joyful Noise tour, allowed him to combine his faith and moral vision with the triumphant power vocals his audiences had come to love. His latest offering, 2006's A Thousand Different Ways, was, through the direction of mega-producer Clive Davis, largely a covers CD, ten of the fourteen cuts being well known melodic pop songs ranging from Richard Marx, Bryan Adams, Dolly Parton, Mister Mister, and Elton John. Two other songs, available only on digital versions of the album, are "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (through K-Mart.com) and "Lover All Alone" (through iTunes and co-written by Aiken himself).
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Clay Aiken
You can try to hide away
From every drop of rain
That's hanging over you
And you can say it's all a waste
Lost your time and space
There's nothing left to lose
Like a broken angel on the ground
Like a symphony without a sound
Turn around
Everything you are
Everywhere you've been
The sinner and the saint
That fight the battle within
Every place you go
Everybody knows
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes
Shine
You are gonna shine
In the mirror of your soul
I know that you know
You are not forsaken
Hey butterfly, open up your weary eyes
And realize
It's a trip we're taking
And the world will turn around again
And your shattered heart is gonna mend
In the end
Everything you are
Everywhere you've been
The sinner and the saint
That fight the battle within
Every place you go
Everybody knows
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes
Shine
You are gonna shine
Baby, let's go riding on shooting stars (stars)
(You are gonna shine)
Watch the crescent moon smile to your heart (to your heart)
(Shine)
You are going to shine
(shine)
You are going to shine
Everything you are
Everywhere you've been
The sinner and the saint
That fight the battle within
Every place you go
Everybody knows
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes
Shine
Everything you are (everything you are)
Everywhere you've been (everywhere you've been)
The sinner and the saint (Oh)
That fight the battle within (fight the battle within)
Every place you go (everywhere you go)
Everybody knows (everybody knows)
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes
Shine
You are gonna shine
(Oh)
(You are gonna shine)