Cover art for Avalanche by James Arthur
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Avalanche Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Paradise, sleeping in under bright white snow
I'm alive, this could be it for all we know
I’m a mess, don't know what I would do without you
I could cry, leading you down the same old road

[Pre-Chorus]
I just never see it coming
Only butterflies until the bullets fly around my head again
Sick of running in a circle, all the stomach pains
I'm tired of medicating the adrenaline

[Chorus]
Under this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
I feel the world collapsing down
But after all that I’ve been through, long as I'm with you
Nobody can hurt me now
It's been breaking me, breaking me down to the bone
You saving me, say to me, I'm not alone
In this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
Nobody can hurt us now, no

[Verse 2]
You and I, maybе we'll disappear like ghosts
Intеrtwined, in a couple of years they'll write our stone
Here lies a lucky man who was losing all hope
In real life, and a beautiful soul who never let go
[Pre-Chorus]
I just never see the warning
Only butterflies until the bullets fly around my head again, oh, oh-oh, oh
Sick of running in a circle, all the stomach aches
I'm tired of medicating the adrenaline

[Chorus]
Under this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
I feel the world collapsin' down
But after all that I’ve been through, long as I’m with you
Nobody can hurt me now
It's been breaking me, breaking me down to the bone
You saving me, say to me, I’m not alone
In this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
Nobody can hurt us now, no

[Bridge]
Sick of all the wasted nights
Think of all the tears you've cried
Because of me, because of us
Ash to ash, dust to dust
I don't want to waste more time
We won't make it out alive
Hold my hand, I’ll sleep forever

[Chorus]
Under this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
I feel the world collapsing down
But after all that I've been through (All that I've been through), long as I'm with you (All that I've been through)
Nobody can hurt me now (Now, oh)
It's been breaking me, breaking me down to the bone
You saving me, say to me, I'm not alone
In this avalanche with you, avalanche with you
Nobody can hurt us now, no

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What did James Arthur say about "Avalanche"?
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James Arthur
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We were in the session and I think I just sang the chorus—taking the piss, actually. And everyone was like, ‘Well, that’s good. Let’s build something around that.’ And it ended up being this sort of The Goo Goo Dolls or Foo Fighters unplugged vibe. We toyed with making it more trap like the rest of the album, but it breaks things up a little in terms of the journey of the album.

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Release Date
August 13, 2021
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