This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman Aaron Pauley. “It's about comforting a loved one in a time of loss by telling them you feel blue, too.”
Once in awhile,
you give me something I can put my head around
Once in awhile,
you give me something I can hold onto
and I don't wanna say it but this time you didn't make it close at all
to sounding sober
and maybe we'd believe it but there's no one here to see it only you
and you don't look so good tonight
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Once in awhile,
you get it as close to perfect as I've ever seen
and once in awhile,
you make us all forget you're kinda crazy
and I don't wanna say it,
but this time you didn't make it close at all to sounding normal
and just because you see it,
doesn't mean that we believe it, but there's hope
maybe you'll get it next time
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, shake it off
Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it
you give me something I can put my head around
Once in awhile,
you give me something I can hold onto
and I don't wanna say it but this time you didn't make it close at all
to sounding sober
and maybe we'd believe it but there's no one here to see it only you
and you don't look so good tonight
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Once in awhile,
you get it as close to perfect as I've ever seen
and once in awhile,
you make us all forget you're kinda crazy
and I don't wanna say it,
but this time you didn't make it close at all to sounding normal
and just because you see it,
doesn't mean that we believe it, but there's hope
maybe you'll get it next time
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, woo
Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, shake it off
Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it off, baby
Shake it off, baby
Shak'ida, shak'ida, shake
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it
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