Playlist Rachel Platten

rachel platten - fight song

Like a small boat
In the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
but I can make an explosion

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep
Say I'm in too deep
And it's been two years
I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
And I still believe
Yeah I still believe

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

A lot of fight left in me

Like a small boat
In the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
but I can make an explosion

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

Now I've still got a lot of fight left in me

rachel platten - don t care what time it is

Poets and painters and daytime escapers
tell us a story of what we once knew
paint us a picture of some great excuse
because we lost the truth, when we lost the music

We are everything we own right?
And the second that we don't fight
Is the moment that we own life
Keep it up keep it up keep it up

We don't care what TIME IT IS
noone here is BUYING THIS
if the dj keeps on FINDING HITS
we could keep this going for days
We don't care what TIME IT IS
noone here is BUYING THIS
if the dj keeps on FINDING HITS
we could keep this going for days

With our feet in the sand and sea in our hands we DON'T STOP
We remember to drink in everything and it's EASY WHEN THE BEAT DROPS
We pulse and we sway and keep morning away FROM HERE
Nothing exists but the love on our lips and beat on our hips
The only real moment is this

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Love what you got because love is a lot
life fools us into thinking that we're broke but we're not
so bring your body in to the beach again
recognize the moment that you're free again

So they lead to the beach again
heat is getting to your head you think
someone pulls you in and the lights are dim
but your recognize the rhythm crawling through your skin

rachel platten - big world spin

Give it a listen love
If you're quiet for long enough
All the echoes and noise and stuff
Might combust

And give it a listen love
Your little head has worked hard enough
And your heavy eyes might adjust
If you trust

So close your eyes
Nothing needs to be solved tonight
Just turn down the lights

Let the big world spin
There's a rhythm in everything
Even the sun must sink
For it to begin again

Be a big girl now
It's a big world anyhow
When our words run out
We will slow, slow it down

And give it a listen love
Your little heart beats fast enough
There are echoes and fairy dust
If you trust

And give it a listen love
Your little head has worked hard enough
And your heavy eyes might adjust
If you trust

So close your eyes
Nothing needs to be solved tonight
Just turn down the lights

Let the big world spin
There's a rhythm in everything
Even the sun must sink
For it to begin again

Be a big girl now
It's a big world anyhow
When our words run out
We will slow, slow it down

Let the big world spin
There's a rhythm in everything
Even the sun must sink
For it to begin again

Be a big girl now
It's a big world anyhow
When our words run out
We will slow, slow it down
We will slow, slow it down

rachel platten - little light

Looking for a little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel

Look up
Do the lines on your face cut a little bit deeper
I know you're not feeling very young
So tired
Stuck in the place and you don't wanna be here
I know
Voices call you in the night...
Come away! Come away!

Just looking for a little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel
A little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel

Hey now
From the wells of your eyes comes a deep frustration
Sometimes it can seem so hard to try
Everyday is a need for money you bleed
You're lonely when there's someone beside you
I know
That in these arms you'll find...
All of this will pass

Just looking for a little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel
A little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel

Cause everybody needs a harbor in the tempest
A reason to believe you're more than what you have
Even more than what you had
Cause all of this will pass...

Looking for a little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel
A little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel
A little light to illuminate
The truth in the stillness after everything is blown away
Life fades in the cuts and the struggles
I just need a light at the end of the tunnel

rachel platten - 53 steps

I am 53 steps from my apartment
I have memorized the cracks that age the road
I couldn't quite grasp what my heart meant
But I think that it was telling me to go

Now I'm going up, down spinning round
Trying to communicate
But these words aren't quite what I'm trying to say
I'm coming close, close, close
I feel it in my toes, toes, toes

There's a light that shines when I'm on the road
There's a brand new sky that I need to go
I'm reading signs, signs, signs
And I'm, I'm, I'm seeing patterns in the snow
As the road leads me into the great unknown

17 blocks from the station
And 48 stops from the coast
I could jump with all my clothes on in the ocean
And let the water rock me in her throws

And go up, down spin round leave it up to fate
Like some sailor finding comfort in the waves
I'm coming close, close, close
I feel it in my toes, toes, toes

There's a light that shines when I'm on the road
There's a brand new sky where I need to go
I'm reading signs, signs, signs
And I'm, I'm, I'm seeing patterns in the snow
As I walk into the great unknown

I feel it in my toes, I know I'm coming close
So I'll leave this old town with her saints and her ghosts
I'm coming close, close, close
The signs say I need to go

There's a light that shines when I'm on the road
There's a brand new sky where I need to go
I'm reading signs, signs, signs
And I'm, I'm, I'm seeing patterns in the snow
As I walk into the great unknown

As I walk into the great unknown
As I walk into the great unknown

rachel platten - 1000 ships

I'd go beyond our fighting borders
If you needed that from me
I'd march with decorated soldiers
To get your pretty eyes to see

Well, I would bring your morning coffee
Then I'd wrap you up in me
I'd kiss your belly and your shoulders
Cover blankets on our feet

So slow down
There's some kind of blessing here
But you have missed your cue

So keep your eyes set on the horizon
On the line where blue meets blue
And I would let that silver lining
Where I know it'd find you soon

Because I have sailed a 1000 ships to you
But my messages don't seem to make it through

Well, I would bring your morning coffee
Then I'd wrap you up in me
I'd kiss your belly and your shoulders
Cover blankets on our feet

But slow down
There's some sort of blessing here
But you've gone and missed your cue

So keep your eyes set on the horizon
On the line where blue meets blue
And I would let that silver lining
Where I know it'd find you soon

'Cause I have sailed a 1000 ships to you
But my messages don't seem to make it through

Well, money and fame they are a losing game
And I know those pretty actresses
Are calling your name
But I'll be here waiting
I'll always be the same
If you'd let me in again

So keep your eyes set on the horizon
On the line where blue meets blue
And I would let that silver lining
Where I know it'd find you soon

Keep your eyes set on the horizon
On the line where blue meets blue
And I would let that silver lining in
Where I know it'd find you soon

'Cause I have sailed a 1000 ships to you
But my messages don't seem to make it through

rachel platten - congratulations

I'm stupid and confused my ego's raw and bruised
Your words were weapons and they tore me down again
Play our conversation you threw your accusations
I'm always so complaisant, I never change the station

Help me find a sharper knive I need to cut you out my life
I take it all, I let it slide, but hey you went too far this time
Congratulations got what you wanted, your winning now
Congratulations you got your shot and you wore me down
And I really don't think you get it now
No I really don't think you get it now
It's killing me I admit it now
Congratulations, you tore my heart out, congratulations

It must feel good digested to be so damn aggressive
But the pounding in my chest is, begging for protection
You think you're innocent, pure gold and heaven sent
But, my tears are instruments, they sound like consequences
Help me find a sharper knive I need to cut you out my life
I take it all, I let it slide, but hey you went too far this time

Congratulations got what you wanted, your winning now
Congratulations you got your shot and you wore me down
And I really don't think you get it now
No I really don't think you get it now
It's killing me I admit it now
Congratulations, you tore my heart out, congratulations

Save me from myself cause I, need somebody's help
Yeah I dig the deepest wells and I get lost
You, you got it all I guess and me I'll take the fall for this
Help me find a sharper knive I need to cut you out my life
I take it all, I let it slide, but hey you went too far this time

Congratulations got what you wanted, your winning now
Congratulations you got your shot and you wore me down
And I really don't think you get it now
No I really don't think you get it now
It's killing me I admit it now
Congratulations, you tore my heart out, congratulations

rachel platten - begin again

I need a wrecking ball
I want the sky to fall
God I feel so small tonight
I need a wrecking ball
I could crash and fall
Could it break my walls
And make it right

Can I begin again
Can I begin again?

I need a tidal wave
Come and wash away
All the mess I made
To make it right
I need to make it right

I need big move
I need a sharp knife
I need to cut these scars
Right out of my life

I need a big move
I need a sharp knife
Need to be shaken up
Tonight
I need a wrecking ball

Feel paralysed
Like I'm frozen in time
Just wanna close my eyes
Make it go away

When did everything fall apart
When did the nightmares start
Why is it so hard
To find away to begin again
Oh to begin again

But I need big move
I need a sharp knife
I need to cut these scars
Right out of my life

I wanna a big move
I need a sharp knife
Need to be shaken up
Tonight
I need a wrecking ball
I wanna a wrecking ball
Cause I'm a wreck
Yeah cause I'm a wreck

I need a wrecking ball
Come and break my walls

rachel platten - nothing ever happens

She dreams of where she's never been
A story starts where it should end
She keeps a bible close
And folds the pages down she needs the most

Her faded walls are closing in
So in her head she leaves again
They've painted ceilings blue and green
And brilliant colors she's never seen

But nothing ever happens if you stay in your room
Nothing ever happens if you leave the party too soon
Never be a winner if you're not in the game
And nothing ever happens if you always play it safe
Make a little space and get out of your own way

A ticket out sits on her shelf
And gathers dust upon itself
Cause chasing chance is for the brave
Maybe soon she'll feel that way

But nothing ever happens if you stay in your room
And nothing ever happens if you leave the party too soon
Nothing ever happens if you don't get hurt
And nothing ever happens if you never get dirty
Make a little space and go on, get out, go on get out

Leave what you don't need
You're free and the pieces will fall into place
You and you only who can make a little space and
And get out of your own way

She sees the sunlight through the cracks
It's only her who holds her back
And so she takes her deepest breath
Shuts the door and walks down the steps

And nothing ever happens if you stay in your room
Nothing ever happens if you leave the party too soon
Never be a winner if you're not in the game
And nothing ever happens if you always play it safe
Make a little space and get out of your own

Oh, get out of your own way
Get out of your own way
Oh, get out of your own way
Get out of your own way

rachel platten - you don t have to go

I try to take it slow
But this guy just moves me so
If his hands move anymore
I think that I might lose control

I?m shaking through these clothes
He's breathing like he knows
That my heart's a little unsure
But my body still wants more

And I?m hoping, praying, something will rescue me
Before I give up the rest of me
Can I? Am I? Thinking this

You don't have to go,
Stay the night and we'll take it slow
We don't have to know how far we're going
If you want to stay,
Well, we could go all the way
We can just forget it in the morning

And the other day,
I might not be an easy lay
And you can't call it luck
I bet sometimes a girl just need a friend

And I?m hoping, praying, something will rescue me
Before I give up the rest of me
Can I? Am I? Thinking this

You don't have to go,
Stay the night and we'll take it slow
We don't have to know how far we're going
If you want to stay,
Well, we could go all the way
We can just forget it in the morning

And you keep coming closer
But if I push you it's over
But if we're careful
It's never gonna feel the same
You keep coming closer
I pull you in closer
Just cause you're older

You don't have to go,
Stay the night and we'll take it slow
We don't have to know how far we're going
If you want to stay,
Well, we could go all the way
We can just forget it in the morning
[x2]

You don't have to go,
Stay the night and we'll take it slow
We don't have to know how far we're going

rachel platten - take these things away

I want someone to know my favorite ice cream
I want someone to laugh when I act like I?m thirteen
I need someone to stay till I can fall asleep
Make being awake like living in a dream

And at the end of everyday no one can take these things away
We all want love and that?s okay,
Maybe there?s someone.
When my song has slipped away
And the darkness swallows the day
Another one?s not very far away, so baby just hold on.
Baby just hold on

I want somewhere to go when it?s too noisy in my head
Verbal vertigo I need to hear my voice instead
I need some way to lose this fear of falling down
Cause I can still dance when my feet are on the ground

And at the end of everyday no one can take these things away
We all want love and that?s okay,
Maybe there?s someone.
When my song has slipped away
And the darkness swallows the day
Another one?s not very far away, so baby just hold on.
Baby just hold on

If you could see behind my eyes
Indigo and ivory
Overwhelmed in outer space
Spinning round and round and chasing
Fairy tales and shooting stars
How I wonder where we are
In this life we?ll be alright
All we gotta do is hold on tight

At the end of everyday no one can take these things away
We all want love and that?s okay,
Maybe there?s someone.
When my song has slipped away
And the darkness swallows the day
Another one?s not very far away, so baby just hold on.
Just hold on
Hold on

rachel platten - overwhelmed

We make patterns out of stars
and we whisper little prayers
To be somewhere that we're not
and if we're good it will take us there

But then the light comes through the dark
and our questions fall apart
It's just the beating of our hearts and the still of the midnight air

And I get so overwhelmed till it's hard to tell
what I'm thinking

We get down down down
we feel sorry for ourselves
we get down down down
we all need somebody's help
Let's get loud loud loud till there's love and nothing else
'Cause the more that you give the more that comes back around

So we hide away our hurts
and put bandaids on our fears
and we lie to all our friends
move along there's no problems here
but then the orchestra will start
and the violins appear
and a simple little melody has us fighting tears

And I get so overwhelmed till it's hard to tell
what I'm thinking

We get down down down
we feel sorry for ourselves
we get down down down
we all need somebody's help
let's get loud loud loud till there's love and nothing else
cuz the more that you give the more that comes back around

But the hardest part is the way things are
and how quickly fingers will bleed
and the grace we need is not in magazines,
it's just space, in between, when we breathe

I am down down down I feel sorry for myself
I am down down down and I need somebody's help
let's get loud loud loud till there's love and nothing else
cuz the more that we give, the more that comes back

Down down down
We feel sorry for ourselves
We get down down down
We all need somebody's help
Let's get loud loud loud till there's love and nothing else
'Cause the more that you give the more that comes back around

rachel platten - lone ranger

Maybe I'm selfish
Call me see-through
But I'm debating
If I really need to
Tie down to someone forever
Sure, I get lonely sometimes
I miss being together

But baby
When I roam from city to city
I let the highway and the crowd
Feel the hunger that's in me
Feel me up with fireworks
And tell me I'm skinny
Soak up the fire
And the buzz that it gives me

Long nights, stay up late
Drink the sound, Meditate
Open eyes, sun roof
Give me miles, give me truth

Sometimes I get high
Sometimes I get low
But I'm calm as can be
In a room full of strangers
But oh my, don't try to get close
I'm just going to leave
Cause baby, I'm a Lone Ranger
(Na, Na, Na)
I'm a Lone Ranger

I'm a lion, I'm a tiger
I'm a caged bird, I'm on fire
Got these paper wings
But they hold me?
Get to close?
Much less brave then I admit
Much more scared then they all think
But I'm protecting
Something in my chest
Cause the blood, sweat and tears
They can make quite a mess

Open eyes, open roof
Give me miles, give me truth

Sometimes I get high
Sometimes I get low
But I'm calm as can be
In a room full of strangers
But oh my, don't try to get close
I'm just going to leave
Cause baby, I'm a Lone Ranger
(Na, Na, Na)
I'm a Lone Ranger

I don't want to get broken baby [3x]
Cut open babe, Cut open baby
I don't want to get broken baby [3x]
Cut open babe, Cut open baby

Sometimes I get high
Sometimes I get low
But I'm calm as can be
In a room full of strangers
But oh my, don't try to get close
I'm just going to leave
Cause baby, I'm a Lone Ranger
(Na, Na, Na)
I'm a Lone Ranger

Sometimes I get high
Cause baby, I'm a Lone Ranger
But oh my, don't try to get close
I'm just going to leave
Cause baby, I'm a Lone Ranger

rachel platten - you re safe

When the ghosts get in your head
All your eyes can see is red
Your sail is down, your ship is wrecked
Thunders left you there for dead
Ohh-oh-ohh, you're fading, fading, ohh-oh-ohh
Hey now don't you runaway, don't you runaway
Hey now don't you be afraid, don't you be afraid
You're safe
You're safe

When danger grabs you from above
Falling down, you're giving up
And you can't remember how to love
You swear to God you've had enough

Ohh-oh-ohh, you're fading, fading, ohh-oh-oh
Hey now don't you runaway, don't you runaway
You're safe
Hey now don't you be afraid, don't you be afraid
You're safe
Hey now don't you runaway, don't you runaway
You're safe
Hey now don't you be afraid, don't you be afraid
You're safe

Hey now don't you runaway, don't you runaway
You're safe
Hey now don't you be afraid, don't you be afraid
You're safe
Hey now don't you runaway, don't you runaway
You're safe
Hey now don't you be afraid, don't you be afraid
You're safe

rachel platten - work of art

My heart, beats like, its on fire
And everything is alright, as long as I am inspired
I stitch together my life from hand-me-downs,
And good advice that finally fit me (good advice that finally fit me)

Wear my heart, where my head should be
And light up the rest of me
'Cause in dreams they wont fall apart
Through the start, it starts
When your life is a work of art

I found this door to my inside
I flung it open so dreams could rush in like a heart attack
I learned a lot and I lived in a fairytale
'Cause in the end I'm not pretending ('Cause in the end I'm not pretending)

Wear my heart, where my head should be
And light up the rest of me
'Cause in dreams they wont fall apart
Through the start, it starts
When your life is a work of art

My heart, where my head should be
And light up the rest of me
'Cause in dreams, they wont fall apart
Through the start, it starts
When your life is a work of art

When your life is a work of art

'Cause my heart keeps tumbling
And I keep fumbling
My life keeps coming
And I jump in the ocean

My heart keeps tumbling
And I keep fumbling
And I think I am finally ready (ready ready ready)

I put my heart where my head should be
And light up the rest of me
'Cause my dreams they wont fall apart
Through the start, it starts
When your life is a work of art

I put my heart where my head should be
And light up the rest of me
'Cause my dreams they wont fall apart
Through the start, it starts
When your life is a Work of Art.

rachel platten