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Soft Power by LVL UP

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LVL UP

Soft Power

Release date: 23rd September 2014

From Hoodwink’d
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About This Track

"Soft Power" is a track by LVL UP, from the album Hoodwink’d, released 23rd September 2014. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

LVL UP

LVL UP

Lyrics

Soft Power

[Verse 1]

My friend Ryan

Offered good advice

So I took a slice

And sailed through to mellow skies

There is nothin' wrong with bein' nice

Unless it's just a front to get yourself by

And I can tell

So what the hell-ell

[Bridge]

I don't think I really need them in my life

Sometimes I wish that bird would up and die

Tear through Crayola skies

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]

And now I sit at home alone

Watch TV, mope on the phone

And Annie meets the moon

It is dawn in Paris though

I want to un-know the swell I felt under your hex

Your floral dress, your silver wire specs

[Outro]

Cindy moved to the other side

And there she lived as if she'd died

Death cult paradise

Why don't you end it where it lies?

I got home and had another try

But Ryan tells me all the time

He's got the same damn problem as mine

Minimal heartbreak feels nice

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Track details

From Hoodwink’d

2014
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Hoodwink’d
Hoodwink’d
LVL UP
Release year
2014
  1. —Total Loss
  2. —If I Leave
  3. —Hex
  4. —Annie’s a Witch
  5. —Primordial Heat
  6. —I Feel Extra-Natural
  7. —Medication
  8. —I Feel Ok
  9. —Angel from Space
  10. —Soft Power
  11. —Hoodwink'd
  12. —Ski Vacation
  13. —Stoned Alone
  14. —DBTS
  15. —Black Honey

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  3. Black HoneyHoodwink’d
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  5. HexHoodwink’d
  6. Hoodwink'dHoodwink’d
  7. I Feel Extra-NaturalHoodwink’d
  8. I Feel OkHoodwink’d
  9. If I LeaveHoodwink’d
  10. MedicationHoodwink’d

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Writer
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LVL UP, Ronnie Stone
Mastering Engineer
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