Nelly Furtado

Released: March 31, 2017

Songwriter: Nelly Furtado John Congleton

Producer: John Congleton

[Verse 1]
It could take a little
It could take a little time
But I think we'll get it right
This life is only
Only real life when it hurts
But I think that we'll survive
Survive

[Chorus]
We built palaces
Imagining everything we want but can't have
Real life ain't so fantastic
But you and me, we could've had
Everything in our wildest dreams
Palaces are deceiving
We could've had it all without the price that we paid
We could've had it all without the chains
That palaces make

[Post-Chorus]
Break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love
Let's break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love

[Verse 2]
It could take a little
It could take a little time
But this life could be so blessed
If we keep it simple
Saying no to the madness
And I'll take care of the rest, the rest

[Chorus]
We built palaces
Imagining everything we want but can't have
Real life ain't so fantastic
But you and me, we could've had
Everything in our wildest dreams
Palaces are deceiving

[Post-Chorus]
Break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love
Let's break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love

[Bridge]
We built palaces but palaces fade
But we still say
We built palaces
Imagining everything we want but can't have
Real life ain't so bad

[Outro]
Break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love
Let's break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love, let's
Break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love, let's
Break free from the chains
Break free from the chains
Into love
Into love

Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. The songstress is well-known for hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “Promiscuous”.

She began her career in 1996 contributing vocals to Plains of Fascination’s “Walkin' 4 The Streets” and forming Nelstar. After leaving the group, Furtado released her debut single “Party’s Just Begun (Again)”.

Her debut album Whoa! Nelly was released in 2000 to worldwide success with hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “…On the Radio (Remember the Days)”. It received four Grammy nominations and one of the singles won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It’s sold nine-million copies worldwide to date. Folklore is Furtado’s second album released in 2003. The album was not as successful as the previous one due to change in sound. “Try” and “Powerless (Say What You Want)” were the only top-ten hits from the album.

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