JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Stop and Stare" disuguhkan oleh OneRepublic, grup musik Amerika yang telah meluncurkan enam album studio sepanjang perjalanan kariernya sejak 2002.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album studio debut mereka yang baru rilis pada 2007 dengan tajuk Dreaming Out Loud.
Album itu memiliki lima singel dan lagu ini menjadi singel keduanya yang meraih kesukesan mengikuti jejak pendahulunya, "Apologize".
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Rich Love - OneRepublic & Seeb
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Stop and Stare" dari OneRepublic.
[Intro]
C Em
[VERSE 1]
C
This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us
Em
It's time to make our move, I'm shakin' off the rust
C
I've got my heart set on anywhere but here
Em Am
I'm staring down myself, counting up the years
F
Steady hands, just take the wheel
Am
And every glance is killing me
F
Time to make one last appeal for the life I lead
[CHORUS]
C
Stop and stare
G
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Am
Yeah, I know that everyone gets scared
F F G
But I've become what I can't be, oh
C
Stop and stare
G
You start to wonder why you're 'here' not 'there'
Am
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
F
But fair ain't what you really need
F C
Oh, can you see what I see?
[VERSE 2]
C
They're tryin' to come back, all my senses push
Em
Untie the weight bags, I never thought I could
Am
Steady feet, don't fail me now
F
Gonna run till you can't walk
Am
Something pulls my focus out
F
And I'm standing down
[CHORUS]
C
Stop and stare
G
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Am
Yeah, I know that everyone gets scared
F F
But I've become what I can't be, oh
C
Stop and stare
G
You start to wonder why you're 'here' not 'there'
Am
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
F
But fair ain't what you really need
G C
Oh, you don't need
Em Am F
Oh Oh Oooooo
G
What you need, what you need, what you need
[ENDING]
C
Stop and stare
G
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Am
Yeah, I know that everyone gets scared
F G
But I've become what I can't be, oh
C
Oh, do you see what I see?