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Despair Lyrics by Imagine Dragons

2013

[Intro]
\nOpen up your eyes, let the sunlight seep in
\nI'm waking up inside, let the air clean out the [?]
\nCan it hold me over until I'm strong enough?
\nCan I bet my life on you coming through?
\n
\n[Verse 1]
\nWhat you runnin' away from?
\nTell me what's far behind
\nTell me that you wanted to say something that's left behind
\nI don't really know where you came from
\nI don't really know where you been
\nTell me that you wanted to go somewhere and leave this life
\n
\n[Pre-Chorus]
\nBehind the housе where you werе raised
\nThe same streets that we paved
\nI wanna tell you so much
\nBut I'm just afraid of me
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nI throw my hands up in the air
\nLet my mind just drift away
\nI throw my hands up in despair
\nOh, might drift away
\n
\nI throw my hands up in the air
\nLet my mind just drift away
\nI throw my hands up in despair
\nOh, might drift away
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
\nOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
\nOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
\nOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nI throw my hands up in the air
\nLet my mind just drift away
\nI throw my hands up in despair
\nOh, might drift away
\n
\nI throw my hands up in the air
\nLet my mind just drift away
\nI throw my hands up in despair
\nOh, might drift away\n\n
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