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Mosquito
Despair

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Despair

Release date: 11th April 2013

From MosquitoTrack 10

4:49

Alternative Music Punk Rock

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About This Track

"Despair" is a single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from the album Mosquito, released 11th April 2013. The track is 4:49 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 13 articles about Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

About the Artist

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Lyrics

Despair

Don't despair, you're there
From beginning to middle to end
Don't despair, you're there
Through my wasted days
You're there through my wasted nights

Oh despair, you've always been there
You were there through my wasted years
Through all my lonely fears, no tears
Run through my fingers, tears
They're stinging my eyes, no tears
If it's all in my head there's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear inside

Through the darkness and the light
Some sun has got to rise

My sun is your sun
Your sun is our sun

Oh despair, you were there through my wasted days
You're there through my wasted nights
You're there through my wasted years
You're there through my wasted life

You've always been there
You were there through my wasted years
Through all of my lonely fears
Run through my fingers, tears
They're stinging my eyes, no tears
We're all on the edge, there's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear inside

Through the darkness and the light
Some sun has got to rise

My sun is your sun
Your sun is our sun

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Mosquito

4:492013Single

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Album

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

12th April 2013

Track number

10

Release year

2013

1Sacrilege
3:50
2Subway
5:17
3Mosquito
3:00
4Under the Earth
4:18

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8Buried Alive (feat. Dr. Octagon)

10Despair

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Brian Chase, Karen O, Nick Zinner
Producer: David Andrew Sitek, Nick Launay
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Eduardo de la Paz
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Mixing Engineer: Craig Silvey