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Shayne Thomas Ward,born 16 October 1984 in Manchester, England, is an English pop singer who rose to fame as the winner of second series of The X Factor. He has sold over three million records worldwide and has had number one albums and singles in nine countries. During The X Factor competition, Ward was mentored by manager Louis Walsh. The Bookies' favourite to win the show, he defeated duo Journey South and singer Andy Abraham in the final screened by ITV1 by a margin of 1.2% of the vote, out of a reputed 10.8 million phone votes cast by viewers. His first single, "That's My Goal", was released in the United Kingdom on December21, 2005 and became the last number one of 2005, hitting the top spot on 31 December. It sold 313,000 copies on its first day of sales, making it the third fastest selling single of all time, behind Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" and Will Young's "Evergreen", which sold 685,000 and 400,000 copies in their first days of sale respectively. Ward's prize, as winner, was a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco record label, which is co-owned by Sony Music Entertainment. The contract had a stated value of £1 million, of which £150,000 was a cash advance and the remainder was allocated to recording and marketing costs.
Would you tell me when I asked you
If you love me when you don't?
Would you say your feelings never change
When they've all gone away?
I don't want to be blind and I don't want to hear,
What you think I need to hear.
I don't want to hide
So you can stop trying to protect me everywhere.
'Cause I don't want to be
Living my life a lie.
Sometimes I want to cry
But I can't if you won't let me see.
Don't want to be blind
Don't want to be blind
I refuse to be blind
I refuse to be blind
And on a good day sometimes we love away
But I know I want some fire in the dark.
So turn the light on,
Let me in on everything you've got on your mind.
I don't want to be blind and I don't want to hear
What you think I need to hear.
I don't want to hide
So you can stop trying to protect me everywhere.
'Cause I don't want to be living my life a lie.
Sometimes I want to cry
But I can't if you won't let me see.
Don't want to be blind
Don't want to be blind
I refuse to be blind
I refuse to be blind
And every time I try to see
What you've been holding back from me,
You say, I don't need to know.
And I don't want to keep ignoring every sign
That you're about to leave.
I can't keep living in my life a lie.
Sometimes I want to cry
But I can't if you won't let me see.
Don't want to be blind
Don't want to be blind
I refuse to be blind
I refuse to be blind
Don't want to be blind
Don't want to be blind
I refuse to be blind