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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dan Smith
Dan Smith
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
[Verse 2]
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
[Verse 3]
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing's changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
[Verse 4]
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse 5]
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
In your pose as the dust settled around us
[Verse 6]
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
[Verse 7]
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing's changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
[Verse 8]
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse 9]
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
[Verse 10]
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh, eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh
[Verse 11]
Where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
[Verse 12]
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
[Verse 13]
But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing's changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
[Verse 14]
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Written by: Dan Smith
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