Singer: Lorde

    Wait ‘til you’re announced

    We’ve not yet lost all our graces

    The hounds will stay in chains

    Look upon your greatness

    That you’ll send the call out

    Call all the ladies out

    They’re in their finery

    A hundred jewels on throats

    A hundred jewels between teeth

    Now bring my boys in

    Their skin in craters like the moon

    The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room

    Dancin’ around the lies we tell

    Dancin’ around big eyes as well

    Even the comatose they don’t dance and tell

    We live in cities you’ll never see on screen

    Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things

    Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams

    And you know, we’re on each other’s team

    I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air, so there

    So all the cups got broke shards beneath our feet but it wasn’t my fault

    And everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive

    ‘Cause what this palace wants is release

    ...

    I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air

    So there

    I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care

    So there

    We live in cities you’ll never see on screen

    Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things

    Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams

    And you know, we’re on each other’s team

    We’re on each other’s team

    ...

    Background

    Seventeen-year-old artist Lorde is back with her second offering “Team” which, unsurprisingly, is basically the same as her first single, “Royals.” Both her singles are very catchy and make for great pop songs. With current pop princesses such as Demi Levato and Selena Gomez all banging on about love, it’s very refreshing to hear a song that’s just about the real dreams and thoughts of a teenage girl.