OneRepublic - Artificial Paradise Album Lyrics

Dream, is it only just a dream?
That we're living
That we're living

Dream, there's a ghost in the machine
Is it fiction
That we're living?

Oh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Is it artificial paradise?
Oh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
If it's with you, I don't even mind

Ahh-ah, ahh-ah
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ahh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Oh-ooh, is it a dream? Is it only just a dream?
That we're living
That we're living

She said, "If you want my heart, then babe
You're gonna have to work for it"
(Work for it, work for it, work for it)

I said, "You're just my type
You're a lover, you're a fighter, you're a conversation"
(Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-woo, uh)
She said, "It crossed my mind
But in a minute, I can tell there'll be complications"
Yea-yeah
But thoughts like these don't die easy

So if you want my heart, then babe, you're gonna have to work for it
(Work for it, work for it, work for it)
Ooh, gonna make you work
If you want my love, then babe, I'm gonna make you hurt for it
(Hurt for it, hurt for it, hurt for it)
Ooh, gonna make you hurt

You said, "I'm just your type
You're a fighter, you're a mummy with a reservation"
(Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-woo, uh)
I said, "Then cut your ties
Send 'em packing all alone, vacation"
Yea-yeah
She said, "Thoughts like these don't make money"

So if you want my heart, then babe, you're gonna have to work for it
(Work for it, work for it, work for it)
Ooh, gonna make you work
If you want my love, then babe, I'm gonna make you hurt for it
(Hurt for it, hurt for it, hurt for it)
Ooh, gonna make you hurt

I'll make you hurt, I'll make you hurt, make you-
I'll make you hurt, I'll make you hurt (woo)
I'll make you hurt, I'll make you hurt, make you-
I'll make you hurt, I'll make you hurt

If you want my heart, then babe, you're gonna have to work for it
(Work for it, work for it, work for it)
Ooh, gonna make you work
If you want my love, then babe, I'm gonna make you hurt for it
(Hurt for it, hurt for it, hurt for it)
Ooh, gonna make you hurt

Are we gonna sink or swim?
Tide's getting high and we might go under
Thinking we should jump right in
'Cause if we don't now, then we'll always wonder

Feeling like a drop in the ocean
These days I've been
Swimming through a mix of emotions
But hey

Even if the sun burns out, stars fall down
I'ma be there with you
Even when our heads get loud, thinking 'bout
How we gon' make it through
Tell me

Are we gonna sink or swim?
Tide's getting high, yeah, we might go under
Thinking we should jump right in
'Cause if we don't now, then we'll always wonder
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, jumping right in
Yeah, we jumping right in, oh aye
Are we gonna sink or swim?
Tide's getting high and we might go under

I-I want to know
Are we getting close or are we drifting farther?
I-I won't let you go in the undertow
No, no, no

Even if the sun burns out, stars fall down
I'ma be there with you
Even when our heads get loud, thinking 'bout
How we gon' make it through
Tell me

Are we gonna sink or swim?
Tide's getting high, yeah, we might go under
Thinking we should jump right in
'Cause if we don't now, then we'll always wonder
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, jumping right in
Yeah, we jumping right in, oh aye
Are we gonna sink or swim?
Tide's getting high and we might go under

Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna
Sink or swim?
Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna
Sink or swim?
Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna
Yeah, we jumping right in
Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna

Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna
Sink or swim?
Are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna, are we gonna

Say what you can, when you can
But please, hurry up 'cause we got plans
Let's look for elevations
Not just constellations

I've seen a lot but not enough, it's true
It's all a maze, our glory days are due
Take time to waste time on me
Let's find the one thing we need to say

'Cause I don't believe in the stars anymore
They never gave me what I wished for
And I know that we got some problems, okay
But this ain't our last holiday

Love who you love like that's enough
And live while you can but live it up
Press pause and take some moments
Find God before it all ends

I've seen a lot but not enough, it's true
It's all a maze, our glory days are due
But take time to waste time on me
And let's find the one thing that's free
We say

'Cause I don't believe in the stars anymore
They never gave me what I wished for
And I know that we got some problems, okay
But this ain't our last holiday

Last holiday
Last holiday
Last holiday

Here we go

Last holiday
Last holiday
Last holiday

I don't know what you've been told
But time is running out, no need to take it slow
I'm stepping to you toe-to-toe
I should be scared, honey, maybe so

But I ain't worried 'bout it right now
Keeping dreams alive, 1999, heroes
I ain't worried 'bout it right now
Swimmin' in the floods, dancing on the clouds below

I ain't worried 'bout it
I ain't worried 'bout it, hey
(Yeah-yeah-yeah, Becky)

'Tamo chillin', relajao', ya seteamo' el ambiente
No se escucha lo que dicen los demás
Música en alta y living el presente
Porque sé que el tiempo no va a regresar
Hoy conmigo te puedes soltar (ey)
Dicen que el mundo se va a acabar
Pues antes que se acabe, vamo' a perrear
Vamos a perrear

I ain't worried 'bout it right now
Chill relajá' (hey), contigo debajo 'el sol
I ain't worried 'bout it right now
No estoy preocupá', en las nubes tú y yo

I ain't worried 'bout it
I ain't worried 'bout it
I ain't worried 'bout it right now

I ain't worried
Oh, no, no

I ain't worried 'bout it right now
Keeping dreams alive, 1999, heroes
I ain't worried 'bout it right now
Swimmin' in the floods, dancing on the clouds below

I ain't worried 'bout it
I ain't worried 'bout it
(Hey)

Red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun 'til I'm dead
Red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun 'til I'm-
('Til I'm-)

I've been in a daze, in a daze, in a daze
Just tryna find a little sun
Counting all the ways, all the ways, all the ways
That I can find a one-of-one

'Cause now I'm like
Ooh-ooh, damn
I just wanna know someone like the back of my hand, like
Ooh-ooh, man
Thinking we could drive all night, go slow as we can

It's red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun 'til I'm dead
Red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun
You'll be riding shotgun

Riding shotgun (shotgun)
Riding shotgun
You can ride it shotgun

Baby, not a chance, not a chance, not a chance
That I'll ever let you go to waste, yeah
You put me in a trance, in a trance, in a trance
Now I can't even see my face

(Got me like)
Ooh-ooh, damn
I just wanna know someone like the back of my hand, yeah
Ooh-ooh, man
Honey, we should live this life, go as slow as we can

It's red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun 'til I'm dead
Red light, yellow light, green light, red
You'll be riding shotgun
You'll be riding shotgun

Riding shotgun (shotgun)
Riding shotgun
You can ride it shotgun

Riding shotgun
Riding shotgun

I keep throwing up shade
Little sunlight in the pouring rain
I do, I do, I do

And time keeps ticking away
Feeling so far from yesterday
And you, and you, and you

And I'm just stopping through to say hello (Hello)
And I'm just stopping through to say hello
Then I'm gonna lay low

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Serotonin high
Got me like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Flyin' in my dreams
Got me feeling like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Serotonin high

I keep tryin' to drown out
All of these thoughts
They get so loud
I do, I do, I do

And I just want to know how
Everything feels so different now
With you, with you, with you

And I'm just stopping through to say hello
Then I'm gonna lay low

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Serotonin high
Got me like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Flyin' in my dreams
Got me feeling like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Serotonin high

And I'm just stopping through to say hello
Then I'm gonna lay low

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Serotonin high
Got me like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Try to let go
Sinking down slow
Flyin' in my dreams
Got me feeling like whoa
Know a couple things
That I wish I didn't know (I, I)

Serotonin high
I

[Instrumental]

Big love in a small house
Blue skies never run out
Don't you know that I always got room for you?
More time than we both need
Years pass and I won't leave
Honey, know that I always
Got room for you, got room for you

I don't wanna know the future, don't need a crystal ball
I'm just chasing every bit of it down that hall
Just runnin' towards the light
And see the world in bloom
Oh, yeah, and she don't wanna be just a moment or just one glance
She don't wanna be the only one in this dance
Says all she needs is a little room

We've had good turn to bad
Days go from perfect to sad
Don't have the life that we planned
It's not the world we knew
But we got

Big love in a small house
Blue skies never run out
Don't you know that I always got room for you?
Got room for you
More time than we both need
Years pass and I won't leave
Honey, know that I always
Got room for you, got room for you

I got room, I got room for you
Oh, yeah
Everything that I do, I do for you

Take your time, take your time, none of the time comes back
She don't wanna trade the future for what she had
I don't wanna live it out any other way
And anything she says, she's not a liar
All the things I do, I can't deny 'em

And she was the first to turn the light on
And we may not have it all, ever have it all
But all I really know is, all I know is we got

Big love in a small house
Blue skies never run out
Don't you know that I always got room for you?
Got room for you
More time than we both need
Years pass and I won't leave
Honey, know that I always
Got room for you, got room for you

I got room, I got room for you
Oh, yeah
Everything that I do, I do for you
I got room, I got room for you
Oh, yeah

We got big love in a small house
Blue skies never run out
Honey, know that I always
Got room for you

Stargazing
Stargazing

I've been waiting for, waiting for a while now
Set me on, set me on fire now
Couple bumps on the wave, but we ride out
Pushing on the pedal and just vibe now

Take in the view
Dark side of the moon
The world looks so blue
I'ma leave it all behind if I have to

Stargazing (stargazing)
Floating off the ground
Lights fading (lights fading)
But I'm still glowing now

Dream chasing (dream chasing)
Shooting straight through the clouds
Stargazing (stargazing)
This time I won't look down

Full speed 'cause I wanna know (wanna know)
Eyes closed if I make it out
Top off, now we beaming up (beaming up)
So high that we can't get down

Take in the view
Dark side of the moon
The world looks so blue
I'ma leave it all behind if I have to

Stargazing (stargazing)
Floating off the ground
Lights fading
But I'm still glowing now

Dream chasing
Shooting straight through the clouds
Stargazing (stargazing)
This time I won't look down

Stargazing
This time I
Stargazing
This time I won't look down
Stargazing
Stargazing

Welcome home to the afterglow
Welcome home to the afterglow

This time I won't look down

[Instrumental]

I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Found some faces that I don't know (I've been dreamin' about it)
Give me the sun for just a year
I'll kiss the sky and disappear

I've been starin' up at the greyest skies
Tryin' to find myself some luck, but it's runnin' dry
It's like the weather makes the worst of my cloudy mind
I could really use a dose of some paradise
Sometimes you gotta run from a broken heart
Before I turn into a ghost, need a brand new start
Get myself headed to the coast, man, it ain't that far
Yeah, they got sun in LA and some shinin' stars

I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Found some faces that I don't know (I've been dreamin' about it)
I'm seein' signs for California
Trade the shade for somethin' warmer
I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Where the people take it real slow (I've been dreamin' about it)
I need the sun for just a year
I'll kiss the sky and disappear

Ain't felt a drop now for forty days
But still they're washing cars and they don't show any age
Ain't nothin' that you want'll cost you more than time
If you're tryna find yourself, better get in line
I'm countin' up my money and spendin' to get it right
Got the future in my pocket, I'm spendin' it all tonight
Like a prophet with the vision, I finally see the light
And you know

I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Found some faces that I don't know (I've been dreamin' about it)
I'm seein' signs for California
Trade the shade for somethin' warmer
I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Where the people take it real slow (I've been dreamin' about it)
I need the sun for just a year
I'll kiss the sky and disappear, the West Coast

Glitter nights under starry skies
All I wanna do is fly
Take me where the sun shines brighter

I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast
Time to find myself a new glow
I need the sun for just a year
I'll kiss the sky and disappear

I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Found some faces that I don't know (I've been dreamin' about it)
I'm seein' signs for California
Trade the shade for somethin' warmer
I've been dreamin' 'bout the West Coast (I've been dreamin')
Where the people take it real slow (I've been dreamin' about it)
I need the sun for just a year
I'll kiss the sky and disappear

Runaway
Right now let's just runaway
All that talk is killing me
One last shot, hold onto me

Oh-oh, there's something I got to say to ya
There's somewhere we gotta go
And now they're sinking in the sand, chasin' what we can
Baby, it's not enough, oh
It's like we're stuck in the mezzanine
With twenty floors left to go (oh yeah)
And now we're driving in the rain, trying to switch the lane
But you already know

So don't waste this time, yeah, I don't move slow
But one good shot and I'll let you know
It's all I want, yeah
Can we just let go and

Runaway
Right now let's just runaway
All that talk, it's killing me
One last shot, hold onto me, oh-oh
Babe, I think we should runaway
I'm my own worst enemy
Blue sky's only miles away
One last shot, hold onto me, oh-oh

There's something I got to say to you
I'm on that new energy (oh yeah)
Not on that easy as it goes, wait for miracles
No, what will be will be

No, so don't waste this time, yeah, I don't move slow
But one good shot and I'll let you know
It's all I want, yeah
Can we just let go and

Runaway
Right now let's just runaway
All that talk, it's killing me
One last shot, hold onto me, oh-oh
Babe, I think we should runaway
I'm my own worst enemy
Blue sky's only miles away
One last shot, hold onto me, oh-oh

(Oh yeah)
(Runaway)
One last shot, hold onto me, oh-oh

Runaway
Right now let's just runaway
All that talk, it's killing me
One last shot, hold onto me (oh)

Runnin' through this strange life
Chasin' all them green lights
Throwin' up the shade for a little bit of sunshine
Hit me with them good vibes
Pictures on my phone like
Everything is so fine
Little bit of sunshine

Yeah, crazy lately, I'm confirmin'
Tryna write myself a sermon
You just tryna get a word and life is not fair
I've been workin' on my tunnel vision
Tryna get a new prescription
Takin' swings and even missin' but I don't care

I'm dancin' more just a little bit
Breathin' more just a little bit
Care a little less just a little bit
Like life is woo hoo
I'm makin' more just a little bit
Spend a little more to get rid of it
Smile a little more and I'm into it

I, I, I, I, I've been runnin' through this strange life
Chasin' all them green lights
Throwin' up the shade for a little bit of sunshine
Hit me with them good vibes
Pictures on my phone like
Everything is so fine
Little bit of sunshine

A little bit of sunshine
A little bit of sunshine

'Nother day, another selfish moment
I've been feelin' helpless
Sick of seein' all the selfies, now I don't care
Found myself a new vocation
Calibrated motivation
No more static, change the station
Headin' somewhere

I'm dancin' more just a little bit
Breathin' more just a little bit
Care a little less just a little bit
Like life is woo hoo
I'm makin' more just a little bit
Spend a little more to get rid of it
Smile a little more and I'm into it

Honestly man, lately
I, I've been runnin' through this strange life
Chasin' all them green lights
Throwin' up the shade for a little bit of sunshine
Hit me with them good vibes
Pictures on my phone like
Everything is so fine
Little bit of sunshine

A little bit of sunshine
A little bit of sunshine

I don't really know any other way to say this
Can't slow down, tryna keep up with the changes
Punch that number and the name when I clock in
Now I feel like Michael with a cane when I walk in
Basically, life is the same thing unless you don't want the same thing
Probably shoulda went and got a feature, but I didn't
I've been savin' up the money 'cause it's better for the business

I, I've been runnin' through this strange life
Chasin' all them green lights
Throwin' up the shade for a little bit of sunshine (yeah)

Woo, woo
A little bit of sunshine
A little bit of sunshine

Ay, yeah, I look for drama
Yeah, I'm chasing karma
Seen some things that other people can't see
Yeah, I'm motivated
Yeah, I'm underrated
Watch the imitators lookin' like me

This life's like a fantasy
Everyone wants to be on
Reach out for the things I need
But is it all just a mirage?
Is it just a mirage?

Is it just a mirage?
Just a mirage

Yeah, I look for drama
Yeah, I'm chasing karma
Seen some things that other people can't see
Yeah, I'm on a mission
I don't need permission
Living like I'll hit a hundred and three

This life's like a fantasy
Everyone wants to be on
Reach out for the things I need
But is it all just a mirage?
Is it just a mirage?

Is it just a mirage?
Is it just a mirage?

Kul na nghayir al jow
Kul na gaowi al thow
Gult sa7bi ta7 to the floor
Jawu bas ra7 Dodo

Kul na nghayir al jow
Kul na gaowi al thow
Gult sa7bi ta7 to the floor
Jawu bas ra7 Dodo

This life's like a fantasy
Everyone wants to be on
Reach out for the things I need
But is it all just a mirage?

Is it just a mirage?

Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Yeah


I'd take the fall
I got you covered when there's no one at all
Oh, yeah, and I'd stay through the night
When you've got demons tryna break through the walls

There ain't no, no kinda line
That I wouldn't cross if you need me to
You're out here searchin' for signs
So I think it's finally time that you knew

Nobody got you the way I do (Ooh)
Whatever demons you're fightin' through
When you need somebody to turn to
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do

Nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Got you the way I do
Oh, nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do (Yeah, yeah)

When you go dark and the night gеts so cold
I'll be on my way to you (Oh yeah)
You know I ain't tryna lose you, oh, no
If you'rе in Hell, I'll go there too

There ain't no, no kinda line
That I wouldn't cross if you need me to
You're out here searchin' for signs
So I think it's finally time that you knew

Nobody got you the way I do (Ooh)
Whatever demons you're fightin' through
When you need somebody to turn to (Ooh)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do (The way I do)

Nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Got you the way I do
Oh, nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way, the way, the way I do

The way, the way, the way I do
Nobody got you the way I do (Woo)

Nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Got you the way I do (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Nobody, nobody, nobody (Ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do
Nobody, nobody, nobody (Ooh)
Nobody got you the way I do

Let's make tonight the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait

Swimmin' in the deep blue
Got me thinkin' 'bout you
I'm just tryna dive right in
Wanna spend tonight like
The last night of our lives
Chasin' all the love we can

And now, oh, I'm in a sea of lights
And all that I can see is you
And now I'm dyin' to feel alive
So baby, let's try somethin' new

Let's make tonight the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait
Tonight's the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait

I've been chasin' so long
Every right that feels wrong
Rather be with you instеad
There's somethin' 'bout it right hеre
Got me seein' so clear
Rainbow-colored skies ahead

Now, oh, I'm in a sea of lights
And all that I can see is you
And now I'm dyin' to feel alive
So baby, let's try somethin' new

Let's make tonight the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait
Tonight's the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait

Let's make tonight the weekend
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wai-ait
I don't wanna wait
Got no reason not to celebra-ate
Baby, I just don't wanna wait

[Ryan Tedder]
We got our secrets hidden inside our bones (Bones)
Starlight that bleeds when all of the lights come on

It's a beautiful miracle
How you lift me up when I feel low
Beautiful everglow
Now we're shinin' like a sea of gold, yeah

We're on fire tonight
Like a million diamonds in the sky (Ooh, ooh)
And we're lost in all the lights
Here together
We're on fire tonight

We're on fire, ohh, oh-oh
We're on firе, ohh, oh-oh (Oh-ooh)

[Leony]
Livin' in memories, guidin' me through thе dark, mm-mm
You're the notes to my melody, healing all of my scars

[Ryan Tedder & Leony, Ryan Tedder]
It's a beautiful miracle
How you lift me up when I feel low
Beautiful everglow
Now we're shinin' like a sea of gold, yeah

[Ryan Tedder & Leony]
We're on fire tonight
Like a million diamonds in the sky (Ooh, ooh)
And we're lost in all the lights
Here together
We're on fire tonight

We're on fire, ohh, oh-oh (Oh-ooh)
Now we're on fire, ohh, oh-oh (Ooh)
And we're lost in all the lights
Here together
We're on fire tonight

We're on fire