Read All About It (Pt. III)

Album: Our Version Of Events (2012)
Charted: 3
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  • You've got the words to change a nation
    But you're biting your tongue
    You've spent a life time stuck in silence
    Afraid you'll say something wrong
    If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song?
    So come on, come on
    Come on, come on

    You've got a heart as loud as lions
    So why let your voice be tamed?
    Maybe we're a little different
    There's no need to be ashamed
    You've got the light to fight the shadows
    So stop hiding it away
    Come on, come on

    I wanna sing, I wanna shout
    I wanna scream 'til the words dry out
    So put it in all of the papers
    I'm not afraid
    They can read all about it
    Read all about it, no oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh

    At night we're waking up the neighbors
    While we sing away the blues
    Making sure that we're remembered, yeah
    'Cause we all matter too
    If the truth has been forbidden
    Then we're breaking all the rules
    So come on, come on
    Come on, come on

    Let's get the TV and the radio
    To play our tune again
    It's 'bout time we got some airplay of our version of events
    There's no need to be afraid
    I will sing with you my friend
    Come on, come on

    I wanna sing, I wanna shout
    I wanna scream 'til the words dry out
    So put it in all of the papers
    I'm not afraid
    They can read all about it
    Read all about it, oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh

    Yeah, we're all wonderful, wonderful people
    So when did we all get so fearful?
    Now we're finally finding our voices
    So take a chance, come help me sing this
    Yeah, we're all wonderful, wonderful people
    So when did we all get so fearful?
    And now we're finally finding our voices
    Just take a chance, come help me sing this

    I wanna sing, I wanna shout
    I wanna scream 'til the words dry out
    So put it in all of the papers
    I'm not afraid
    They can read all about it
    Read all about it, oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh

    I wanna sing, I wanna shout
    I wanna scream 'til the words dry out
    So put it in all of the papers
    I'm not afraid
    They can read all about it
    Read all about it, oh Writer/s: Adele Emily Sande, Benjamin Alexander Kohn, Iain James, Peter Kelleher, Stephen Manderson, Thomas Andrew Searle Barnes
    Publisher: Bucks Music Group, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Leigh from Cape Town, South AfricaThis song inspires me so much. To me it speaks about perseverance and carrying on in the face of adversity, about being underestimated for whatever reason and striving on regardless of gossip or criticism. In my own life I've been criticized and mocked but it's made me stronger and even more determined to succeed.
    "You've got a heart as loud as lions, so why let your voice be tamed?"
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