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Relax, Take It Easy (Mika)

Relax, Take It Easy
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A modern song that brings back sounds from the 80's, nice and cool.

If you feel brave you can try to sing your own cover of this song with this karaoke video:

RELAX (Karaoke)

Mika described the story behind the song in an interview with the Sun Newspaper February 2, 2007:

"I always wanted to write a dance song that wasn't a really full dance track, that felt organic*. So when I came into producing 'Relax' I made sure that most of the sounds we used were actually made by real instruments. We used some great session musicians who had worked with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. And we picked up the strangest pedal combinations to get all these weird sounds. It's really effective - you can't tell if it's a full dance track or really laid-back. It feels a bit weird electronically. The organic-ness gives a more classic field to it. So it was one of the harder tracks for me to produce, but also the most rewarding."

*Organic music: Music that deals with natural, percussion, acoustic based instruments. Musicians involved in organic music resonate positive vibes in their music

 

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Instructions

Move these lines around to put the lyrics in the correct order.

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And I'm screaming for help, alone.
Took a ride to the end of the line
But the pain and the longing's the same
Ended up on a broken train
When you're dying.
Now I'm lost
Where no one ever goes.
With nobody I know.
 
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
 
Are we playing with fire?
It's as if I'm scared.
Are you scared?
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
It's as if I'm terrified.
Scared.
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
 
There are so many roads left.
There is an answer
It's clear we don't understand it
To the darkest times.
Don't scream
Relax
I believe that we're in this together.
But the last thing on my mind
Is to leave you.
 
Relax, take it easy
Or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
That we can do.
Blame it on me
For there is nothing
 
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing
Or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
That we can do.
Blame it on me
 
Blame it on me
Relax, take it easy
That we can do.
Or blame it on you.
For there is nothing
Relax, take it easy
 
That we can do.
Blame it on me
Or blame it on you.
For there is nothing
Relax, take it easy
Relax, take it easy
 
It's as if I'm scared.
Are we playing with fire?
Relax
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Are you scared?
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
Relax
(relax) Scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
 
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