Voted as “2012 Track of the Year” by NME magazine, the song was favourably received. The uplifting yet mournful sound is matched… Read More [Intro]
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Regrets collect like old friends
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Here to relive your darkest moments
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I can see no way, I can see no way
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And all of the ghouls come out to play
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And every demon wants his pound of flesh
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But I like to keep some things to myself
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Id like to keep my issues drawn
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Its always darkest before the dawn
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[Verse 1]
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And Ive been a fool and Ive been blind
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I can never leave the past behind
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I can see no way, I can see no way
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Im always dragging that horse around
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All of his questions, such a mournful sound
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Tonight, Im gonna bury that horse in the ground
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‘Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
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But its always darkest before the dawn
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
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Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
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Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
And its hard to dance with a devil on your back
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So shake him off, oh-woah
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[Verse 2]
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And I am done with my graceless heart
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So tonight, Im gonna cut it out and then restart
~#**************#~
‘Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
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Its always darkest before the dawn
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
And its hard to dance with a devil on your back
~#**************#~
So shake him off, oh-woah (Shake him off)
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[Bridge]
~#**************#~
And its hard to dance
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With a devil on your back (Shake him off)
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And given half the chance
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Would I take any of it back? (Shake him off)
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Its a fine romance
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But its left me so undone (Shake him off)
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Its always darkest before the dawn (Shake him off)
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(Oh-woah)
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(Oh-woah)
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[Breakdown]
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And Im damned if I do and Im damned if I dont
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So heres to drinks in the dark at the end of my rope
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And Im ready to suffer and Im ready to hope
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Its a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
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‘Cause lookin for Heaven, found the devil in me (Oh-woah)
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Looking for Heaven, found the devil in me (Oh-woah)
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But what the hell, Im gonna let it happen to me, yeah
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
And its hard to dance with a devil on your back
~#**************#~
So shake him off, oh-woah
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out
~#**************#~
Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah
~#**************#~
And its hard to dance with a devil on your back
~#**************#~
So shake him off, oh-woah
~#**************#~
[Outro]
~#**************#~
(What the hell) Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh
~#**************#~
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
