Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Kimbra – foolish thinking

Audio Credits:

Written: Kimbra and Ryan Lott
Produced: Ryan Lott and Kimbra
Feature Vocal: Ryan Lott
Piano: Ryan Lott
Strings Performed & Arranged: Rob Moose (Violin/Viola)
Vocal Engineering: Eli Crews
Mixed: Jon Castelli
Mastered: Shawn Hatfield

Video Credits:
Director: Alex Cook
Producer: Reef Oldberg
1st AD: Ryan Wagner
Prod Cord: Katy Cook
DP: Jay Swuen
Production Designer: Sydney Weinberger
1st AC: Benjamin Hernandez
Steadicam: Zachary Stanke
Gaffer: Gabe Sandoval
Key Grip: Annie Williams
Swing: Eduardo Orozco
Stylist: Daisy Stackpole
HMU: Asia Cataldo
Set PA: Alex Talavera
Color: Sam Gilling

Featuring:
Rachel Ly, Skyrah Ramirez, Pepper Lattimore, Daniel Donovan, Taehee Kim

Prod Company:
Crimson Edge

Special Thanks:
New Zealand On Air
Mataderos Projects

Connect with Kimbra:
kimbramusic.com
instagram.com/kimbramusic
facebook.com/kimbramusic
twitter.com/kimbramusic

Lyrics:

Anyone can tell you that I’m no faint of heart
I’ll fight fire with fire for the ones I love
Like a broken needle I can’t penetrate the skin
Feel I’m on the outside looking in

But Who am I
To tell you what to do with your life?
Who am I
to warrant what’s wrong and what's right ?
It’s not my place and no matter what I say
You’re gonna do what you want anyway
I thought I could remove the pain
But that’s my foolish thinking

Anyone can argue that I’m nobody’s fool
I saw heartbreak coming and I knew it would be cruel to you
Tried to orchestrate a different kind of song
Move your mouth and hands to play along

But Who am I
To tell you what to do with your life?
Who am I
to warrant what’s wrong and what’s right ?
It’s not my place and no matter what I say
You’re gonna do what you want anyway
I thought I could remove the pain
But that’s my foolish thinking

Everybody’s saying that you look old enough
Spent my nights praying that you’ll grow up to be tough
There’s no use pretending that i’m okay when I’m not
don’t make the mistakes I made and then forgot

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