Jordan Rakei celebrates the release of his fifth album The Loop by performing track "Hopes And Dreams" for Music Box.The New Zealander's song showcases the album's more vulnerable and emotive side, one matched by Rakei's breakaway from a more minimal sound to include a full orchestra and array of collaborators, a move made following the singer being booked to play in London's Royal Albert Hall.Watch Music Box across your desktop, mobile and connected TV, as well as on our Independent TV YouTube page.
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00:00 Of all my hopes and dreams, with powers that I'd never known,
00:08 I'd throw it all away to live that special day.
00:17 'Cause my heart is full of grace,
00:22 with the world showing on your face,
00:26 how lessons over time may give us peace of mind.
00:35 'Cause I thought I'd never be and feel in love again,
00:44 from a world that seemed to cry, gave life to seize the time.
00:53 Mmm, seize the time. Mmm, mmm, mmm.
01:03 And so it seems that everybody knows, it's the same when we both grow.
01:16 What's going on? What's going on with love?
01:26 Why does it feel so strong? How do you just belong?
01:36 Belong to us.
01:41 Belong to me. Belong to everyone you could ever be.
01:55 No, no. Belong for good.
02:02 Belong to me. Oh, don't be anyone you could ever be.
02:20 'Cause it's all in my head, and I don't wanna be afraid,
02:25 but the sound of your voice makes me feel safe.
02:30 I've rested on the thought of you,
02:35 'cause I don't know what I would do with myself if you weren't around.
02:43 Yet the thought of being away makes me feel down.
02:48 Oh, times have changed in my life, 'cause every time, every time,
02:58 I have a hold of your hands, oh, the wickedness inside disappears again.
03:06 'Cause I believe my everything has come.
03:14 My everything has come. My everything has come.
03:27 And the weight of it all fell away. We've got the rest of our lives.
03:38 Mmm, those days, I don't feel like I deserve your favor.
03:49 But that's the thing about loving, when it takes a hold, it takes a hold again.
03:56 And you never let it go again.
04:04 But it's all in my head, and I don't wanna be afraid,
04:10 but the sound of your voice makes me feel safe.
04:14 I've rested on the thought of you, 'cause I don't know what I would do with myself
04:24 if you weren't around. Yet the thought of being away makes me feel down.
04:32 Oh, times have changed in my life, 'cause every time, every time,
04:42 I have a hold of your hands, oh, the wickedness inside disappears again.
04:50 'Cause I believe my everything has come.
04:58 My everything has come. My everything has come.
05:10 Mmm, everything has come.
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