Paroles
[Intro – Solo/Choir interplay, punchy, upbeat]
Solo: I’m in the thick of it, everybody knows…
Choir echo: Everybody knows!
Solo: They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze…
Choir echo: They froze!
Solo: I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Choir: Just cold!
Solo: Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told…
Choir: We’ve been told!
[Verse 1 – Solo lead, Choir punctuations]
Solo: I’m in my prime, this ain’t even final form…
Choir stabs: Final form!
Solo: Knocked me down, still my feet, they find the floor…
Choir: Find the floor!
Solo: From living rooms straight up to sold-out tours…
Choir: Sold-out tours!
Solo: Life’s a fight, but trust, I’m ready for the war…
Choir: Ready for the war!
[Pre-Chorus – Build-up, call-and-response]
Solo: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes…
Choir: This is how the story goes!
Solo: Whoa-oh-oh, I guess this is how the story goes…
Choir: How the story goes!
[Chorus – Full Choir, energetic, repeated phrases]
Choir: We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told!
Solo/Choir harmony: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes!
Whoa-oh-oh, story goes! Story goes!
[Verse 2 – Solo with fast Choir echo]
Solo: From the screen to the ring, to the pen, to the king…
Choir: To the king!
Solo: Where’s my crown? That’s my bling…
Choir: My bling!
Solo: Always drama when I ring…
Choir: When I ring!
Solo: I believe if I see it in my heart…
Choir: In my heart!
Solo: Smash through the ceiling, I’m reachin’ for the stars…
Choir: Reachin’ for the stars!
[Bridge – Solo/Choir alternating, high tempo]
Solo: Highway to heaven, I’m just cruisin’ by my lone…
Choir: By my lone!
Solo: They cast me out, left me for dead, them people cold…
Choir: People cold!
Solo: My faith in God, mind in the sun, I’m by the soul…
Choir: By the soul!
Solo: Life is hard, I took the wheel, I cracked the code…
Choir: Cracked the code!
[Final Chorus – Full Choir, maximum energy, repeated hooks]
Choir: We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told!
Solo/Choir harmony: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes!
Whoa-oh-oh, story goes! Story goes!
[Outro – Choir, rhythmic fade-out]
We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I’m just cold, forty-somethin’ million told!
Whoa-oh-oh! Story goes!
Solo: I’m in the thick of it, everybody knows…
Choir echo: Everybody knows!
Solo: They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze…
Choir echo: They froze!
Solo: I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Choir: Just cold!
Solo: Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told…
Choir: We’ve been told!
[Verse 1 – Solo lead, Choir punctuations]
Solo: I’m in my prime, this ain’t even final form…
Choir stabs: Final form!
Solo: Knocked me down, still my feet, they find the floor…
Choir: Find the floor!
Solo: From living rooms straight up to sold-out tours…
Choir: Sold-out tours!
Solo: Life’s a fight, but trust, I’m ready for the war…
Choir: Ready for the war!
[Pre-Chorus – Build-up, call-and-response]
Solo: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes…
Choir: This is how the story goes!
Solo: Whoa-oh-oh, I guess this is how the story goes…
Choir: How the story goes!
[Chorus – Full Choir, energetic, repeated phrases]
Choir: We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told!
Solo/Choir harmony: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes!
Whoa-oh-oh, story goes! Story goes!
[Verse 2 – Solo with fast Choir echo]
Solo: From the screen to the ring, to the pen, to the king…
Choir: To the king!
Solo: Where’s my crown? That’s my bling…
Choir: My bling!
Solo: Always drama when I ring…
Choir: When I ring!
Solo: I believe if I see it in my heart…
Choir: In my heart!
Solo: Smash through the ceiling, I’m reachin’ for the stars…
Choir: Reachin’ for the stars!
[Bridge – Solo/Choir alternating, high tempo]
Solo: Highway to heaven, I’m just cruisin’ by my lone…
Choir: By my lone!
Solo: They cast me out, left me for dead, them people cold…
Choir: People cold!
Solo: My faith in God, mind in the sun, I’m by the soul…
Choir: By the soul!
Solo: Life is hard, I took the wheel, I cracked the code…
Choir: Cracked the code!
[Final Chorus – Full Choir, maximum energy, repeated hooks]
Choir: We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no ice, I’m just cold…
Forty-somethin’ million subs, or so I’ve been told!
Solo/Choir harmony: Whoa-oh-oh, this is how the story goes!
Whoa-oh-oh, story goes! Story goes!
[Outro – Choir, rhythmic fade-out]
We’re in the thick of it, everybody knows!
They know me where it snows, I skied in and they froze!
I’m just cold, forty-somethin’ million told!
Whoa-oh-oh! Story goes!