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Artist: Foster The People
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The Contender
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Contender
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Hey!
Hide me and protect my name
Worried
They'll track me down up there
When we look here
You're loss again
Don't be alone
I'm all alone
They don't love and they don't care
And they'd kill me if they could
And save them and then save me
I can't do it by myself
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
And it makes me stronger
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, just say something to keep me going
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, just say something
When I drag past waking moments, you are there
When I crawl back in my room, you are there
When I walked on, saw the sides, you are there
And I never look behind 'cause you tell me where to run
They don't love and they don't care
And they'd kill me if they could
And save them and then save me
I can't do it by myself
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
And it makes me stronger
Say something, just say something refresh me
Just say something, just say something to keep me going
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, I can't go on like this anymore
Oh I love you and it may go, yeah
When hope is rising to face it all
To save us from ourself
So arm me with an arsenal
Words and I will be afraid
I'll say that
Morning I'm a be afraid
I'll say that
Morning I'm a be afraid
I'll say that
Because you've always loved me
They don't know and they don't care
And they'd kill me if they could
So save them and then save me
I can't do it by myself
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
And it makes me stronger
And it makes me stronger
And it makes me stronger
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, say something to keep me going
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, just say something
Yeah, say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, just say something to keep me going
Say something, just say something refresh me
Say something, just say something
Yeah, yeah
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