We Are Golden
by Mika

Album: The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2009)
Charted: 4
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  • Teenage dreams in a teenage circus
    Running around like a clown on purpose
    Who gives a damn about the family you come from?
    No giving up when you're young and you want some

    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running
    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running

    Waking up in the midday sun
    What's to live for when you could see what I've done?
    Staying out of motion in the light of day
    I was hiding from the things that you'd say

    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden
    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden

    Teenage dreams in a teenage circus
    Running around like a clown on purpose
    Who gives a damn about the family you come from?
    No giving up when you're young and you want some

    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running
    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running

    I was a boy at an open door, why you staring?
    Do you still think that you know?
    Looking for treasure in the things that you threw
    Like a magpie, I live for glitter, not you

    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden
    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden

    Teenage dreams in a teenage circus
    Running around like a clown on purpose
    Who gives a damn about the family you come from?
    No giving up when you're young and you want some

    Now I'm sitting alone, I'm finally looking around
    Left here on my own, I'm gonna hurt myself
    Maybe losing my mind, I'm still wondering why
    I had to let the world, let it bleed me dry
    We are not what you think we are
    We are not
    We are not what you think we are
    We are not
    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden

    Teenage dreams in a teenage circus
    Running around like a clown on purpose
    Who gives a damn about the family you come from?
    No giving up when you're young and you want some

    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running
    Running around again (running around again)
    Running from running

    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden
    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden
    We are not what you think we are
    We are golden, we are golden Writer/s: Michael Holbrook Penniman
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Grace from Beijing, Chinaby the way, i love this website!
  • Grace from Beijing, Chinahey, Mika's new album's name should be the boy who knew too much.
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