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Automatic Driver

Release date: 7th February 2020

From Supervision
Track 3
5:05
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'Automatic Driver' by La Roux is a 2020 pop track from the album 'Supervision'. The lyrics move through a relationship of friction and insistence, weighing the urge to understand, the cycle of argument, and the damage of repeated demands, with the narrator sounding frustrated by being unheard. One moment narrows to the bitter question of how long this has been going on, as the words turn from bargaining to a harder, more exhausted clarity. The song’s tension comes from that push and pull between reassurance and refusal to let the pattern settle, captured in the line, “We can fight 'til it's light”.

"Automatic Driver" is a single by La Roux, from the album Supervision, released 7th February 2020. The track is 5:05 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about La Roux.

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La Roux

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Lyrics

Automatic Driver

In time, oh will I understand it
We can fight 'til it's light, doesn't mend it
Do you still dream we're alright and we'll find it
What if I tell you lies and demand it, demand it

Baby, how many times
You're not listening right in my mind
I know it's alright
But then you find you're lost in the fight
And now you've broken the love of your life
Or you're just blinded

I wanted to manage information
Find the automatic driver
Oh I'll find it
Whoa but I'm still so in love
Imagine how much I'm crying, oh I'm crying
Whoa-oh

Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do

Too many times we've been high
Then we've landed
Oh that smile that you hide
Leaves me stranded
Oh sometimes I feel like
We're just pretending
And this time I realize
It's an ending, an ending

Baby, how many times
You're not listening right in my mind
I know it's alright
But then you find you're lost in the fight
And now you've broken the love of your life
Or you're just blinded

I wanted to manage information
Find the automatic driver
Oh I'll find it
Whoa but I'm still so in love
Imagine how much I'm crying, oh I'm crying
Whoa-oh

Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do
Do-do-doo, do-do-do

You can try all you like but it's ended
And next time we're in paradise you're my baby

I wanted to make a contribution, baby
I wanted to start a revolution with you
I wanted to make a contribution, baby
I wanted to start a revolution with you, oh, oh, oh
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run and hide you?
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run?

I wanted to make a contribution, baby
I wanted to start a revolution with you
I wanted to make a contribution, baby
I wanted to start a revolution with you, oh, oh, oh
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run and hide you?
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run and hide you?
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run and hide you?
After I waited so long to find you
Why did I let myself run and hide you?

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Track details

From Supervision

5:052020Single
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Supervision
Supervision
La Roux
7th February 2020
Track number
3
Release year
2020
  1. 121st Century
    4:15
  2. 2Do You Feel
    5:00
  3. 3Automatic Driver
    5:05
  4. 4International Woman of Leisure
    4:19

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Elly Jackson
    Producer
    Dan Carey, Elly Jackson
    Bass
    Dan Carey
    Guitar
    Elly Jackson
    Vocals
    Elly Jackson
    Arranger
    Elly Jackson
    Artwork
    Mat Maitland
    Drum Programmer
    Dan Carey
    Mastering Engineer
    Christian Wright
    Mixing Engineer
    Dan Carey, Elly Jackson, Sean Oakley
    Percussion
    Julian Sartorius
    Programmer
    Dan Carey
    Synthesizer
    Dan Carey, Elly Jackson
    Video Choreographer
    Mo Saoudi
    Video Director
    Valentin Guiod
    Video Director Of Photography
    Léo Schrepel
    Video Editor
    Morgan Mirzan
    Video Executive Producer
    Hugo Legrand-Nathan
    Video Line Producer
    Jordan Santoul
    Video Post-Production Department
    Caroline Duarte, Firm (Production)
    Video Producer
    Maëva Demurger
    Video Production Company
    Birth
    Video Production Designer
    Clara Labbé, Elly Jackson
    Video Storyboard Artist
    Miguel Vieira
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