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Alice Merton – No Roots
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“No Roots” is Alice Merton’s first single and the first track from her EP of the same name.
In the song, Alice addresses her feeling of having no “roots"—born in Germany to a
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Alice Merton – PCH
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[Verse 1] / I can't seem to find a place in the world I call perfect / 'Cause every time I open my eyes, it feels like something is broken / [Refrain] / So, why am I always here
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Alice Merton – Everything
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[Verse 1] / I still think about it, night after night / I still hear your voice, it's my lullaby / Like a reoccurring nightmare, tell me, "Wake up" / But the dream keeps goin', the
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Alice Merton – Island
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[Verse 1] / Where did you go again? / Did your head fall down a rabbit hole? / All he wanted was in / But I let him down and he let me go / [Chorus] / Now I'm sorry (And I'm sorry
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Alice Merton – Mania
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[Intro] / Ooh, ah, mmm, ah / Ooh, ah / Mmm, ah / [Verse 1] / Hold my breath just to disappear / Maybe I'll start lettin' go of the mess that was left behind / Hope you don't
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Alice Merton – run away girl
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[Intro] / Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh / Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh / [Verse 1] / Run away, girl, don't you ever look back / There's a hole in the sky with your name in the cracks / So
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Alice Merton – pick me up
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[Verse 1] / Havin' problems sleepin' at night / Wakin' up, wakin' up with shivers inside / I'm tryna navigate all the wrongs and the rights / My compass never seemed so broken / [
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Alice Merton – Blindside
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[Verse 1] / I sat down with a gun to my head / You told me not to move / 'Cause if I did, I'd be dead / I cried out, but nobody ever came / Oh, it's so sad / When it ends, what a
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Alice Merton – Learn to Live
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“Learn to Live” is the opening track from German-Canadian singer Alice Merton’s debut album, MINT. Merton told Billboard that she wrote the song to remind herself “to face my fears
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Alice Merton – Jealousy
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[Verse 1] / A bright blue sky's what I used to see but / My vision's been torn after all that's been / And I know it's not right and I've crossed the line but / Please understand
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Alice Merton – Funny Business
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“Funny Business” was released on November 29, 2018, in advance of Alice Merton’s debut solo album, MINT. It is the second official single from the album. In a November 27 tweet
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Alice Merton – Same Team
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[Verse 1] / I broke all our promises / And I evened out the score / Then I took a plane to Mexico / So you couldn't find me anymore / And I hurt you and your feelings / And I broke
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Alice Merton – Hero
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I wish I was the hero in your story / I'd save you from yourself / And sometimes I wish I could take somethin' / A little bit stronger to drown you out / Were
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Alice Merton – I Don't Hold a Grudge
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[Intro: Spoken] / I'm really sorry / I really don't understand / [Verse 1] / Where were you when the lights went out? / Where were you when I almost drowned? / Where were you when
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AWOLNATION (Ft. Alice Merton) – The Best (feat. Alice Merton)
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[Intro] / I just wanna be the best / I just wanna be the best / I just wanna be the best / [Verse 1] / I'm hardly perfect / I'm barely good / Just shy of greatness, ah-ah / I'm
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Alice Merton – Charlie Brown
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[Verse 1] / Small kid in a small town, lived with his head down / Good luck never came his way / Tragic in the makin', a heart full of achin' / Those thoughts never went away / [
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Alice Merton – 2 Kids
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“2 Kids” is the second track on Alice Merton’s debut album, MINT. She wrote the song about one of her best friends, and manager, Paul Grauwinkel. The track recalls their initial
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Alice Merton – Easy
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[Intro] / (Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy) / [Verse 1] / We keep on going up and down / Wasting all our time, wishing we'd stayed on the side lines / Bet you would have left by
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Alice Merton – Lie To My Face
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“Lie To My Face” is the closing track off of Alice Merton’s No Roots EP. Alice set out to make the production of the song as dark and dramatic as the moment she discovered the
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Alice Merton – Blurry
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[Chorus] / Why does everythin' seem so blurry? / I got lost in a silence out of my head / All the kids shout, "Hey, don't worry" / But what's the point of a love when it comes to
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Alice Merton – 100 Stories
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[Verse 1] / You took a year to see the world / And came back to a different kind of life / Where they didn't recognize your face / 'Cause you cut your hair and you changed your
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Alice Merton – Speak Your Mind
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[Verse 1] / You say that it's all fine / But I can read your thoughts / And I can see that you ain't alright / But you won't tell me why / No you won't tell me why / And you know
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Alice Merton – The Other Side
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[Verse 1] / I'm seeing pink skies and cable cars / I'm seeing flower bouquets in big round jars / I'm seeing happy, I'm seeing dancin' / I'm seeing problems dissolve, you can't
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Alice Merton – Keeps Me Awake
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / I wanna shut my eyes I could use some sleep / But all my thoughts keep racing restlessly / [Pre-Chorus] / And I don't know how this happened / I don't know
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Alice Merton – Waste My Life
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[Intro] / Hello there / [Verse 1] / Five nights on a dime, can't pay the rent / Smoked skies and the smell of a cigarette / And he's had some, wants to let go / Then she got high
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Alice Merton – Letting You Know
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[Verse 1] / Your words cut sharper than knives / I thought we'd be sharin' some time / You wanted too much and I wonder why / [Pre-Chorus] / Remember back then, wasn't that nice
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Alice Merton – Run away girl (black sands version)
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[Verse 1] / Run away, girl, don't you ever look back / There's a hole in the sky with your name in the cracks / So run away, kid, watch it all unfold / You gotta cut 'em loose to
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Alice Merton – Vertigo
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[Intro] / (One, two, three, four) / [Verse 1] / Hands are sweaty, my heart beats heavy / There's something out there, I swear, I'm not ready / And I don't really know where to go
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Alice Merton – Loveback
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[Verse 1] / Don't wake me up 'cause I'm still dreamin' / Of a place that I know, a place I believe in / And it's not for us and it's not for you / Watch my lips as they say, "I don
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Alice Merton – Why So Serious
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In the caption of an Instagram post she explained the meaning behind the song:
I sometimes need to remind myself to take a step back from everything and look at the big picture..
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Alice Merton – Lash Out
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“Lash Out” is Alice Merton’s third single. It was released as a bonus song on the re-released version of the No Roots EP on April 6, 2018. The single also appeared on Merton’s
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Alice Merton – Shiny Things
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[Verse 1] / You don't make any sense to me (Ha) / 'Cause you choose to focus on shiny things (Ha) / [Pre-Chorus] / I kept tryin' for the two of us / But you left it dry, came to
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Tom Odell (Ft. Alice Merton) – Half As Good As You
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“Half As Good As You” used to feature English singer Birdy (as seen here) but she was replaced by Irish-German singer Alice Merton for reasons unknown. It is the only Tom Odell
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Alice Merton – Hit The Ground Running
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Alice Merton’s second single is “Hit The Ground Running”. The song released first on February 3, 2017 on the No Roots EP and was re-released as a single-version with harder hitting
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Alice Merton – Back to Berlin
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[Verse 1] / I found a place where I instantly felt I was home / Hadn't felt like that since I was six years old / And you brought me ice cream and chips on a Sunday / And we stayed
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Alice Merton – Future
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[Verse 1] / I don't think that I like the state I'm in / I don't think that I wanted this feeling / But I'm gettin' so lost in the feeling, so low / And I'm cuttin' off all the
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Alice Merton – Honeymoon Heartbreak
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[Verse 1] / I let you on my skin / I let you hold me when I was lonely / Waiting for us to live / You kept me dreaming / The skies unforgiving / [Pre-Chorus] / You liked those
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Alice Merton – Trouble in Paradise
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[Intro] / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-bo-, boom / Boom, bo-boom-
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Alice Merton – One Day
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I never thought I could feel this lonely / I never thought I could feel this blue / I never realized I’d be so empty / Living a life without you / Well, one day maybe, I will find
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Alice Merton – don't leave me alone with my thoughts
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[Verse 1] / Slow and steady / There's been a lot goin' on, a lot goin' on / I love this place we're in, I love this song / My nights tend to wander / The streets of Avonmore / My
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