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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dan Smith
Lead Vocals
Chris Wood
Timpani
Kyle Simmons
Organ
William Farquarson
Bass
Charlie Barnes
Guitar
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Orchestra
Ben Palmer
Conductor
Nick Whiting
Violin
Martin Gwilym-Jones
Violin
Terry Porteus
Violin
Ruth Heney
Violin
Tamaki Mott
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Amy Fletcher
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Paul Mann
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Anna Smith
Violin
Sheila Smith
Violin
Beverley Wescott
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Michael Topping
Violin
Ilze Abola
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Vickie Ringguth
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Joseph Williams
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Roussanka Karatchivieva
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Elliot Kempton
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Anna Szabo
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Rebecca Jones
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Ania Leadbeater
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Laura Sinnerton
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Robert Gibbons
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Catherine Palmer
Viola
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January Johnnsen
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Alexander Jones
Double Bass
Daniel Vassallo
Double Bass
Christopher Wescott
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Richard Gibbons
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Erin Mai
Background Vocals
Dionne Bennett
Background Vocals
Maddie Jones
Background Vocals
Ruth Zewge
Background Vocals
Cat Southall
Background Vocals
Lucy Jones
Background Vocals
Kate Westall
Background Vocals
James Morgan
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Joshua Robertson
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Kyle Lima
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Dyfed Cynan
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Duke Durham
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Leslie Hatfield
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Hans Zimmer
Composer
Russell Emanuel
Composer
Dan Smith
Songwriter
Andrew Christie
Composer
Steven Kofsky
Composer
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String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hans Zimmer
Producer
Russell Emanuel
Producer
Dan Smith
Co-Producer
Mark Crew
Vocal Producer
Jez Murphy
Recording Engineer
Felipe J. Gutierrez
Assistant Recording Engineer
Andrew Christie
Mixing Engineer
Harsha Thangirala
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Alex Gordon
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
In your pose, as the dust settled around us
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes
Eh, eheu, eheu
Eh, eheu, eheu (oh-oh-oh)
Eh, eheu, eheu (oh-oh)
Eh, eheu, eheu
Oh, where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Oh-oh, oh, where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
Oh, how am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Hey!
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Oh-oh, oh
Writer(s): Hans F. Zimmer, Daniel Campbell Smith, Russell Jason Emanuel, Billie Ray Fingers, Andrew James Christie
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