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Foundation Lyrics — Olly Alexander | Dork

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Olly Alexander
Foundation Lyrics

Lyrics

Foundation

From Communion2015

Written by Emre Türkmen, Michael Goldsworthy, Olly Alexander

Produced by Mark Ralph, Years & Years

Lyrics

Foundation

[Verse] There's a scratch on your shoulder Crushes me like, crushes me like lead And I wanna get older All the things I want, I really shouldn't get If I triumph, are you watching? Can you separate everything for me? You used to work me out But you never worked it out for me [Verse] There's a scratch on your shoulder Crushes me like, crushes me like lead And I wanna get older All the things I want, I really shouldn't get If I triumph, are you watching? Can you separate everything for me? You used to work me out But you never worked it out for me [Bridge] And your head looks good, I wanna love it so much I wanna be the one, I wanna do what you love And I was lying, I don't really wanna be fine It's all over [Outro] And there's a scratch on your shoulder It crushes me like, it crushes me like lead And I wanna get older And all the things I want, I really shouldn't get

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About this track

"Foundation" is a song by Olly Alexander from the album Communion, released in 2015. The song was written by Emre Türkmen, Michael Goldsworthy, Olly Alexander. It was produced by Mark Ralph, Years & Years.

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Michael Goldsworthy— 82 credits as songwriter →
John Davis (Engineer)— 664 credits as songwriter & producer →
Mark Ralph— 952 credits as songwriter & producer →
Mark Ralph— 952 credits as songwriter & producer →
Years & Years— 36 credits as songwriter & producer →
Emre Türkmen— 96 credits as songwriter & producer →
Fred Rowson— 4 credits as video director →

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