Phantom Planet – Anthem

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I woke up today and a song was swimming in my head
And I hummed it to myself as I got out of bed
And on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me
That a song like this just might go down in history
I quickly ran back to get my guitar, a pen and some paper

'Cause this whole world needs an anthem
And I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong
Yeah this whole world needs an anthem and I'm
Hoping everyone will sing along

Well I quickly got to work and put the song in gear
And my neighbor rang the doorbell and said it caught his ear
I was playing it so loud the whole neighborhood could hear
And at night from every household it became quite clear
Everyone was singing along
The same notes the same song
And I knew my work was done

'Cause this whole world needs an anthem
And I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong
Yeah, this whole world needs an anthem and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along)

Everyone was singing along
The same notes the same song
And I knew my work was done
'Cause this whole world needs an anthem
And I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong (where they belong)
Yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem) and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (Will sing along)

Well this whole world (whole world) needs an anthem (needs an anthem)
And I'm trying to put the words where they belong
Yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem)
And I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along)

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Track duration: 04:21

"Anthem" as written by Alexander Greenwald

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP

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    General Comment:GREAT SONG
    Flag wms3695on July 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:alex WOULD write a song about writing a song.
    Flag ravenzoeon July 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:does anyone realize these lyrics are very similar to the beatles "a day in the life"..
    possibly they based it off this beatles song?? or unoriginality?
    what do you guys think?
    Flag melmel088on April 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Ironically i think that this song about an anthem really is the anthem of the world. Who wouldn't want the harmony that this song seems to imply. I think the one thing we can all agree on is that we all want to agree on something...
    Flag IplayBeeron April 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:its about them being too proud of their album

    ahha
    Flag billybob1989on August 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song so much...its just perfect, it's nice to put you to sleep or even better to put you in a content mood. its just so awesome...like ok imagine if everyone was singin the same song...and everyone enjoyed that song. that means that we would all overcome our differences and live life in harmony with others...what a simple, yet AMAZING song
    Flag noiseeshoeson February 05, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Exactly it dosn't really mean anything. He is just kinda saying it would be kinda cool to have a song that everyone knows and likes and sings and feels happy about. It is basically a song about the perfect anthem.
    Flag EatAtJoes121on January 13, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Its pretty awesome you know? Just like the idea of the whole world forgeting about their problems and coming together over one song...that would be basically amazing
    Flag shootingStar527on January 09, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:the anthem he's talking about writing is just so cool, ya know? it's like a way to get world peace or something because everyone would agree on one anthem to sing and we'd all get along etc. awesome!
    Flag SingMeSweeton November 30, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:To me, an anthem is what brings a country together so, like mandar said, I think it's about bringing the world together. And he says he hopes that everyone will sing along. He wants everyone to be included, not just some countries, some groups, etc.
    Flag shallremainon May 05, 2004   Link

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