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@LUNCH - The Wanted - Show me love [America] (video and lyrics)

───   13:01 Tue, 09 Feb 2016

@LUNCH - The Wanted - Show me love [America] (video and lyrics) | News Article

"I could've shown you America, all the bright lights of the universe."

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This was released as a single from The Wanted's third studio album Word of Mouth.


Nathan Sykes said when the song was announced: "It started with me writing a simple piano ballad and has ended up incorporating a 14 piece string orchestra! We are so excited for people to hear this song as we feel it really shows a completely new side to The Wanted." The track was revealed on September 10, 2013 and premiered on the radio the same day.


Lyrics

You should've known I love you
Though I'll never say it too much
Maybe you did turn to get me
Maybe I'll never know what I'd done

Now I'm lost in the distance
You look at me like a stranger
Cause how it looks right now to me
Is you're scared of the danger

I could've shown you America
All the bright lights of the universe
We could have reached the highest heights
A different place, a different life
Remember that night underneath the stars
For a minute I thought the world was ours
All you had to do was show me love

Yeah it's true you know, we're not perfect
There's a fire inside of me
It means I'll fight for the things that are worth it
If it makes me feel complete
Cause I'm hitting rocks, and I'm taking shots
I'm prepared to lose everything I've got

Now I'm lost in the distance
You look at me like a stranger
Cause how it looks right now to me
Nothing can save us

I could've shown you America
All the bright lights of the universe
We could've reached the highest heights
A different place, a different life
Remember that night underneath the stars
For a minute I thought the world was ours
All you had to do was show me love

Show me love, love
Show me love, love
Show me love, show me, show me love...
Show me, show me love, show me, show me love...
Show me love

I could've shown you America
All the bright lights of the universe
We could've reached the highest heights
A different place, a different life
Remember that night underneath the stars
For a minute I thought the world was ours
All you had to do was show me love

All you had to do was show me love


Video

The song's black and white video was directed by Frank Borin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem) and filmed in late September 2013. It features the boyband performing in a theatre as they observe the disintegration of a man and woman's relationship, before becoming part of the story themselves.


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