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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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5 Seconds of Summer – No Roots
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[Intro: Ashton] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1: Luke, Ashton, Luke & Calum] / I like digging holes and hiding things inside them / When I grow old, I hope I won't forget to
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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 & Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg – No Roots (TikTok Classics Version)
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[Verse 1] / I like digging holes and hiding things inside them / When I grow old, I hope I won't forget to find them / 'Cause I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
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Ashe – No Roots
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[Verse 1] / I like digging holes and hiding things inside them / When I grow old I hope I won't forget to find them / 'Cause I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
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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 – 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 – 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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Tom Walker – No Roots
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[Intro] / I like digging holes and hiding things inside them / When I grow older, I won't forget to find them / I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night / [Verse 1
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Hit The Ground Running - Live from Spotify Berlin
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[Intro] / Hit the ground / Hit the ground running / [Verse 1] / It's a one way street with an open end / And you never know what lies ahead / But I always knew that this was it
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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 – 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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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 – 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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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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¥$, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign (Ft. Kid Cudi) – GUN TO MY HEAD
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[Chorus: Kid Cudi] / I sat down with a gun to my head / You told me not to move with a gun to my head / I sat down with a gun to my head / You told me not to move it (With a gun to
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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 – 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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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 – 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 – Breathe In, Breathe Out
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[Verse 1] / Breathe in, breathe out / You're here in the right now / And there's no reason when it gets so loud / So breathe in and breathe out / [Chorus] / Trust me / I just know
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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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Claudia Emmanuela Santoso – Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / You were always in my life / Always making me stronger / Told me fear was in their mind / When I felt there was danger / [Pre-Chorus] / Do you know that it hurts so
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