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You & I Lyrics
[Intro, spoken]
Well, it's just to have in case like, you could like, it could be kinda like-
[Verse 1]
Lately, what's the problem?
What's the headline, this time?
Somehow, we're okay with
All these differences leaving us blind, blind, blind
[Chorus]
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
Together if we ever learn to ease the tension
Maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
[Verse 2]
I found the truth in the distance
I heard the words in the wind
And on it goes like wildfire, it's spreading
From past lives to the living
Who's changing the people or time, time, times?
Well, it's just to have in case like, you could like, it could be kinda like-
[Verse 1]
Lately, what's the problem?
What's the headline, this time?
Somehow, we're okay with
All these differences leaving us blind, blind, blind
[Chorus]
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
Together if we ever learn to ease the tension
Maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
[Verse 2]
I found the truth in the distance
I heard the words in the wind
And on it goes like wildfire, it's spreading
From past lives to the living
Who's changing the people or time, time, times?
[Chorus]
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
Together if we ever learn to ease the tension
Maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
[Bridge]
Lost with a cause
Someone wrote down on a paper
That defines all the lines that we draw
But we don't understand what's unstable
Maybe we're all lonely and afraid
Maybe we're all trying to find the words to say
Maybe we just need love (Give me some)
Love (Give me some)
Love (Give me some)
Love
[Chorus]
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
Together if we ever learn to ease the tension
Maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
[Bridge]
Lost with a cause
Someone wrote down on a paper
That defines all the lines that we draw
But we don't understand what's unstable
Maybe we're all lonely and afraid
Maybe we're all trying to find the words to say
Maybe we just need love (Give me some)
Love (Give me some)
Love (Give me some)
Love
[Chorus]
I'm not scared of fighting
I'm just a little bit over this conversation
I'm not tryna hide it
I'm just thinking slowly
Maybe you and I could live
Together if we ever learn to ease the tension
Maybe the world isn't crazy, no
(Maybe it's you and I)
Maybe the world isn't crazy, oh no
(Maybe it's you and I)
I said, maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
Maybe the world isn't crazy, no
(Maybe it's you and I)
Maybe the world isn't crazy, oh no
(Maybe it's you and I)
I said, maybe the world isn't crazy
Maybe it's you and I, I, I
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What did Colony House say about "You & I"?
Genius Answer
Lyrically and musically this song pushed us out of what’s comfortable to us. In a time in history that feels so fragile we feel like this song takes a different perspective…the lyric ‘Maybe the world isn’t crazy / Maybe it’s You & I’ is our attempt to look at ourselves before we point a finger at someone else. Musically, we approached this song like a live show. We recorded it as one take with all of us playing our instruments in a room at the same time. That approach really helped us draw out the emotion and urgency that the song expresses.
– Colony House via Billboard
Is there a live performance of this song?
Genius Answer
- 2.1234
- 3.Lonely
- 4.You & I
- 6.You Know It
- 7.3:20
- 8.Was It Me
- 9.This Road
- 10.I Want It All
- 11.Follow Me Down
- 12.Remembered For
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Released on
July 12, 2016
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