High Hopes

Album: In a Perfect World (2013)
Charted: 16
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  • Broken bottles in the hotel lobby
    Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feeling it again
    I know it's crazy to believe in silly things
    But it's not that easy

    I remember it now, it takes me back to when it all first started
    But I've only got myself to blame for it, and I accept it now
    It's time to let it go, go out and start again
    But it's not that easy

    But I've got high hopes, it takes me back to when we started
    High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
    High hopes, oh, when it all comes to an end
    But the world keeps spinning around

    And in my dreams, I meet the ghosts of all the people who have come and gone
    Memories, they seem to show up so quick but they leave you far too soon
    Now evil is just staring at the barrel of a gun
    And I do believe

    Believe I've got high hopes
    It takes me back to when we started
    High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
    High hopes, oh, when it all comes to an end
    And the world keeps spinning
    Yeah, the world keeps spinning around

    High hopes, it takes me back to when we started
    High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
    High hopes, oh
    And the world keeps spinning
    Ooh, yeah this world keeps spinning

    How this world keeps spinning around Writer/s: Mark Daniel Prendergast, Stephen Joseph Garrigan, Vincent Thomas May
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Joseph from ChinaA lot of senior 3 students have a tough time preparing for the Gaokao, the Chinese college entrance examination. One day I played the music video of High Hope on the computer in the classroom and all of my classmates enjoyed it. It was one of my best memories about the special year. Although we can't quite understand its meaning without referring to the lyrics, the positive energy in the melody is really impressive.
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