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The Futureheads – We Cannot Lose (2006) | Track profile | Dork

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The Futureheads
News and Tributes
We Cannot Lose

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The Futureheads

We Cannot Lose

Release date: 29th May 2006

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"We Cannot Lose" is a track by The Futureheads, from the album News and Tributes, released 29th May 2006. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about The Futureheads.

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Lyrics

We Cannot Lose

A genius mind went to war and lost

He won the battle but he lost his trust in us

How big a price will he have to pay?

How big a price will we make him pay to us?

A million moves but the couldn't see one

Too many thoughts to play for fun

He had to think, he had to concentrate

He had to think, he had to concentrate for us

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

He had disposed of them all before

Unrivalled wealth on the road to war

He didn't care what he did to them

His only thought was how and when to win

All alone with his thoughts and fears

He alone knew the price would come in years

He had to think, he had to concentrate

He had to organise his mind and thoughts for us

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

The battle won he never fought again

He knew himself there was nothing left to win

Unequipped for the fight within

All he knew was the game and how to win

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot lose

We cannot cannot lose

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Track details

From News and Tributes

2006

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Album

News and Tributes

The Futureheads

Release year

2006

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3:00
2Cope
2:52
3Fallout
3:00
4Skip to the End
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7Return of the Beserker

8Back to the Sea

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