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Kimbra - Top of the World

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A Song About Ascension, You Know?

"I need a sense of danger, I think, to tap into my spontaneous lyrical brain," he says. "It's like a film, right? You need your beginning, middle, and end." Each verse represents a different stage of the journey: innocent ambition or sinister influence. He was aware of the political climate when writing this album.

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