Lorde's "Team" is the official second US single from the
New Zealand-born singer's debut album "Pure Heroine". On an interview
with Billboard, Lorde commented of the song that there are lyrics where she
feels like the 'realistic' pop star, and others that show her unique
songwriting, going back to write for her and her friends.
When I listen to Team, I hear a call for compassion. It’s a call
for the oppressor and the oppressed to join one another on level ground, to
stand together rather than exist in a power-over, power-under dynamic. Whether
you’re a greedy dictator, a violent abuser, or the bully at the playground, Team
is about recognizing we’re all on equal playing field.
Wait 'til you’re announced
We’ve not yet lost all our graces
The hounds will stay in chains
Look upon your greatness
That you’ll send
The call I'll send
Call all the ladies out
They’re in their finery
A hundreds jewels on throats
A hundred jewels between teeth
Now bring my boys in
Their skin in craters like the moon
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room
Dancin' around the lies we tell
Dancin' around big eyes as well
Even the comatose they don’t dance and tell
[Chorus]
We live in cities you'll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free
Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know, we're on each other's team
I'm kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air,
so
there
So all the cups got broke shards beneath our feet but it wasn’t my
fault
And everyone’s competing for a love they won't receive
'Cause what this palace wants is release
[Chorus]
We live in cities you'll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free
Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know, we're on each other's team
I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air
So there
I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care
So there
[Chorus]
We live in cities you'll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free
Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know, we're on each other's team
We're on each other's team
And you know, we're on each other's team
We're on each other's team
And you know, and you know, and you know
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