Description
Vocals: VanVelzen
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Jake Etheridge
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Lars Bos
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Matthew Crosby
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Roel van Velzen
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Simon Gitsels
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Wessel van Deursen
Lyrics and translation
Original
One, two, one, two, three, four!
There once was a girl, she would hide from the world. Pretty pearl, didn't wanna be found.
But she had a craving for secretly shaping, and banging out beautiful sounds.
Oh, where she's going, nobody knows it.
By running against the tide, she's learning to fly.
To all the lonely dancers in the rain.
I'm calling all the ones inside a place. It's the boombox justice where we sing.
When we all dress the same, tell me, who are we kidding anyway?
I once knew a young guy, he used to spend all night painting outside of the lines.
His teachers would ground him whenever they found him, and tell him he was out of his mind.
Oh, where he's going, nobody knows it.
By running against the tide, he's learning to fly.
To all the lonely dancers in the rain. I'm calling all the ones inside a place.
It's the boombox justice where we sing.
When we all dress the same, tell me, who are we kidding anyway?
Yeah, yeah.
Ay. Ooh, yeah.
Here's to the can't pretenders.
Here's to the won't back down. Here's to the can't pretenders.
Guess who's happy now?
All the lonely dancers in the rain.
I'm calling all the ones inside a place. It's the boombox justice where we sing.
When we all dress the same, tell me, who are we kidding anyway?
Here's to the can't pretenders. Here's to the won't back down.
-Ay. -Here's to the can't pretenders.
Here's to -the won't back down.
-I once was a boy who would sing to avoid things, trying to find a voice.