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Artist: Bastille
Canonical path: /bastille/the-driver
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The Driver
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The Driver
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Shout out from the bottom of my lungs
A plague on both your houses
This thing
It’s a family affair
It’s drawing out my weakness
Big boys don’t cry
They don’t ask why
There was a time when a moment like this
Wouldn’t ever cross my mind
The sun will rise with my name on your lips
‘Cause everything will change tonight
I want to be back on the ground
Where my feet touch my shadow
Want to dig my heels in the dirt
Feel it break between all of my my toes
Anything to stop floating ‘round
Bring me down
Back down below, oh, oh, oh, oh
Take bread
And push the anger down
Try to remember calmness
Big boys don’t cry
They don’t ask why
There was a time when a moment like this
Wouldn’t ever cross my mind
The sun will rise with my name on your lips
‘Cause everything will change tonight
Hey, now
What’s the gravity upon your face?
So I’m the one who’s bleeding
Real men
Always thinkin’ with our fists
My turn to be the victim
Big boys don’t cry
They don’t ask why
There was a time when a moment like this
Wouldn’t ever cross my mind
The sun will rise with my name on your lips
‘Cause everything will change tonight
There was a time when a moment like this
Wouldn’t ever cross my mind
The sun will rise with my name on your lips
‘Cause everything will change tonight
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