Native by OneRepublic - Album Lyrics & Tracks

[Intro]

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be countin' stars

Yeah, we'll be countin' stars"

 

[Verse 1]

I see this life like a swingin' vine

Swing my heart across the line

In my face is flashin' signs

Seek it out and ye shall find

 

[Refrain]

The old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

On just doin' what we're told

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I feel somethin' so right doin' the wrong thing

And I feel somethin' so wrong doin' the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

 

[Chorus]

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be countin' stars"

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be, we'll be countin' stars", yeah

 

 

[Verse 2]

I feel your love, and I feel it burn

Down this river, every turn

"Hope" is our four-letter word

Make that money, watch it burn

 

[Refrain]

Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

On just doin' what we're told

 

[Pre-Chorus]

And I feel somethin' so wrong doin' the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

 

[Chorus]

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be countin' stars"

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be, we'll be countin' stars"

 

 

[Bridge]

Oh, take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

 

[Pre-Chorus]

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

 

[Chorus]

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be countin' stars"

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But, baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be, we'll be countin' stars"

 

[Outro]

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned

[Verse 1]

I stared up at the sun

Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved

I stared up just to see

With all of the faces, you were the one next to me

 

[Pre-Chorus]

You can feel the light start to tremble

Washing what you know out to sea, yeah

You can see your life out of the window tonight

 

[Chorus]

If I lose myself tonight

It'll be by your side

I lose myself tonight

Woah, yeah, yeah

If I lose myself tonight

It'll be you and I

Lose myself tonight

[Drop]

 

[Verse 2]

I woke up with the sun

Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved

I woke up just to see

With all of the faces, you were the one next to me

 

 

[Pre-Chorus]

You can feel the light start to tremble

Washing what you know out to sea, yeah

You can see your life out of the window tonight

 

[Chorus]

If I lose myself tonight

It'll be by your side

I lose myself tonight

Woah, yeah, yeah

If I lose myself tonight

It'll be you and I

Lose myself tonight, ooh

[Drop]

Ooh

Ah-ooh

 

[Bridge]

Take us down and we keep trying

Forty thousand feet, keep flying

Take us down and we keep trying

Forty thousand feet, keep flying

Take us down and we keep trying

Forty thousand feet, keep flying

Take us down and we keep trying

Forty thousand feet, keep flying

 

 

[Outro]

Ooh, myself

I lose myself tonight

Ooh-hoo-ooh

Hoo-hoo-ooh

[Verse 1]

I guess this is what it's supposed to feel like

When we don't talk, no we don't talk, we don't talk anymore

I guess this is what it's supposed to sound like

The universe, the universe, universe is torn

 

[PreChorus 1]

I know I can live without you, I can live without you half the day

I know I can live without you and put life off for another day

 

[Chorus]

But I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

But I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

I said, I can't stop, no, thinking about

Thinking about this anymore

And all I've got is nothing I want anymore

 

[Verse 2]

No I never get used to silence

But I don't hear, no I don't hear

I don't hear you anymore

I know I had to look hard to find it

Everything, everything, everything is gone

 

 

[PreChorus 2]

I don't want to live without you

And put life off for another day

 

[Chorus]

But I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

I said, I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

I said, I can't stop, no, thinking about

Thinking about this anymore

And all I've got is nothing I want anymore

 

[Bridge]

I can see stars, I can see our lights

And I swear that they're shining here

I can see stars, I can see lights shining here

 

[Chorus]

I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

I said, I can't stop thinking about

Thinking about us anymore

I said, I can't stop, no, thinking about

Thinking about this anymore

And all I've got is nothing I want anymore

[Verse]

Today I'm not myself

And you, you're someone else

And all these rules don't fit

And all that starts can quit

What a peculiar state we're in

What a peculiar state we're in

 

[Bridge]

Let's play a game where all of the lives we lead can change

Let's play a game where nothing that we can see, the same

 

[Chorus]

But we'll find other pieces to the puzzles

Slipping out under the locks

I could show you how many moves to checkmate, right now

We could take apart this life we're building and pack it up inside a box

All that really matters is we're doing it right now, right now

 

[Instrumental Bridge]

 

[Chorus]

But we'll find other pieces to the puzzles

Slipping out under the locks

I could show you how many moves to checkmate, right now

We could take apart this life we're building and pack it up inside a box

All that really matters is we're doing it right now, right now

[Verse 1]

When I was a kid I used to buy and sell gravity

I knew how to fly, and I would teach you for a fee

Broke every window in my hotel heart

When I was only five years old but twelve years scarred

And I'd hear the same voice echo in my mind

It'd say, "Son, you've got an angel."

That'd chase the devil at night

 

[Chorus]

When I was a kid my grandfather was a preacher

He'd talk about God, he was something like a teacher

He said, "God only helps those who learn to help themselves"

He was a million miles from a million dollars

But you could never spend his wealth

 

[Verse 2]

I took a little faith, and put it in a parking lot

I drove to a strange town full of "have" and "have nots"

And as I walked through that story-book life

I've been looking for an angel who'd chase the devil at night

 

[Chorus 2]

When I was a kid my grandfather was a preacher

He’d talk about love, he was something like a teacher

He said, “God only helps those who learn to help themselves”

He was a million miles from a million dollars

But you could never spend his wealth

 

 

[Bridge]

Wave, put your hands up and hands down

Wave, put your hands up and hands down

Wave, put your hands up and hands down

 

[Chorus 3]

When I was a kid my grandfather was a preacher

He’d talk about life, he was something like a teacher

He said, “God only helps those who learn to help themselves”

He was a million miles from a million dollars

But you could never spend his wealth

 

[Outro]

He was a million miles from a million dollars

But you could never spend his wealth