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Take That

Up

Release date: 24th March 2017

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About This Track

'Up' by Take That is a track on the 2017 album 'Wonderland'. The lyrics present a tense, expectant moment, with images of reading the “wall” and facing what’s to come, before pressing the question of being “up” and being loved. In the chorus, the repeated call, “Thought you wanted to be up,” turns the song into a direct, conversational challenge rather than a distant statement of intent.

"Up" is a track by Take That, from the album Wonderland, released 24th March 2017. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Take That.

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Take That

Take That

Lyrics

Up

[Verse 1]

Everybody's writing on the wall

Taking all day long to read it all

Staring in the face of what's to come

Coming down I've saved a space for you

[Chorus]

Up, up

Thought you wanted to be up

Thought you wanted to be loved

Don't you want to be loved?

[Verse 2]

Who could live without the harmony

The hundred million years of history

It's only coming down to you and me

Give me time and I'll make it up to you

[Chorus]

Up, up

Thought you wanted to be up

Thought you wanted to be loved

Don't you want to be loved?

[Bridge]

Reaching up to turn the clock around

It's like a ladder to my heart

A feeling that I got when I was young

Like the days, the days

Were folding up into my pocket

And honestly I wouldn't change a single thing about the time we had

[Chorus]

Up, up

Thought you wanted to be up

Thought you wanted to be loved

Don't you want to be loved?

Don't you want to be

Up, up

Thought you wanted to be up

Thought you wanted to be loved

Don't you want to be loved?

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2017
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