♪♪
-♪ Yeah, it's been a long night ♪
♪ And the mirror's tellin' me to go home ♪
♪ But it's been a long time ♪
♪ Since I felt this good on my own, oh ♪
-Nice. -♪ Lotta years went by ♪
♪ With my hands tied up in your ropes ♪
♪ Forever and ever, no more ♪ -Whoo!
-♪ The midnight sky is the road I'm takin' ♪
♪ Head high up in the clouds, oh ♪
♪ I was born to run, I don't belong to anyone ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by you ♪
♪ Fire in my lungs ♪
♪ Can't bite the devil on my tongue, you know ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by you ♪
♪ See my lips on her mouth, everybody's talking now, baby ♪
♪ Ooh, you know it's true ♪
♪ That I was born to run, I don't belong to anyone ♪
♪ You know ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by you ♪
♪ I don't hide blurry eyes like you ♪
♪ Like you ♪
♪ I was born to run, I don't belong to anyone ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by you ♪
♪ Fire in my lungs, can't bite the devil on my tongue ♪
♪ You know ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by yoooou ♪
♪ Ooh, you know it's truuuue ♪ -Yes!
-Hey!
-♪ I was born to run, belong to anyone ♪
♪ I don't need to be loved by you, yeah ♪
♪♪
♪ La-la, la-la, la ♪
♪ La-la ♪
♪ Loved by you ♪
-Alright! Alright!
-Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Guitar strumming ]
-♪ You promised the world, and I fell for it ♪
♪♪
♪ I put you first, and you adored it ♪
♪ You set fires to my forest ♪
♪ And you let it burn ♪ -[ Laughs ]
-♪ And sang off-key in my chorus ♪
♪ 'Cause it wasn't yours ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ To love, love, oh ♪
♪ To love, love, yeah ♪
♪ To love, yeah ♪
♪ I needed to lose you to love me ♪
♪ I gave my all, and they all know it ♪
-Yes! I love it.
-♪ You tore me down, and now it's showing ♪
♪ In two months, you replaced us ♪
♪ Like it was easy ♪
♪ Made me think I deserved it ♪
♪ In the thick of healing ♪
♪ We'd always go into it blindly ♪
♪ I needed to lose you to find me, yeah ♪
♪ This dancing was killing me softly-ly ♪
-Hey! -♪ I needed to hate you ♪
♪ To love ♪
♪ Meeeeeee ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ I needed to lose you to love me, yeah ♪
♪ To love, love, oh ♪
♪ To love, love, yeah ♪
♪ To love, yeah ♪
♪ I needed to lose you to love me ♪
♪ To love, love ♪
♪ To love, love, yeah ♪ -Yeah!
-♪ To love, oh ♪
♪ I needed to lose you to love me ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-Beautiful!
-I love you.
Ryleigh, I love you. That was amazing.
-Oh, my Lord.
Look what you all did to her.
You're putting her through so much pain.
-Is it too late to quit?
[ Laughter ]
-Ryleigh, you are such a star. -Thank you.
-I just love the charisma and the individuality
you bring to everything that you do.
David, I think the choice that set up the whole performance
to be so great was you just doing it acoustic on the guitar.
It just allowed your voice to inhabit this whole room.
-Thank you so much, man. That means a lot. -So good.
My daughter's a big Selena Gomez fan,
and I liked how cool and different your version was.
If I were picking over all the rounds,
I would pick Ryleigh, but today,
I would have picked David just on that one performance.
-Super helpful. [ Laughter ]
-That's o-- That's one way.
-I kind of understand why she paired y'all.
You are very different, but you're both very free-spirited.
David, sometimes I feel like, when people bring out instruments,
it kind of hinders what they would do vocally,
and it enhanced what you do vocally,
and I thought that was really, really cool.
-Thank you so much. -Like, literally,
you were, like, playing, and you're like, "Hold on."
And then you came back, and I was like,
"Alright, David." -[ Laughs ]
-Ryleigh, vocally, aesthetically, spirit-wise,
you're, like, one of the -- you know, a record label is just like, "Done."
Like, it's like you're, like, a whole package.
There's something so cool about you for me.
Even watching you while you're sitting on a stool,
"I wonder how she's gonna sit on the stool."
You're just cool. -That's star power.
-It, like, reminds me of like Annie Lennox.
So I'm leaning towards Ryleigh,
but David did a really great job.
-Thank you.
-David, you're putting your stamp all over that thing, man.
I've never had the confidence
to fix my hair while playing guitar at the same time, ever.
It's like, "Oh, my God" --
-It's a stunning feat. -Like, literally,
there's sweat running into my eyes,
but I can't -- Ugh!
-Well, you had a mullet for a while,
so it was all in the back.
-Well, I don't anymore... -He gave one of, like, those.
-...Kelly Clarkson.
But then, Ryleigh, I'm already drawn to you
before you even started singing.
Then you started to perform, and it's like,
"Okay, there's a thing, and it's obvious."
I would go with Ryleigh.
-Thank you, coaches.
Alright, Ari, it all comes down to you.
Give us some thoughts. -What an honor and privilege
it's been to work with you both.
David, what you did today is so special.
This performance really allowed us to get to know you
in a new way as an artist.
You really let us all in in a way
that was really disarming, and that's so beautiful.
-Thank you, Ari. Thank you.
[ Applause ]
-Ryleigh, you have the vocals
of all the greats of every genre,
like, kind of put in a blender.
And the presence of Ryleigh --
you're a rock star, you're a pop star,
you're a disco diva, and it's special
to see you be you.
-Ari, not an easy decision. -No.
-Who is the winner of this knockout?
♪♪
-The winner of this knockout...
♪♪
...is Ryleigh.
-Ryleigh Plank, congratulations, you're moving on
to the live playoffs.
-I love you. -I love you.
-I had to go with Ryleigh. I think she's one in a billion.
-Beautiful!
-She's just the real deal.
-The fact that Ariana has that faith in me
is so extremely heartwarming.
I'm just honored and so grateful.
-Coaches, let me remind you that David is available to steal.
David, anything you'd like to say to your coach?
-Ari, this whole experience has been
a highlight of my life. -Me too.
-You better believe I'm gonna get a lunchbox tattoo on my arm.
-Give it up one more time for David Vogel,
ladies and gentlemen.
[ Applause ]
-Let's go! -Wait one second!
-Oh!
-That's the sound of a steal
for David Vogel!
From John Legend!
-David adds something different to my team.
We have no one that sounds like him.
I think Team Legend just got a bit stronger.