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Take That – Eight Letters (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Eight Letters

Release date: 12th June 2011

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Track 10

4:41

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About This Track

"Eight Letters" is a track by Take That, from the album Progressed, released 12th June 2011. The track is 4:41 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Take That.

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Take That

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Lyrics

Eight Letters

We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned
Expendable soldiers smiling at anything
Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually

We were once the answer and then you discover
You're actually just one thing after another
And what was the question and why was the lesson so deafening?

This is all that matters now
And that was all that happened anyhow
You can look back but don't stare
Maybe I can love you out of there

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

And outside forces didn't make it easy
So I thought I'd go before you leave me
Self-preservation was no explanation for anything

But the truth is more than we'll ever comprehend
I'm just starting to understand, my friend
All of that distance, 'cause I fell in love with the enemy

This is all that matters now
And that was all that happened anyhow
You can look back but don't stare
Maybe I can love you out of there

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

At last, we meet on no man's land
Just footprints in the sand
We meet on no man's land, at last

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

One meaning
Just one meaning

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Track details

From Progressed

4:412011

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Track number

10

Release year

2011

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3:44
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Take That and Jeff Goldblum are going to perform at the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards

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Take That will perform 'Greatest Day' and Jeff Goldblum will play piano during the In Memoriam segment at next year's awards ceremony.

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10Eight Letters

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Billy Currie, Chris Cross, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Midge Ure, Robbie Williams, Warren Cann
Writer: Billy Currie, Chris Cross, Midge Ure, Warren Cann
Producer: Stuart Price
Engineer: Ryan Carline
Guitar: Stuart Price
Keyboards: Gary Barlow
Assistant Engineer: Andrew Kitchen, Ghian Wright, Mike Houge, Noah Goldstein
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Dave Emery
Mastering Engineer: Tim Young
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Programmer: Gary Barlow, Stuart Price