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Lucius – Next to Normal (2022) | Track profile | Dork

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Lucius
Second Nature
Next to Normal

SINGLE

Next to Normal

Release date: 7th April 2022

From Second NatureTrack 23:11

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"Next to Normal" is a single by Lucius, from the album Second Nature, released 7th April 2022. The track is 3:11 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Lucius.

About the Artist

Lucius

Lucius

Lyrics

Next to Normal

I've lost some friends along the way
Laughing at the wrong times
Saying things too straight
I don't wanna die
Just tryin' to be myself
When everyone's the same
It's time to separate yourself

I thought that I was off
I was just mistaken
Turns out I wasn't crazy at all
I just had some walls up
That needed breaking

When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia
When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

So sick and tired of words I lost
All of this translation
I was overcompensating
I should have known
That they weren't in for the hang
I guess they couldn't picture
How I don't fit in the frame

I thought that I was off
I was just mistaken
Turns out I wasn't crazy at all
I just had some walls up
That needed breaking
I think I know who I'm gonna call

When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia
When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia

When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia
When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia

When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia
When I'm close to you, I'm next to normal
I feel immortal
I'm high without the paranoia

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Second Nature

3:112022Single

Listen

Album

Track number

2

Release year

2022

1Second Nature
3:31
2Next to Normal
3:11
324
4:15
4Heartbursts
3:56

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Lucius — Next to Normal

Lucius — Next to Normal

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Lucius have shared a new single, ‘White Lies’

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The track is taken from their recently-announced new album 'Second Nature', set for release on April 8th.

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, Trent Dabbs
Producer: Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb