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000091008.Pdf DISC 1 01 Intro (Delirium) 02 Aftertaste 03 Something In The Way You Move 04 Keep On Dancin’ 05 On My Mind 06 Around U 07 Codes 08 Holding On For Life 09 Love Me Like You Do 10 Don’t Need Nobody 11 Don’t Panic 12 We Can’t Move To This 13 Army 14 Lost And Found 15 Devotion 16 Scream It Out DISC 2 01 The Greatest 02 I Do What I Love 03 Paradise 04 Winner 05 Heal 06 Outside Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding 07 Powerful Major Lazer Featuring Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley i Cherrytree/Interscope Records. 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Manufactured and distributed in the U.S.A. by Universal Music Distribution. PC 2015 Polydor Ltd. (UK) under exclusive license to Interscope Records in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. B0024106-02 INTRO (DELIRIUM) But tonight I’m gonna lose it all Now I always hear always hear them talking I just want to be around you You and me just Love me like you do, love me like you do Playing with fire, I was the first to fall Talking about a girl, about a girl with my name Is that too much to ask Running towards the light Love me like you do, love me like you do AFTERTASTE Honey, is sinking like a cannonball Saying that I hurt you, but I don’t still don’t get it Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Giving up the fight Touch me like you do, touch me like you do Baby, kill it, what’re you waiting for? You didn’t love me, no not really Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Hoping we survive What are you waiting for Hold me like nobody else does I just want to be around you Do I get the best of your love Something in the way you move Wait, I could’ve really liked you Is that too much to ask You and me just Love me like you do, love me like you do I bet, I bet that’s why I keep on thinking about you Even when our bodies are drunk Something in the way you do it. Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Strangers in the night Love me like you do, love me like you do Is it me you’re stumbling from It’s a shame, you said I was good Don’t tell I’m wrong Something in the way you move Giving up the fight Touch me like you do, touch me like you do Forget the words that you said So I poured it down, so I poured it down I could be there Waiting to ignite Something in the way you move What are you waiting for With your fingers spell out my name If only you’d let me in Something in the way you do it. Take away the sky in our breath And now I don’t understand it I could be there Holding on for life (x8) Remember love is a game, love is a game Something in the way you move You don’t mess with love, you mess with the truth Just tell me where and tell me when I’ll let you set the pace And I know I shouldn’t say it So tired of these roads going nowhere Lost in you, lost in me Because I’m not thinking straight Don’t break, don’t fade But tonight I’m gonna lose it all But my heart don’t understand But I know your love takes me somewhere Afraid of love, in too deep My head’s spinning around, I can’t see clear no more While we’re not real, we’re never too late Playing with fire, I was the first to fall Why I got you on my mind So we just run and hide What are you waiting for Make time, it won’t hurt Honey, is sinking like a cannonball Why I got you on my mind CODES Said I’ll go now, but you said it first Baby, kill it, what’re you waiting for? Why I got you on my mind Lightening fast, felt the crash Love me like you do, love me like you do Why I got you on my mind Damn, boy you make it hard Scared to lose, fear attacks Love me like you do, love me like you do I know there’s nothing that I can do to make you stay Something in the way you move But my heart don’t understand Shouldn’t need a riddle to unlock your heart We only know goodbye Touch me like you do, touch me like you do But one thing I know that will always remain Something in the way you do it. Why I got you on my mind So, say what’s on your mind What are you waiting for And that’s the aftertaste Something in the way you move You think you know somebody We got other things that we could do with our You and me just Why I got you on my mind Time, we could rule the world The aftertaste x4 Something in the way you move Running towards the light Love me like you do, love me like you do You think you know somebody Know you say you never need another girl Giving up the fight Something in the way you do it. Love me like you do, love me like you do Why I got you on my mind But, you’re not making sense Hoping we survive In the midst I’m seeing your face Something in the way you move Touch me like you do, touch me like you do And I can’t believe this is fake You think you know somebody Trying to keep it moving while you’re on the fence What are you waiting for Blow the blossom into your room Why I got you on my mind You and me just Tell me black and white Strangers in the night As you throw me in disarray. KEEP ON DANCIN’ There’s a button that I need to press You got yourself in a dangerous zone Why I’m here tonight Giving up the fight DON’T NEED NOBODY There’s a face that I need to kiss Because we both had the fear, fear of being alone I can’t read the signs Waiting to ignite People like to talk because they don’t know what to say And I still don’t understand it Come on, give me your heart and your head I’ve been too numb to understand Running from the truth because the truth too much to take You don’t mess with love, you mess with the truth Stop talking in codes, stop talking in codes Make you conscious never resist, never resist. Holding on for life (x8) I’m just a victim of the weapon in my hand I keep raising glasses because I only got today And my heart don’t understand it Let me know what’s up, can’t do it no more I just keep moving, I just keep moving Understand it, understand it So many casualties of love Don’t break, don’t fade. I need a love to celebrate If you wanted love like this But I’ve been bulletproof, I’m staring at the sun While we’re not real, we’re never too late Stop talking in codes, stop talking in codes Blowing up with every kiss Why I got you on my mind Make time, it won’t hurt You can hurt me, I’ll find another Should’ve known better You think you know somebody Said I’ll go now, but you said it first You can love me, you’ll be my lover Let me know what’s up, can’t do it no more I was the one you took home Happy, in rain or thunder Why I got you on my mind So baby, take it all the way Then you find yourself alone Never a flame to burn slow You think you know somebody Stop talking in codes I know there’s nothing that I can do to make you stay Baby I keep Chilling you right to the bone But I was hoping you’d see me a different way But one thing I know that will always remain I keep on, I keep on, I just keep on dancing No, should’ve known better AROUND U It’s a mystery So many bodies I’ve touched And that’s the aftertaste. I just keep on dancing I know that something happened in your history Hopelessly holding on Crashing around me like dust The aftertaste x4 I just keep on dancing I just want to be around you Oh, it’s too much to risk To all those perfect nights You are the realest thing I’ve never had to fake Is that too much to ask You give me some, but you’ve been holding most of it Let’s pretend it’s not gone I know there’s nothing that I can do to make you stay Can you see my, see my headlights I just want to be around you Back, so it’s no surprise And say we’ll never die But one thing I know that will always remain I don’t need nobody, need nobody but You can come ride shotgun with me Is that too much to ask Everything you do, I over analyze And that’s the aftertaste I don’t need nobody, need nobody but you Whatever you like, ever you like Breathe, in and out You and me just The aftertaste x8 I don’t need nobody, need nobody but you Every time I look at those stars When I look into your eyes Baby, give me something new to think about Running towards the light Know they ain’t got answers for me Boy, I’m feeling delirious Giving up the fight I don’t need nobody, need nobody but you But I’ll be alright, Ill be alright But you know this is serious Tell me black and white Hoping we survive SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE I’m sticking to you like glue Why I’m here tonight I’m just so used to emptiness You can hurt me, I’ll find another Only see you now and then, but I know we could have it all I can’t read the signs You and me just Can’t feel your heartbeat when I’m lying on your chest It’s the strangest feeling You can love me, you’ll be my lover Because before I was cynical, baby you were just cool Strangers in the night You’re different from the ones before Feeling this way for you Happy, in rain or thunder Stop talking in codes, stop talking in codes Giving up the fight There’s something in the way you move I know you don’t believe it’s you I’ve waited for Baby I keep I just want to be around you Let me know what’s up, can’t do it no more Waiting to ignite Something in the way you move Is that too much to ask I need a love to celebrate I keep on, I keep on, I just keep on dancing I was the one you took home I just keep on dancing I just keep on dancing Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Stop talking in codes, stop talking in codes Holding on for life (x8) With you I’m never healing Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Let me know what’s up, can’t do it no more Never a flame to burn slow It’s heartache through and through I just want to be around you You can hurt me, I’ll find another So baby, take it all the way Holding on for life (x8) But I was hoping you’d see me a different way There’s something in the way you move Is that too much to ask Stop talking in codes So many bodies I’ve touched Something in the way you move You can love me, you’ll be my lover Don’t tell I’m wrong, I could be there Hopelessly holding on Crashing around me like dust Don’t know what it is you do.
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