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High, high hopes 00:14

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 00:16

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing 00:19

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision 00:22

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes) 00:25

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 00:28

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling 00:31

I was gonna be that one in a million 00:34

Always had high, high hopes 00:37

Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy 00:40

Be something greater, go make a legacy" 00:43

Manifest destiny back in the days 00:46

We wanted everything, wanted everything 00:49

Mama said, "Burn your biographies 00:52

Rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams" 00:55

Museum victories everyday 00:58

We wanted everything, wanted everything 01:01

Mama said, "Don't give up, it's a little complicated 01:04

All tied up, no more love, and I'd hate to see you waiting" 01:09

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 01:14

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing 01:18

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision 01:20

Always had high, high hopes 01:23

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 01:26

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling 01:30

I was gonna be that one in a million 01:32

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes) 01:35

Mama said, "It's uphill for oddities 01:39

Stranger crusaders ain't ever wannabes" 01:42

The weird and the novelties don't ever change 01:45

We wanted everything, wanted everything 01:47

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise 01:51

And never come down, oh-oh 01:54

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise 01:57

And never come down 02:00

Mama said, "Don't give up, it's a little complicated 02:02

All tied up, no more love, and I'd hate to see you waiting 02:08

They say it's all been done, but they haven't seen the best of me-eh-eh-eh 02:13

So I got one more run, and it's gonna be a sight to see-eh-eh-eh" 02:19

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 02:25

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing 02:28

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision 02:31

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes) 02:34

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 02:37

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling 02:40

I was gonna be that one in a million 02:42

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes) 02:45

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 02:48

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing 02:51

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision 02:54

Always had high, high hopes 02:57

Had to have high, high hopes for a living 03:00

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling 03:03

I was gonna be that one in a million 03:06

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes) 03:09

03:13

High Hopes – English Lyrics

Panic! At The Disco

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[English]

High, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes

Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy

Be something greater, go make a legacy"

Manifest destiny back in the days

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Mama said, "Burn your biographies

Rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams"

Museum victories everyday

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Mama said, "Don't give up, it's a little complicated

All tied up, no more love, and I'd hate to see you waiting"

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Mama said, "It's uphill for oddities

Stranger crusaders ain't ever wannabes"

The weird and the novelties don't ever change

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise

And never come down, oh-oh

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise

And never come down

Mama said, "Don't give up, it's a little complicated

All tied up, no more love, and I'd hate to see you waiting

They say it's all been done, but they haven't seen the best of me-eh-eh-eh

So I got one more run, and it's gonna be a sight to see-eh-eh-eh"

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

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Vocabulary	Meanings
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
vision /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ B2	noun - the ability to see; a mental image of the future
destiny /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ B2	noun - the events that will necessarily happen in the future; fate
legacy /ˈlɛɡ.ə.si/ C1	noun - something handed down from an ancestor or from the past
shine /ʃaɪn/ B2	verb - to emit light or to be bright
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward; to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling position
fire /faɪər/ B2	verb - to shoot a weapon; to dismiss from a job
struggle /ˈstrʌg.əl/ B2	verb - to make a great effort to achieve or do something
complicated /ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/ B2	adjective - difficult to analyze or understand; complex
rise /raɪz/ B1	noun - an increase in level or quantity