High Drama Album Lyrics by Adam Lambert

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Holding Out for a Hero

Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there the right knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn, and I dream of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast
And he's got to be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, and he's gotta be soon
And he's got to be larger than life
Larger than life

Somewhere after midnight in my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach, there's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

Yeah, I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast
And he's got to be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, and he's gotta be soon
And he's got to be larger than life
Larger than life

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above, yeah
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I could swear there is someone somewhere watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain, yeah
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast
And he's got to be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
And he's gotta be sure, and he's gotta be soon
And he's got to be larger than life
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast
And he's got to be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light (yeah)
He's gotta be sure, and he's gotta be soon
And he's got to be larger than life
Larger than life

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Chandelier

Party guys don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it down

I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the love

One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink

Throw 'em back, 'til I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight

Sun is up, I'm a mess
Gotta get out now, gotta run from this
Here comes the shame, comes the shame

One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink

Throw 'em back 'til I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes (oh yeah-yeah)
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight, on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight, on for tonight (yeah)
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
I'm just holding on for tonight
I'm just holding on tonight

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Ordinary World

Came in from a rainy Thursday
On the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV
And the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'll say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window
Cross the rooftops, run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What has happened to me?
Crazy, some'll say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

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Getting Older

(It's so weird)

I'm getting older, I think I'm aging well
I wish someone had told me I'd be doing this by myself
There's reasons that I'm thankful
There's a lot I'm grateful for
But it's different
When a stranger's always waiting at your door

Which is ironic
'Cause the strangers seem to
Want me more than anyone before (anyone before)
Too bad they're usually deranged

Last week I realized I crave pity
When I retell a story I make everything sound worse
Can't shake the feeling
That I'm just bad at healing
And maybe that's the reason why sentence sounds rehearsed

Which is ironic
'Cause when I wasn't honest I was still being ignored
(Lying for attention, just to get neglection)
Now we're estranged

Things I once enjoyed
Just keep me employed now
Things I'm longing for
Someday, I'll be bored of

It's so weird
Oh, it's so weird
That we care so much
Until we don't

I'm getting older, I've got more on my shoulders
But I'm getting better at admitting when I'm wrong
I'm happier than ever, at least that's my endeavor
To keep myself together and prioritize my pleasure

'Cause to be honest I just wish that
What I promise would depend on what I'm given
(Not on his permission, wasn't my decision)
To be abused

Things I once enjoyed
Just keep me employed now
Things I'm longing for
Someday, I'll be bored of

It's so weird, so weird
Oh, I care so much
Until we don't
Yea-yeah, oh-ohh-ohh-oh-ooh
That we care so much
Until we don't

But next week, I hope I'm somewhere laughing
For anybody asking, I promise I'll be fine
I've had some trauma, felt things I didn't wanna
Was too afraid to tell ya, but now I think it's time

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I Can't Stand the Rain

I can't stand the rain against my window
Bringing back sweet memories
I can't stand the rain against my window
'Cause he's not here with me

Hey, windowpane, tell me, do you remember
How sweet it used to be?
When we were together
Everything was so grand
Now that we've parted
There's just one sound
That I just can't stand

I can't stand the rain against my window
Bringing back sweet memories
I can't stand the rain against my window
'Cause you're not here with me

Whoa, the pillow
Where his head used to lay
I know you've got some sweet memories
But like the windowpane, you ain't got nothin' to say

I can't stand the rain, hey
Can't stand the rain, whoa, no
I can't stand the rain
I can't stand it, ooh-ooh, yeah
Drippin down the window
I can't stand the rain against my window
Bringing back sweet memories
I can't stand the rain against my window
Baby ain't here with me
Hey windowpane, ooh-ooh
[?], baby, ah

Ah-ooh

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West Coast

Down on the West Coast they got a sayin'
"If you're not drinkin' then you're not playin'"
But you've got the music, you've got the music
In you (in you), don't you (don't you)?

Down on the West Coast I get this feeling like
It all could happen that's why I'm leaving
You for the moment, you for the moment
Boy Blue, yeah, you

You're flying high, I push off, I'm feeling hot to the touch
You say you miss me and I say I miss you so much
But something keeps me real quiet, I'm alive, I'm a lush
Your love, your love, your love

I can see my baby swingin'
His Parliament's on fire and his hands are up
On the balcony and I'm singing
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, I'm in love
I can see my sweet boy swayin'
He's crazy y Cubano como yo, la-la
On the balcony and I'm saying
Move, baby, move, baby, I'm in love
Oh yeah, ah

Down on the West Coast, they got their icons
Their silver starlets, their Queens of Saigon
And you've got the music, you've got the music
In you, don't you?

Down on the West Coast, they love their movies
Their golden gods and rock and roll groupies
And you've got the music, you've got the music
In you, don't you?

You push it hard, I pull away, I'm feeling hotter than fire
I guess that no one ever really made me feel that much higher
Te deseo, cariño, boy, it's you I desire
Your love, your love, your love

I can see my baby swingin'
His Parliament's on fire and his hands are up
On the balcony and I'm singing
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, I'm in love
I can see my sweet boy swayin'
He's crazy y Cubano como yo, la-la
On the balcony and I'm saying
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, I'm in love

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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?
Precious kisses, words that burn me
Lovers never ask you why

In my heart the fire is burning
Choose my color, find a star
Precious people always tell me
That's a step, a step too far

If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything's not what you see
It's over again

Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?
Precious kisses, words that burn me
Lovers never ask you why

You've been talking but believe me
If it's true you do not know
This boy loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go

If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything's not what you see
It's over again

Give me time to realize my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced inside your eyes
How can I be real?
How can I be real?

How can I be real?

Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?
Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?

Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?
Do you really wanna hurt me?
Do you really wanna make me cry?

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Sex on Fire

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
Mm, they're watching

All the commotion
The kiddie like play, uh
It has people talking, uh
Ah, talking
Oh, yeah

You
Your sex is on fire

The dark of the alley
The breaking of day
Head while I'm driving, mm
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them knuckles are pale
Feels like you're dying
You're dying
Ah, hey

You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired

Hot as a fever, uh
Rattle of bones
I could just taste it, mm
Taste it

It's not forever
It's just for tonight
We're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed, baby
With what's just transpired

You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
Yeah-yeah

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My Attic

My attic is full of pages, full of crazy
Cluttered spaces that you could not cross
My attic is full of bones and full of hopeless
Young emotions that just won't grow up

And I keep hiding the keys in all these
Places even I can't find
Hoping, one day, you'll find them all
And I wanna let you see inside my attic

Inside this tattooed skin are paper thin
Illusions that I'm tougher than I am
And I'm guarded, castle walls from all the falls
And break up calls and never should've beens

But don't go pushing too hard
I'm not so easy to manipulate
I will give you all of my secrets
If you promise you can brave my attic

And I swear, not tryna be vindictive
I'm just terrified that you might see me different
You'll change your mind, tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm okay, tell me that you'll stay

'Cause my attic is silver plans and one night stands
That numbers can't begin to calculate
My attic is up the stairs and waiting there
On lonely nights, they keep me wide awake

Yeah, I keep hiding the keys in all these
Places even I can't find
Hoping, one day, you'll find them all
'Cause I wanna let you see inside my attic

Oh-oh, oh
My attic, my attic, my attic
Oh

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I'm a Man

I'm a man
So I'm an elegant man
I'm a man
Satin bows and open toes
Are what I am (oh, what I am)
Mm

I'm a man
Yeah, I'm a fragile man
Light of step and soft of touch
A gentle man (a gentle man)

You know I could love, love you
But if I should love, love you
Then if I would love you
The way a man loves a woman
Live my life like I fell like livin' it
My body claims my mind and soul so let me be
What I am (I'm a man)
Yes, I'm a man

So, I'm a graceful man
I'm a man
Pianos and spacious clothes
Are what I am (oh, what I am)

You know I could love, love you
But if I should love, love you
Then if I would love you
The way a man loves a woman
Live my life like I fell like livin' it
My body claims my mind and soul so let me be (what I am)
What I am (I'm a man)
Let me be what I am, yeah, yeah

Nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah
Nah-nah nah, nah-nah-nah, nah
Nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nay
Ayy, ayy, yeah-yeah
Nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah
Nah-nah nah, nah-nah-nah, nah
Nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nah, nah-nah nay
Ayy, ayy, yeah-yeah

Ooh

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Mad About the Boy

I'm mad about the boy (ah)
I know it's stupid to be mad about the boy
(Ah) I'm so ashamed of it but must've admit
The sleepless I've had, about the boy

On-on-on-on on the silver screen
He melts my foolish heart
In every single scene
Although I'm quite aware that here and there
Are traces of the care, about the boy

Lord knows I'm not a fool, boy
I really shouldn't care
Lord knows I'm not a school boy
In the flurry of his first affair

Will it ever cloy? (Ah)
There's our diversity of misery and joy (ah)
I'm feelin' quite insane and young again
And all because I'm mad, about the boy

So if I could employ (ah)
A little magic that will finally destroy (ah)
History, it pains me and it chains me
'Cause I'm mad about the boy
I'm mad about the boy (mad about the boy, yeah)
I'm mad about the boy (I'm mad about the boy)
About the boy