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Years & Years
Communion
King

SINGLE

King

Release date: 21st June 2015

From CommunionTrack 83:35

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About This Track

"King" is a single by Years & Years, from the album Communion, released 21st June 2015. The track is 3:35 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Years & Years.

About the Artist

Years & Years

Years & Years

Lyrics

King

I caught you watching me under the light
Can I realign?
They say it's easy to leave you behind
I don't wanna try

Come, come and take that test
Hold courage to your chest
Don't wanna wait for you
Don't wanna have to lose
All that I've compromised
To feel another high
I've got to keep it down tonight

And oh, oh, oh
I was a King under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go
So let me go

Don't you remember how I used to like
Being on the line?
I dreamed you dreamed of me calling out my name
Is it worth the price?

Come, come and take that test
Hold courage to your chest
Don't wanna wait for you
Don't wanna have to lose
All that I've compromised
To feel another high
I've got to keep it down tonight

And oh, oh, oh
I was a King under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go

I had to break myself to carry on
No love and no admission
Take this from me tonight

Oh oh, let's fight
Oh oh, let's fight
Oh oh, let's fight
Oh oh

And oh, oh, oh
I was a King under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go
So let me go

Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything

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Track details

From Communion

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Album

Track number

8

Release year

2015

1Foundation
2:58
2Real
4:10
3Shine
4:16
4Take Shelter
4:08

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