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The Naked And Famous

Punching In A Dream

Release date: 2011

From Passive Me, Aggressive YouTrack 23:58

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"Punching In A Dream" is a track by The Naked And Famous, from the album Passive Me, Aggressive You, released 2011. The track is 3:58 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Naked And Famous.

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Lyrics

Punching In A Dream

All the lights go down as I crawl into the spaces
Fight, flight or the screams
Life tearing at the seams

Wai-ai-ai-ai-ait
I don't ever wanna be here
Like punching in a dream
Breathing life into my nightmare

Woo, ooh, ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh

If it falls apart, I would surely wake it
Bright lights turn me green
This is worse than it seems

Wai-ai-ai-ai-ait
I don't ever wanna be here
Like punching in a dream
Breathing life into my nightmare

Woo, ooh, ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, woo, ooh

(Whoa)
(Whoa)
(Whoa, whoa, oh)

(Whoa)
(Whoa)
(Whoa, whoa, oh)

They'll get through
They'll get you
In the place that you feel it the most
In the corner
Where it's forming
In the place that you wish was a ghost

Whoa
Whoa
Whoa, whoa, oh

Whoa
Whoa
Whoa, whoa, oh

Wai-ai-ai-ai-ait
I don't ever wanna be here
Like punching in a dream'
Breathing life into my nightmare

Wai-ai-ai-ai-ait
I don't ever wanna be here
Like punching in a dream
Breathing life into my nightmare

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, woo, woo)

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Passive Me, Aggressive You

3:582011

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Album

Passive Me, Aggressive You

The Naked And Famous

Track number

2

Release year

2011

1All Of This
3:55
2Punching In A Dream
3:58
3Frayed
3:46
4The Source
0:48

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