5 Seconds of Summer

Released: June 27, 2014

Songwriter: Michael Clifford Ashton Irwin George Tizzard Rick Parkhouse Josh Wilkinson Roy Stride

Producer: Red Triangle

[Verse 1: Michael]
It started on a weekend in May
I was looking for attention, needed intervention
Felt somebody looking at me
With a powder white complexion, feeling the connection

[Pre-Chorus: Calum & Michael]
The story line was so ridiculous
Every single step had me waiting for the next
Before I knew it, it was serious
Dragged me out the bar to the back seat of her car

[Chorus: All & Luke]
When the lights go out
She's all I ever think about
The picture burning in my brain
Kissing in the rain
I can't forget
My English love affair
Today
I'm seven thousand miles away
The movie playing in my head
On her king size bed
Means I can't forget
My English love affair
My English love affair

[Verse 2: Luke]
Next thing we were back at her place
A hideaway in Mayfair, all the great and good there
Drinking all the way to third base
Princes getting naked, falling on their faces

[Pre-Chorus: Calum & Luke]
The story line was so ridiculous
Every single step had me begging for the next
Before I knew it, it was serious
Dragged me up the stairs and it wasn't ending there

[Chorus: All]
When the lights go out
She's all I ever think about
The picture burning in my brain
Kissing in the rain
I can't forget
My English love affair
Today
I'm seven thousand miles away
The movie playing in my head
On her king size bed
Means I can't forget
My English love affair

[Bridge: Ashton]
When I got out I knew
That nobody I knew would be believing me
I look back now and know
That nobody could ever take the memory

[Chorus: All & Calum & Luke]
When the lights go out (Lights go out)
She's all I ever think about (Think about)
The picture burning in my brain
Kissing in the rain
I can't forget
My English love affair
Today
I'm seven thousand miles away
The movie playing in my head
Of a king size bed
Means I can't forget
My English love affair
My English love affair
My English love affair

5 Seconds of Summer is an Australian pop-punk band composed of Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin, and Michael Clifford. They formed in 2011 and rose to international fame when One Direction found their covers of songs on YouTube in 2013. Shortly afterwards, they released their award winning single “She Looks So Perfect.”

Their first EP, Somewhere New, was released December 7th, 2012, and featured “Unpredictable,” “Out of My Limit,” “Beside You,” and “Gotta Get Out”.

The band’s self-titled debut studio album was released June 27th, 2014. “She Looks So Perfect,” “Don’t Stop,” “Amnesia,” and “Good Girls” were released as singles, each earning a music video. “Beside You” was remastered and put on the album.

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