The song is about losing sleep dreaming of what could be with a lover and praying for a future that doesn't involve obsessing over money. The chorus repeats that the singer has been losing sleep dreaming of what they could be together but has been praying to stop counting dollars and instead count stars with their baby. Throughout the song, the singer reflects on feeling alive through things that kill them and feeling wrong for doing the right thing.

1. OneRepublic

2. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be
counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars

3. I see this life like a swinging vine,
Swing my heart across the line
In my face is flashing signs,
Seek it out and ye shall find.

4. Old but I'm not that old
Young but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told

5. I feel something so right
Doing the wrong thing
I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing

6. I could lie, could lie, could lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel
alive

7. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be
counting stars

8. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be—
we'll be counting stars

9. I feel your love and I feel it burn, down this
river every turn
Hope is a four-letter word, make that
money watch it burn

10. Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told

11. I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
I could lie, could lie, could lie
Everything that drowns me makes me
wanna fly

12. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be
counting stars

13. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be—
we'll be counting stars

14. Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

15. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be
counting stars

16. Chorus
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could
be
But baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be
counting stars

17. Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money watch it burn,
Sink in the river the lessons I learned

18. Singer: OneRepublic
Writer: Ryan Tedder
Producer: Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella
Album: Native
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