High Hopes Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Broken bottles in the hotel lobby
Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feelin' it again
I know it's crazy to believe in silly things
But it's not that easy

[Verse 2]
I remember it now, it takes me back
To when it all first started
But I 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

[Chorus]
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
When it all comes to an end
But the world keeps spinning around

[Verse 3]
And in my dreams I meet the ghosts of all the people
Who've come and gone
Memories, they seem to show up so quick
But they leave you far too soon
Naïve, I was just staring at the barrel of a gun
I do believe it
[Chorus]
Yeah, 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
The world keeps spinning
Yeah, the world keeps spinning
Around

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Ohh, high hopes
It takes me back to when we started
High hopes
When you let it go, go out and start again
High hopes
Ohhh-ohhh
Yeah, but the world keeps spinning, uhh
Yeah, this world keeps spinning

[Outro]
How this world keeps spinning around?

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About

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‘High Hopes’ is the fourth track and leading single from Irish rock quartet Kodaline’s debut album, ‘In A Perfect World’, which was released in Ireland on 14th June 2013.

In an interview with ‘The Irish Post’, lead singer Steven Garrigan admitted that ‘High Hopes’ was written after a series of relationships that turned sour, and stated it was “the first song that gave me the sense that this sums up exactly how I am feeling. So I just sat there playing it over and over and over again.”

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