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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

TV on the Radio

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COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Andrew Sitek

David Andrew Sitek

Composer

Tunde Adebimpe

Composer

Kyp Malone

Composer

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David Andrew Sitek

David Andrew Sitek

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Zeph Sowers

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Matty Green

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Ohh, (Ohh)

[Verse 2]

How much do I love you? (Oh)

How hard must we try (Oh)

To set into motion (Oh)

A love divine? (Oh)

[Verse 3]

I should really give it up sometime

Should've known by the way things started

But, I should really give it up sometime

And I should really give it up sometime

Nor reprieve for the broken hearted

Yeah, I should really give it up sometime

[Verse 4]

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

Hey, there it goes, in the sun, steam, and marigolds

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

I am yours, you are mine, through a lifetime of disagreements

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

Take me high, take me low

Take me nowhere my poor heart can't follow

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

Reckless hearts, soon collide

Break through a lifetime of stress and evil

[Verse 5]

I should really give it up sometime

Should've known, couldn't last forever

But, I should really give it up sometime

And I should really give it up sometime

All I wanted was to love you better

But, I should really give it up sometime

[Verse 6]

(I don't want what you want)

Oh, come and get lost, love

(I don't want what you want)

(I don't want what you want)

Why wrestle the tide?

(I don't want what you want)

All set into motion

Our love divine

[Verse 7]

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

How much do I love you?

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

How hard must we try

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

How deep is the ocean?

(And now it's rolling down the wave, rolling down the wave into the fire)

Written by: Babatunde Adebimpe, David Andrew Sitek, David Malone, Jaleel Bunton, Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe

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