The Ambition

The Ambition

Zara Larsson, Midnight Sun, 2025.

Writers: Zara Larsson, MNEK, Helena Gao, Margo XS

Producers: MNEK, Margo XS

Label: Sommer House, Epic Records

Lyrics.

Live the American dream with billboards picturin’ me,
my name on Hollywood Boulevard. (I want it so much)
LA state of mind, I’m never satisfied,
cuz I want number one, doesn’t everyone?

(want it so much, much)

So, I was up late the other night,
comparin’ myself to others’ lives,
scrollin’ up and down my phone –

what does she have that I don’t?
    My dreams so big, they’re supersize,
I chase them like I chase the light,
I could live a simple life…

But that’s the thing with the ambition, (want it so much)
    everythin’s a competition. (so out of touch)
Yeh it got me a lot but that’s not good enough –
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

I live and learn the hard way, (want it so much)
yeh it’s a chronic heartbreak. (so out of touch)
No it never stops,

I wanna be your star,
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

Lo-loved, loved, lo-o-oved…

Raised on validation,
consumed by aspiration,
numbers meanin’ more than words
but what’s it worth? (what you gonna do – it’s human nature)

    Millions of people listenin’,
so driven, couldn’t live in it,
    didn’t appreciate it then,
wish I could go back again.
    My dreams so big, they’re supersize,
I chase them like I chase the light,
    I could live a simple life…

But that’s the thing with the ambition, (want it so much)
    everythin’s a competition. (so out of touch)
Yeh it got me a lot but that’s not good enough –
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

I live and learn the hard way, (want it so much)
yeh it’s a chronic heartbreak. (so out of touch)
No it never stops,

I wanna be your star,
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

See, I’ve been doin’ this long enough to be scarred from what I learned before,
but that doesn’t mean I wanna stop wanting more and more.
I try to push it away

but at the end of the day
it’s the world to me.
I’ll keep breakin’ my heart

if I can be your star
if I can be lo-lo-loved…

That’s the thing with the ambition, (want it so much)
    everythin’s a competition. (so out of touch)
Yeh it got me a lot but that’s not good enough –
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

I live and learn the hard way, (want it so much)
yeh it’s a chronic heartbreak. (so out of touch)
No it never stops,

I wanna be your star,
I wanna be lo-lo-loved.

Lo-loved, loved,    lo-o-oved…