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Adaptation

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Adaptation was released on January 1, 2013 by CP Records as a part of the album Kiss Land

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Weeknd

Vocals

Brandon "Bizzy" Hollemon

Brandon "Bizzy" Hollemon

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jason 'Daheala' Quenneville

Jason 'Daheala' Quenneville

Songwriter

Danny Schofield

Danny Schofield

Songwriter

Ahmad Balshe

Songwriter

Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye

Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye

Songwriter

Gordon Sumner

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Weeknd

Producer

DannyBoyStyles

Producer

Daheala

Producer

Gogg's

Engineer

Manny Marroquin

Manny Marroquin

Mixing Engineer

Chris Galland

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Delbert Bowers

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

When the sun goes up

You're searching for a love

So your heart won't lead you to anyone

When the sun goes down

I know what you become

You become awake

Unlike the rest of us

[Refrain]

The afternoon has gently passed me by

The evening spreads itself against the sky

Waiting for tomorrow

Just another day

God bid yesterday goodbye

[Verse 1]

I lay my head on a thousand beds

It's been a test to see how far a man

Can go without himself

I think I lost the only piece that held it all in place

Now my madness is the only love I let myself embrace

[PreChorus]

I could've stayed but I chose the life

I chose the life, then I realized

She might've been the one

I let it go for a little fun

[Chorus]

I made a trade, gave away our days

For a little fame

Now I'll never see your face

But it's okay, I adapted anyway, oh

[Verse 2]

Adapted to these models

Whose adapted to the bottle

They take it down like water

Just to burn away their sorrows

I'll stay up till tomorrow

Just to tear down all their morals

And all is fair in love and war, she's pure

[Verse 3]

So pure

Like the love that's so uncut and raw and clean

So clean

As opposed to what I offered

[PreChorus]

Because I chose the life

I chose the life, then I realized

She might've been the one

I let it go for a little fun, oh

[Chorus]

I made a trade, gave away our days

For a little fame

Now I'll never see your face

But it's okay, I adapted anyway

[Bridge]

Ooh, ooh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh

Ooh-ooh, yeah

She might just be the one

She might just be the one

She might just be the one

She might just be the one

[Outro]

The afternoon has gently passed me by

The evening spreads itself against the sky

Waiting for tomorrow

Just another day

God bid yesterday goodbye

Written by: Ahmad Balshe, Danny Schofield, Jason 'Daheala' Quenneville, Sting, The Weeknd

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