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A Great Big World - Land of Opportunity

A Great Big World - Land of Opportunity Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Is There Anybody Out There?
Released: 2014

Land of Opportunity Lyrics

I'm sailing away, to a Land of Opportunity.
The sun will shine, and birds will sing there everyday
I'm sailing away, and I hope that you remember me.
It was fun, we had our run. Hip hip hooray!

You said 'hello', I loved you so,
Just like in a movie scene.
I want you to know, I had to let go,
I'm falling in love again.

I'm running away, to a place where you won't bother me.
We won't talk for a while, we'll be okay.
And I'm changing my name to a word that's really hard to say.
It's no one's fault, I'm just too young, and you're insane.

I wasted my time, I missed all the signs,
And it ruined my holiday.
I want you to know, I had to let go,
I'm falling in love again

I just gotta believe there's something better.
I just gotta believe there's something more than you and me.
I've just gotta believe, I've just gotta believe.

You said 'hello', I loved you so,
I felt like a kid again.
I want you to know, I had to let go
I'm falling in love again.

I just gotta believe there's something better.
I just gotta believe there's something more than you and me.
I've just gotta believe, I've just gotta believe.

I'm sailing away to a Land of Opportunity.

Writer/s: AXEL, IAN / VACCARINO, CHAD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Land of Opportunity

A Great Big World had a falling out with a friend around the time they wrote this song, which was inspired by the music they were listening at the time -The Beatles' Abbey Road album and ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky."

The trumpet solo is played by A Great Big World's Chad Vaccarino - he had just started playing the instrument again.

A Great Big World - I Really Want It

A Great Big World - I Really Want It Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Is There Anybody Out There?
Released: 2014

I Really Want It Lyrics

So tell me what are we living for?
I say we chuck inhibitions
And sell our souls to rock and roll
I need to know what I'm missing

So turn it up on the stereo
Somebody light the ignition
What the hell are you waiting for?
It's time to make a decision

(Nah-oooh)

I'm feeling the world go round
It's spinning me upside down
I'm finally homeward bound
I'm not giving up
It's crawling under my skin
And I don't care if I sin

I Really Want It
I really want it
I really want it right now
I really want it right now

If there's a maker up above
Then why is nobody listening
You show me hate, and I'll show you love
It's not about your religion

We're always lookin' to someone else
Just take a look in the mirror
'Cause all you need is inside yourself
It couldn't be any clearer

(Nah-oooh)

I'm feeling the world go round
It's spinning me upside down
I'm finally homeward bound
I'm not giving up
It's crawling under my skin
And I don't care if I sin

I really want it
I really want it
I really want it right now
I really want it right now

The more we love, the more we learn
The more we love, the more we burn
The more we love

So tell me what are we livin' for
I say we chuck inhibitions
And sell our souls to rock n' roll
I need to know what I'm missin'

(Nah-oooh)

I'm feeling the world go round
It's spinning me upside down
I'm finally homeward bound
I'm not giving up
It's crawling under my skin
And I don't care if I sin

I really want it
I really want it
I really want it right now
I really want it right now

Writer/s: AXEL, IAN / VACCARINO, CHAD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

I Really Want It

A Great Big World explained the background of this song to The Huffington Post : "We had recently quit our day jobs and were 'full-time' musicians and writers for the first time," they said. "We were stepping into a new role in life and really honing in on our dreams. This was us venting and sort of rebelling against the norm and what was expected of us. It was a way to tell ourselves that we could have it all if we wanted it."

A Great Big World - Everyone Is Gay

A Great Big World - Everyone Is Gay Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Is There Anybody Out There?
Released: 2014

Everyone Is Gay Lyrics

If you're gay then you're gay
Don't pretend that you're straight
You can be who you are any day of the week
You are unlike the others
So strong and unique
We're all with you

If you're straight well that's great
You can help procreate
And make gay little babies
For the whole human race
Make a world we can live in
Where the one who you love's not an issue

'Cause we're all somewhere in the middle
We're all just looking for love to change the world
What if the world stops spinning tomorrow?
We can't keep running away from who we are

If you're gay then you're gay
If you're straight well that's great
If you fall in between that's the best way to be
You've got so many options
Every fish in the sea wants to kiss you

'Cause we're all somewhere in the middle
We're all just looking for love to change the world
What if the world stops spinning tomorrow?
We can't keep running away from who we are

And we're all here in it together
We're one step closer to breaking down the walls
Everyone Is Gay

Writer/s: AXEL, IAN / VACCARINO, CHAD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Everyone Is Gay

A Great Big World told The Huffington Post the background to this song: "Our friends at EveryoneIsGay.com asked us to write the 'gayest song ever' for their compilation album they were putting together. They give advice to kids who are struggling with their sexuality. We wanted to speak to the kids who are bullied for being who they are, and to write a song we wish we could've had growing up. Because in the end, we're all human, no matter who you love."

A Great Big World - I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else

A Great Big World - I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Is There Anybody Out There?
Released: 2014

I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else Lyrics

Oh, I built a world around you
Oh, you had me in a dream,
I lived in every word you said
The stars had aligned
I thought that I found you
And I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else

Oh, we left it all unspoken
Oh, we buried it alive
And now it's screaming in my head
Oh, I shouldn't go on hoping
Oh, that you will change your mind
And one day we could start again
Well I don't care if loneliness kills me
I don't wanna love somebody else

Oh, I thought that I could change you
Oh, I thought that we would be the greatest story that I tell
I know that it's time to tell you it's over
But I don't wanna love somebody else

Writer/s: AXEL, IAN / VACCARINO, CHAD / MOSS, ALLIE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else

A Great Big World's Chad Vaccarino told The Huffington Post : "This was inspired by a toxic relationship that I was in. In a weird way, I enjoyed the pain I was feeling from it. I thought it was better than feeling nothing at all. And I didn't want to let go of it. I also made up the whole thing in my head. So there's that."

A Great Big World - Cheer Up!

A Great Big World - Cheer Up! Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Is There Anybody Out There?
Released: 2014

Cheer Up! Lyrics

Cheer Up!
'Cause nothing really matters when you look up into outer space
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry

Cheer up!
We're all interconnected to the reaches of the galaxy
And my best friend says he came from the sky
He traveled to the Earth aboard a pink spaceship,
It's hard for him to hide behind those eyes

Cheer up!
The atoms in your body are as old as every dinosaur
You're a special part of one big grand design

Cheer up!
We're all in this together to discover what we're living for
Thirteen billion years and there's still time

Every night I wish upon a star so bright,
Waiting for the others to arrive

Cheer up!
'Cause nothing really matters when you look up into outer space
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry
Thirteen billion years and there's still time

Writer/s: AXEL, IAN / VACCARINO, CHAD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Cheer Up!

A Great Big World's Ian Axel told The Huffington Post the story behind this song: "We had just visited Yosemite and saw all the stars for the first time," he said. "You just can't see any in New York City. And seeing them gave us a new perspective on everything."

"When we got home, I was talking to my parents and they were stressed out about something, and I wished they could've gotten to see what we saw in Yosemite," he continued. "That's what inspired this song. And also the fact that I had just gotten myself a Casio keyboard from the '80s, and also that we have a friend who we SWEAR is from another star system."