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Kele Okereke – The New Rules (2010) | Track profile | Dork

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Kele Okereke
The Boxer
The New Rules

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The New Rules

Release date: 21st June 2010

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About This Track

"The New Rules" is a track by Kele Okereke, from the album The Boxer, released 21st June 2010. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Kele Okereke.

About the Artist

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke

Lyrics

The New Rules

[Intro](x8)

(Please hang up and try again)

[Verse 1]

I used to want to burn the world

But now I just get by

Shoot an arrow to the sun

Or as far as it can go, it's alright

[Chorus]

I'm learning to be laid back

About things

I'm learning to be laid back

About certain things

About certain things

[Verse 2]

I used to want to burn the world

But now I just get by

Shoot an arrow to the sun

Or as far as it will go, it's alright

[Verse 3]

There's nothing to prove anymore

Nothing to lose

I burned away all my desire

The hunger's gone but it's, it's alright

[Chorus]

[Post-Chorus]

Certain things

About certain things

Certain things

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Track details

From The Boxer

2010

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Release year

2010

—The New Rules
—Walk Tall
—Yesterday's Gone
—Rise
—Unholy Thoughts
—The Other Side
—Meet in the Middle
—Everything You Wanted
—All The Things I Could Never Say

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