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Example

Battle Scars

Release date: 12th June 2020

From Some Nights Last for Days
Hip-Hop/RapMusic
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"Battle Scars" is a track by Example, from the album Some Nights Last for Days, released 12th June 2020. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below.

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Example

Example

Lyrics

Battle Scars

[Intro: Violet Verigo]

There was once a love that left me blue

There was once a love I wish I never knew

But I'm getting stronger every day

So blow those clouds away

Away, so I can see the sun return once more

[Verse 1: Example, Violet Verigo]

Okay, okay, then you say whatever

Okay, okay, you think you’re, oh, so clever

Okay, okay, then you say whatever

Okay, okay, you think you're, oh, so clever

This is not the train I thought it was

Not the brain I thought it was

I'm on a train of thought now like

Fuck, oh, yeah, of course it was

Of course it was the other day

I chatted to my conscience

Didn’t know I had one

I thought it was all nonsense

Turns out that I'm a decent man, a decent person

So many people that I've hurt they all need reimbursing

I thought I'd drawn the curtain on a couple matters

Hearts are crumpled, shattered (I wish I never knew)

Thinkin' 'bout it now I think I've used a couple bladders

[Chorus: Example, Violet Verigo]

Lost a couple battles in the past

Sorry, doesn't matter if you aren’t

Only really matters if you is

Only really matters if you give (Blow those clouds away)

Give into yourself and take the hit, ayy

[Verse 2: Example]

Basically face it

I only race against myself

Chase it, and chase it, you’re only fuckin' up your health

Taste it, embrace it, you’ve always been so complacent

I'm always fighting everybody like I'm Jason Statham

[Chorus: Example, Violet Verigo]

Lost a couple battles in the past

Sorry, doesn't matter if you aren’t

Only really matters if you is

Only really matters if you give (I wish I never knew)

Give into yourself and take the hit, ayy

[Bridge: Violet Verigo]

There was once a love that left me blue

There was once a love I wish I never knew

But I'm getting stronger every day

So blow those clouds away

Away, so I can see the sun return once more

[Verse 3: Example, Violet Verigo]

Whatever tickles your fancy

Buy a ticket to France

Just keep your dick in pants

See what's converging on some virgins like he's big Richard Branson

Bring you the ransom

Maybe I will sing you a sad song

And get with the bed sport

I'm handsome, less talk

We can cheers (Cheers), you can call me TED talk (Ayy)

Dancing, the streets will be dancing

Holding my hand, holding your waist as old as I taste (I wish I never knew)

Wow, I'm sending it all over the place

I've fallen from grace

Fall from the stars and land on my arse

Regretting every time that I've been falling out bars

Prepare me the bill

I'm scared of it still

You're there with the kill (Blow those clouds away)

Your heart is made of metal like valyrian steel

It's all in my head

I've fallen again

I'm glad I settled down was getting kind of cold in my bed, ayy

[Pre-Chorus: Example]

No complaining

Moving up and down like an ocean, baby

Got that magic potion, lady

Mad Max Fury

Oh, so maybe, oh, so crazy

[Chorus: Example, Violet Verigo]

Lost a couple battles in the past

Sorry, doesn't matter if you aren't

Only really matters if you is

Only really matters if you give (I wish I never knew)

Give into yourself and take the hit, ayy

[Post-Chorus: Example, Violet Verigo]

Lost a couple battles in the past (There was once a love that left me blue)

Sorry, doesn't matter if you aren't

Only really matters if you is

Only really matters if you give (There was once a love I wish I never knew)

Give into yourself and take the hit, ayy

Lost a couple battles in the past

But I'm getting stronger everyday

So blow those clouds away

Ayy

Lost a couple battles in the past, ayy

Away, so I can see the sun return once more

[Outro]

Ladies and gentlemen, that there was a young man by the name of Elliot Gleave

You'll be hearing a lot more from him soon, really quick round of applause

Yeah, that's Violet there on the wonderful vocals and the House Band, ladies and gentlemen

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Track details

From Some Nights Last for Days

2020
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Album
Some Nights Last for Days
Some Nights Last for Days
Example
12th June 2020
Release year
2020
  1. 1Paperclips (Isolation Freestyle)
    2:41
  2. 2Oscar (feat. P Money & Harry Shotta)
    3:21
  3. 3Trippin' in the Sky (feat. DJ Yoda)
    2:45
  4. 4Some Nights Last for Days
    4:26
  5. 5Ain't One Thing
    2:53
  6. 6Need to Know (feat. PAV4N)
    4:19
  7. 7Eye to Eye (feat. Doc Brown & Sway Dasafo)
    5:02
  8. 8Music Industry Experts (SKIT)
    1:52
  9. 9Battle Scars (feat. Violet Verigo)
    3:58
  10. 10Love Don't Give a Fuck (feat. Love Fame Tragedy)
    3:08
  11. 11Same Old Same Old
    3:24
  12. 12Erin
    3:50
  13. 13Extra Mile (feat. Fekky & Professor Green)
    5:02
  14. 14Break the Chains (feat. Rationale)
    4:37
  15. 15Chronicles
    3:35
  16. —Love Don’t Give a Fuck
  17. —Oscar
  18. —Need to Know
  19. —Eye to Eye
  20. —Aint One Thing
  21. —Trippin' in the Sky
  22. —Break the Chains
  23. —Battle Scars
  24. —Extra Mile

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Credits

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Writer
Andy Sheldrake, Example, James Lawton, Violet Verigo
Producer
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