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The Joy Formidable

What For

Release date: 27th September 2018

From AAARTHTrack 64:36

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"What For" is a track by The Joy Formidable, from the album AAARTH, released 27th September 2018. The track is 4:36 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Joy Formidable.

About the Artist

The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable

Lyrics

What For

Across all these miles
I can't see what's real
And the sun has bleached
The wind has bent what you were feeling
Down to the bone again

Is this the way it goes
Turning nothing into waterfalls
Sink in the heavy ﬂow
I can't deny what the shores will wash up
I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm waiting, what for

How long am I on trial?
'Cause I've been good, not bad
Why don't you run down the mountain
And let go of the path

Is this the way it goes
Turning nothing into waterfalls
Sink in the heavy ﬂow
I can't deny what the shores will wash up
I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm waiting, what for

Oh, take your bleeding heart
Go back to the start, I'm staying here
I'm down on my luck, but I know which way is up
I'm not taking my turn this way
For the last time

So when the winter breaks
Throw your mind this way
And when the bridges fall
And the sun, it fades
I see the burning lake
Oh, that's you and me
I see we're all the same
Just waiting, just waiting what for
What for
Ooh, what for

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Track details

From AAARTH

4:362018

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Album

The Joy Formidable

28th September 2018

Track number

6

Release year

2018

1Y Bluen Eira
3:06
2The Wrong Side
3:35
3Go Loving
3:12
4Cicada (Land on Your Back)

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