Released: October 7, 2016
Songwriter: Ryan Tedder Brent Kutzle
Producer: Ryan Tedder Brent Kutzle
[Intro]
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Verse 1]
I have this human love, it shattered once or twice
It pulls me up and down, river's filled with jagged ice
Every day, I'm wanting somethin' I ain't havin'
Mmhmm, mmhmm
I have this human heart, my mother told me so
She said, "This **** can go to pieces, boy, be careful"
But you and me, and me and you got somethin' magic
Mmhmm, so I say to you
[Chorus]
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
Told you I was broke, I was broke, would you fix me?
Told you I was down to the line, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Verse 2]
I have this human love, my mother told me so
She said, "This world can bring you down so don't be swinging low"
'Cause you and me, and me and you got somethin' magic
Mmhmm, so I say to you
[Chorus]
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Bridge]
I got my problems, but I don't need you to solve 'em
Man, I don't care, like it or not, all my **** is right there
I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest
And when people notice, I tell 'em, "You ain't seen nothin' yet"
Brother, lift me
Brother, lift me
Lift me up
[Chorus]
Lift me up and be my strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, I was down
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Outro]
I got my problems, but I don't need you to solve 'em (Lift me up)
Man, I don't care, like it or not, all my **** is right there (Lift me up)
I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest (Lift me up)
And when people notice, I tell 'em, "You ain't seen nothin' yet" (Lift me up)
Brother, lift me
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Verse 1]
I have this human love, it shattered once or twice
It pulls me up and down, river's filled with jagged ice
Every day, I'm wanting somethin' I ain't havin'
Mmhmm, mmhmm
I have this human heart, my mother told me so
She said, "This **** can go to pieces, boy, be careful"
But you and me, and me and you got somethin' magic
Mmhmm, so I say to you
[Chorus]
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
Told you I was broke, I was broke, would you fix me?
Told you I was down to the line, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Verse 2]
I have this human love, my mother told me so
She said, "This world can bring you down so don't be swinging low"
'Cause you and me, and me and you got somethin' magic
Mmhmm, so I say to you
[Chorus]
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you help me?
Told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
I need your strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, would you lift me up?
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Bridge]
I got my problems, but I don't need you to solve 'em
Man, I don't care, like it or not, all my **** is right there
I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest
And when people notice, I tell 'em, "You ain't seen nothin' yet"
Brother, lift me
Brother, lift me
Lift me up
[Chorus]
Lift me up and be my strength, I'll be yours someday
If I told you I was down, I was down, I was down
[Post-Chorus]
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
[Outro]
I got my problems, but I don't need you to solve 'em (Lift me up)
Man, I don't care, like it or not, all my **** is right there (Lift me up)
I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest (Lift me up)
And when people notice, I tell 'em, "You ain't seen nothin' yet" (Lift me up)
Brother, lift me