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Hurts – Happiness (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Happiness - Deluxe Edition
Happiness

TRACK

Happiness

Release date: 27th October 2011

From Happiness - Deluxe Edition

Track 14

3:24

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About This Track

'Happiness' by Hurts is a Pop track from the album 'Happiness - Deluxe Edition' (2011). The lyrics pose searching questions about wanting happiness, then turn on a hard refusal, with the voice rejecting someone else’s version of it and warning against displaying it, as the lines worry that emptiness and fear might endure. The overall mood is confrontational and self-protective, expressed through repeated denials, culminating in the bleak instruction, “So never show me happiness”.

"Happiness" is a track by Hurts, from the album Happiness - Deluxe Edition, released 27th October 2011. The track is 3:24 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Hurts.

About the Artist

Hurts

Hurts

Lyrics

Happiness

Are you looking for happiness?
Are you looking for something better?
Do you ever feel emptiness?
Are you scared it's gonna last forever?
Don't give it away, don't give it away.

I don't want your happiness.
I don't need your happiness.
So never show me happiness.
I don't want your happiness.

Everybody needs sanctuary.
Everybody needs hope and fear,
But not everybody needs a preacher
Don't tell me what you want me to hear.
And don't give it away, don't give it away.

I don't want your happiness.
I don't need your happiness.
So never show me happiness.
I don't want your happiness.

I don't want your happiness.
I don't need your happiness.
So never show me happiness.
I hope you find happiness.

We don't need your cheap salvation.
We don't want your sympathy.
We don't need your cheap salvation.
Over and over again.

We don't need your cheap salvation.
We don't want your sympathy.
Don't need your cheap salvation.
Happiness.

I don't want your happiness.
I don't need your happiness.
So never show me happiness.
I don't want your happiness.

I don't want your happiness.
I don't need your happiness.
So never show me happiness.
I hope you find happiness.

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Track details

From Happiness - Deluxe Edition

3:242011

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Album

Happiness - Deluxe Edition

28th October 2011

Track number

14

Release year

2011

1Silver Lining
4:58
2Wonderful Life
4:14
4Sunday
3:53
9Devotion (feat. Kylie Minogue)
4:13

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14Happiness

3:24

15Mother Nature

16Confide In Me (Live Studio Version)

17Sunday (Demo)

18Devotion (Demo)

19All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day

20Intro (Live in Berlin)

21Silver Lining (Live in Berlin)

22Wonderful Life (Live in Berlin)

23Happiness (Live in Berlin)

24Blood, Tears & Gold (Live in Berlin)

25Evelyn (Live in Berlin)

26Sunday (Live in Berlin)

27Verona (Live in Berlin)

28Unspoken (Live in Berlin)

29Mother Nature (Live in Berlin)

30Devotion (Live in Berlin)

31Confide In Me (Live in Berlin)

32Illuminated (Live in Berlin)

33Stay (Live in Berlin)

34Gloomy Sunday (Live in Berlin)

35Better Than Love (Live in Berlin)

36Blood, Tears & Gold (Remastered)

38Better Than Love

42Illuminated (Live Version)

—Confide In Me - Live Studio Version

—Wonderful Life

—Mother Nature

—Devotion (feat. Kylie Minogue)

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Adam Anderson, Theo Hutchcraft
Producer: Joe Cross, Quant
Mastering Engineer: George Marino
Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent

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