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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Keane
Keane
Performer
K'naan
K'naan
Vocals
Tim Rice-Oxley
Tim Rice-Oxley
Piano
Jesse Quin
Jesse Quin
Guitar
Jerry Clack
Jerry Clack
Trumpet
Tom Chaplin
Tom Chaplin
Vocals
Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
K'naan
K'naan
Songwriter
Tim Rice-Oxley
Tim Rice-Oxley
Composer
Tom Chaplin
Tom Chaplin
Songwriter
Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes
Songwriter
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Composer
Bill Conti
Bill Conti
Composer
Carol Connors
Carol Connors
Composer
Ayn Robbins
Ayn Robbins
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tim Rice-Oxley
Tim Rice-Oxley
Producer
Fraser T. Smith
Fraser T. Smith
Mixing Engineer
Beatriz Artola
Beatriz Artola
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You're living in a place you left behind
Goin' round in circles all the time
Can see the way your head, it's like your blind
So open your eyes in time
[Verse 2]
Realign just what you got
With what you nearly had and what you want
You fall asleep and then the moment's gone
So open your eyes in time
[Verse 3]
Yeah, it's hard to undo time
Hard to separate my past from my rhyme
'Cause how could you separate milk from lime?
Waste my time
[Verse 4]
Looking back
You always seem to be looking back
Feels like your mind's always somewhere else
You're always looking over your shoulder
[Verse 5]
Think of all the places you could never be
Beauty in the faces that you never see
As you lie there, sleeping
How the moment flies
So open your eyes in time
[Verse 6]
Yeah, they say life makes sense backwards
Only you've got to live it forward
[Verse 7]
Don't waste your time, no
Don't waste your time just looking back
You always seem to be looking back
Feels like your mind's always somewhere else
You're always looking over your shoulder
Looking back
You always seem to be looking back
Feels like your mind's always somewhere else
You're always looking over your shoulder
[Verse 8]
Am I the only one tryin' to fight off an army?
Of memories dressed up, all tryna harm me
I feel cocky, runnin' up the steps like Rocky
Until the past come flashin' like paparazzi
Nothing is new, so I open my folder
My favorite view is over my shoulder
Everything backwards is my plight
It's landing first when in my flight
Even my tears run up my cheeks
Back in my eye, live, I die
[Verse 9]
Don't waste your time just looking back
You always seem to be looking back
Feels like your mind's always somewhere else
You're always looking over your shoulder
You always seem to be looking back
Feels like your mind's always somewhere else
You're always looking over your shoulder
[Verse 10]
You're always looking back
Over and over and over
You're always looking back
Written by: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Keinan Abdi Warsame, Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin
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