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Tired by Adele

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Adele

Tired

Release date: 27th January 2008

From 19
Track 11
4:19
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About This Track

'Tired' is a 2008 pop song by Adele, taken from the album '19'. The lyrics are spoken in the first person, with a relationship cast as a sudden turn from tenderness to harm, then into a kind of emotional coldness. There is a vivid, backstage-like imagery of being watched in a spotlight, with the speaker stuck between seeing the breakdown and witnessing someone move on too quickly, as the night falls away. The effect is exhausted and accusatory, captured in lines such as 'Hold my hand while you cut me down'.

"Tired" is a track by Adele, from the album 19, released 27th January 2008. The track is 4:19 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Adele.

About the Artist

Adele

Adele

Lyrics

Tired

Hold my hand while you cut me down
It had only just begun but now it's over now
And you're in the heat of moments with your heart playing up cold
I'm between the middle watching hastiness unfold
On my eyes you were smiling in the spotlight dancing with the night
The night fell off your mind
I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back
And for what? And for what? And for what?
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired
Where'd you go when you stayed behind?
I looked up and inside down and outside only to find
A double taking punching, hard and laughing at my smile
I get closer you obviously prefer her
I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back
And for what? And for what? And for what?
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back
And for what? And for what? And for what?
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired
(I should have known)
"Never mind" said your open arms
I couldn't help believe it tricked me back into them
Even though
I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back
And for what? And for what? And for what?
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired of trying
Your teasing ain't enough
Fed up of biding your time
When I don't get nothing back
(I'm fed up of) And for what? (Biding your time)
And for what? And for what?
When I don't get nothing back
Boy, I'm tired

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Track details

From 19

4:192008
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Album
19
19
Adele
27th January 2008
Track number
11
Release year
2008
  1. 1Daydreamer
    3:41
  2. 2Best for Last
    4:19
  3. 4Cold Shoulder
    3:12
  4. 5Crazy for You
    3:28

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