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Counting Stars (OneRepublic)

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"Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, Native (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's third single on June 14, 2013 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

The song has reached great international success, marking one of the band's more successful singles in recent years.

The song's accompanying music video, directed by James Lees, features the band performing in a basement beneath an ongoing church congregation.

 

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Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Said no more counting dollars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars
Dreaming about the things that we could be
We'll be counting stars
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
 
Like a swinging vine
Old, but I'm not that old
Seek it out and you shall find
Swing my heart across the line
I see this life
In my face's flashing sun
Young, but I'm not that bold
 
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
And I don't think the world is sold
I feel something so wrong
I could lie, could lie, could lie
I feel something so right
But doing the right thing
I'm just doing what we're told
But doing the wrong thing
 
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
We'll be counting stars
Said no more counting dollars
 
Dreaming about the things that we could be
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars
 
I feel the love
Hope is a four letter word
Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
Take that money
Down this river every turn
Watch it burn
And I feel it burn
 
I'm just doing what we're told
And I don't think the world is sold
But doing the right thing
I could lie, could lie, could lie
And I feel something so wrong
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly
 
We'll be counting stars
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars
 
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Said no more counting dollars
Baby I've been, I've been praying hard
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
Take that money and watch it burn
Take that money and watch it burn
Take that money and watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money and watch it burn
 
We'll be counting stars
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Said no more counting dollars
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
 
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money and watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money and watch it burn
Take that money and watch it burn
Take that money and watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
 
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