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OneRepublic

Secrets

Release date: 17th November 2009

From Waking Up
Track 3
3:46
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Released in October 2009 as the second single from 'Waking Up', 'Secrets' finds OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder adopting a confessional posture that doubles as a critique of the music industry's appetite for manufactured sincerity. The lyric pivots on a simple declaration of intent, the band promising to abandon the perfect lies and insincere platitudes that critics might prefer. Tedder writes the frustration of chasing stars and shiny black cars into the song's DNA, the chorus built around the promise to give everything away.

The track served as the lead single in Germany and Austria, where it appeared on the soundtrack of Til Schweiger's film 'Zweiohrküken', the sequel to 'Keinohrhasen', which had previously featured OneRepublic's 'Apologize'. The placement underscored the band's ability to marry emotional candour with commercial reach, the song's D major framework offering enough uplift to carry its more self-lacerating admissions.

"Secrets" is a single by OneRepublic , from the album Waking Up, released 17th November 2009. The track is 3:46 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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OneRepublic

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Lyrics

Secrets

I need another story
Something to get off my chest
My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess
'Til all my sleeves are stained red
From all the truth that I've said
Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw me wink, no
I've been on the brink

So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away

My God, amazing how we got this far
It's like we're chasing all those stars
Who's driving shiny big black cars
And every day I see the news
All the problems that we could solve
And when a situation rises
Just write it into an album
Send it straight to gold
But I don't really like my flow, no

So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away

Ooh
Got no reason, got no shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'ma tell you everything

So tell me what you want to hear
Something that'll light those ears
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
So tell me what you want to hear
Something that'll light those ears
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away

All my secrets away

All my secrets away

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Track details

From Waking Up

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Waking Up
Waking Up
OneRepublic
17th November 2009
Track number
3
Release year
2009
  1. 1Made for You
    4:17
  2. 2All the Right Moves
    3:59
  3. 3Secrets
    3:46
  4. 4Everybody Loves Me
    3:40

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ryan Tedder
    Lyricist
    Ryan Tedder
    Composer
    Ryan Tedder
    Producer
    Andy Prickett, Ryan Tedder
    Engineer
    Andy Prickett, Joe Zook, Ryan Tedder
    Bass
    Brent Kutzle
    Drums
    Eddie Fisher
    Guitar
    Drew Brown, Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins
    Arranger
    Ryan Tedder
    Background Vocals
    Brent Kutzle, Zach Filkins
    Cello
    Brent Kutzle
    Glockenspiel
    Drew Brown
    Lead Vocals
    Ryan Tedder
    Mastering Engineer
    Brian Gardner
    Mixing Engineer
    Joe Zook
    Percussion
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    Viola
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