The Get Up Kids

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"Coming Clean"

i found my place in the sun,
lied my way there.
i've looked in youre eyes,
i'm coming clean.
i've made up my mind.
to lie would be to compromise and i won't try.
i'm sorry.
i hope you'll forgive me
but what you want from me is killing me

"Fall From Grace"

it rains and pours in twos
i wonder if i'll come home
no strength left to battle you
run to the open arms
of anyone
of anyone
i'm watching you fall from grace
breaking a heart of gold
don't ever try saving face
run with your heart of stone
it rains and pours in twos
i wonder if i'll come home
no strength left to battle you
run to the open arms
of anyone
of anyone
i'm watching you fall from grace
breaking a heart of gold
don't ever try saving face
run with your heart of stone
don't keep waiting up for me
don't keep hoping i'll come home
i'm watching you fall from grace
breaking a heart of gold
don't ever try saving face
run with your heart of stone
i'm watching you fall from grace
breaking a heart of gold
don't ever try saving face
run with your heart of stone

"Let The Reigns Go Loose"

(Ahh)
Can you take the bullet back?
Change it to a heart attack
my wish, I wonder could it be true?
Sick fits form a former home
Wmisfits under mistletoe
One year spent waiting, waiting for you

[Chorus]
This isn't what i wished for
This isn't what i knew
What can waiting do?

Date: Fall 1989
Daydream of a valentine
I couldn't wait to be added alone
jump forward to twelve years time
those dreams and a sad decline
I'd just thought leaving
Would leave it alone

[Chorus]
This isn't what i wished for
This isn't what i knew
What can waiting do?

What did we prove?
Didn't we make this all come true?
(I just keep hanging on for more)
Didn't we choose?
(I just keep on waiting at the door)

How did we lose?
Where did we let the reigns go loose?
(I just keep hanging on for more)
Didn't we choose?
(I just keep on waiting at the door)

How did we lose?
Didn't we let the reigns go loose?
(I just keep hanging on for more)
What if we knew?
(I just keep on waiting at the door)

How did we lose?
Didn't we let the reigns go loose?

Can you take the bullet back...

"Stay Gone"

I'll fawn over photographs
That you never would get to see
Swallow your own neglect
With your miserable company

Your daughter forgot her memories
Your daughter forgot her
Remember these

I'm over the precedent
Of a false security
No matter how I come back
You can never be proud of me

It's too long to stay gone
It's too long to stay gone

[Chorus]
I don't regret what words were said-
Deserved respect you never had
Watching the world keep falling around you
I don't expect your hand in this
Under duress and influence
Watching the world keep falling around you

I'll fawn over photographs
That you never would get to see
No matter how I come back
You can never be proud of me

It's too long to stay gone
It's too long to stay gone

[Chorus]
I don't regret what words were said-
Deserved respect you never had
Watching the world keep falling around you
I don't expect your hand in this
Under duress and influence
Watching the world keep falling around you

(around you, around you)
I don't regret what words were said
Deserved respect you never had
Watching the world keep falling around you

"Overdue"

You're a few years overdue.
I spent them waiting here for you.
Now your charity's refused,
I can name a penance for abuse.

Twenty four years overdue,
what kind of role model are you?
Very least learn not to do,
I think I might be over you.

Do hope I won't
Learn to make
The same mistakes,
That you would
Make me aware
That only fear,
My only hope,
Is letting go.

Went on a limb for you,
Capsized when I turned twenty two.
Did it burn as bad for you?
No bottle serves to soothe my wounds.

Do hope I won't
Learn to make
The same mistakes,
That you would
Make me aware
That only fear,
My only hope,
Is letting go.
My only hope
Is letting go.

You're a few years overdue.
I spent them waiting here for you.

"How Long Is Too Long"

You keep hanging on for more
Building walls around the words around the world
I keep tripping over hints
I keep spilling every secret
Without spilling any secrets at all

Don't you know?
Of course you don't
Of course you don't
The words might choke
How long is too long when you're waiting by the phone?

Did the issue go this far?
Did you set this higher standard for yourself?
I know it's not a fault
Though I really have to wonder
If you'd ever set the standard without help

Don't you know?
Of course you don't
Of course you don't
The words might choke
How long is too long when you're waiting by the phone?

Made up
You win
I'm lost
Give in
To each
Their own
With all their sins

You keep hanging on for more
Building walls around the words around the world

Don't you know?
Of course you don't
Of course you don't
The words might choke
This small town takes every ounce to build its smoke
How long is too long when you're waiting by the phone?

"Martyr Me"

Just to get by try to stay high it's a good life end of discussion hours like sand
Holes in my hand I'm a good soul,
Martyr me
Wasting my life it's passing me by it's a good fight throw in the towel
The hours I've spent aren't enough to pay rent I'm just sinking water deep

But if all I have is defeat

Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake
Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake

Case of my crime a lack of my time it's a roadblock need a catharsis
Patience is spent a virtue I sent to the basement far from me
The less that I spend on the mess that I'm in could be used towards something of value
The time on my side isn't anything I've ever needed can't you see?

That all I have is defeat

Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake
Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake

Every unsuspecting scene when we're supposed to make believe that we're not tearing at the seams,
We hang on, we hang on, we hang on

Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake
Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake

Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake
Tonight if you're awake at all
Tonight if you're awake

"Holy Roman"

Road map is a bitter pill
Scene stinks of a double deal
A good front like the devil will
Your eyes on the prize
Come clean like you said you would
Make peace like i know you could
Hero's don't do any good
With tears in their eyes

Fight the good fight
Maintain the trend
Just look me in the eyes and say
The world's not gonna end

Take stock in a master plan
Place bets on an empty hand
Empire has a leg to stand
Holy roman style
A poison from a holy grail
Blind faith doesn't make a sale
Landmines on a righteous trail
March rank and file

Unpatriotic
Friend stabbing friend
You'll look me in the eyes
And say the worlds not gonna end
Just look me in the eyes
And say the worlds not gonna end

Will you save us?
Will you save us?

"Wouldn't Believe It"

Rows of houses on forever what the neighbors never know when the hammer fell the kettle
Whistle yells all good sinners go to hell serpent turns onto itself

Did it occur to you too?
What was the worst you could do?
You wouldn't believe it,
Wouldn't believe it I don't believe it too.

Can you really keep a secret cross your heart and hope to die?
May be an evil one the mind
Is all but gone trespass fits you like a charm a scarlet letter on your arm

Did it occur to you too?
What was the worst you could do?
You wouldn't believe it,
Wouldn't believe it I don't believe it too.

Answer me, will you be received?

"Never Be Alone"

Never love anyone else a promise you made to yourself there's a box with his ring on the
Shelf and it's tarnished the burden of liars and thieves is the baggage that you brought overseas
No matter if you beg and you plead this is over

Whoa that's just the way it would go
No matter how the dice didn't roll you'll never be alone.

A promise, a vow, a commitment the bottle won't help you forget this,
I'm swearing as God as my witness, this is sorry

Whoa that's just the way it would go, no matter how the dice didn't roll, you'll never be alone.

Wondering is it anything that he did?
What's the reason you're ruining this?
Never be alone, words on pages won't replace this

"The One You Want"

All poison and thrills a handful of pills waiting around nails cut to the quick yeah you
Broke what you fixed you're so underground what you waiting for?
What you waiting for?
It's said and done

But it's too late to turn your age around she's no the one you want

One settles a score with a trip to the floor look what we've found make sense of the scene
Keep a routine? standing on sound what you waiting for?
What you waiting for? it's said and done

But it's too late to turn your age around she's not the one you want

How do you do it?
With your back against the wall how do you ruin all these promises?
Promises and nothing else done.

But it's too late to turn your age around she's not the one you want so tell me something
That I didn't know.

"Man Of Conviction"

God blessed here's a man of conviction
With evidence enough to convict him
So he stands by the side of the victim
Has strength enough to forgive him
Hopefully nobody saw him
Hopefully nobody saw him
The means justified by the ending
Sinner and saint for defending

The bastard by him that is breathing
Throws salt in the wounds of the needy
The blood from the cut that is seething
He gasps for the air we are breathing
Hopefully nobody saw him
Hopefully nobody saw him
Means justified by the ending
Sinner and saint for defending

Our hero is gone

God blessed here's a man of conviction
With evidence enough to convict him
So he stands by the side of the victim
Has strength enough to forgive him
Hopefully nobody saw him
Hopefully nobody saw him
The means justified by the ending
Sinner and saint for defending
The bastard by him that is breathing
Throws salt in the wounds of the needy
And he blood from the cut that is seething
He gasps for the air we are breathing
Hopefully nobody saw him
Hopefully nobody saw him
Means justified by the ending
Sinner and saint for defending

"Like A Man Possessed"

[Verse 1:]
I go on forever
Older burns are overturned
My life for worse or better
I'm just craving for a cure

[Refrain:]
Like a man possessed
A requiem
We're singing

[Verse 2:]
Hide the misdemeanors
Never lead an open life
My hands were never cleaner
Not a trace for you to find

[Refrain]

[Verse 3:]
Say it, does it show?
Is this test in any other time?
I know, but I don't
I'm blind in every other eye
Cold hands, colder smoke
We sleep anywhere we lie
You're lying if you don't
I'll try, I'll try

[Refrain x8]

"Conversation"

Of all of the space in this small world
There's room in my life for you, girl
Though we had a lot of words to say
Didn't think we'd need to have another damn conversation about it

Question the words for years now
I'm finding my sense and my know how
Though I'm learning that I was wrong
Didn't think we'd need to have another damn conversation about it [x3]

"Is There A Way Out"

If ever im wrong, whatever i do
If anyone asks, i will be hiding from you
If ever i speak, put words in my mouth
Its only speech and sound

Is there a way out?
I've got this blood on my hands
And if theres some safe ground
Im all for it

If ever untrue, then how would you know?
What would you do, where would you go?
If ever i lied, what would it be
If i were to die because you discovered me

Is there a way out?
I've got this blood on my hands
And if theres some safe ground
Im all for it

Is there a way out?
I've got this blood on my hands
And if theres some safe ground
Im all for it..

"The Dark Night Of The Soul"

Never thought anything lasts forever
Hanging on every word
Hold the cards in tight
But your killing me with sincerity
And I'd make any move tonight

Redemption is a bitch
Too end on

The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul

All my training beget a traitor
A monster with a mind of it's own
The beast is poised to strike
The bastard plays on these insecurities
Takes all my will to fight

Redemption is a bitch
Too end on

The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul
Oh well,You know what they say
Suddenly everything's
Suddenly everytihng's real

The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul
(oh well, You know what they say
Suddenly everything's
Suddenly everytihng's real)
The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul
(The bastard plays on these insecurities
Takes all my will fight)
The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul
(Oh well,You know what they say
Suddenly everything's
Suddenly everytihng's real)
The dark night of the soul
The dark night of the soul

"Sympathy"

Way to fight
You never threatened to stop breathing countless times
When it wouldn't make a sound
Baby eyes
The whole thing is a fading senseless blur
Of concern
But I'm letting go of her

I don't know why it is
Isn't it obvious to me?
Sympathy
I'm sure that after this
You don't fear anything at all
Resembling

All her might
Was it the force behind the family bound and tied
Keep the bottle down
To our surprise
The suspect you had discipline or nerve to convert
I just didn't think it'd work

I don't know why it is
Isn't it obvious to me?
Sympathy
I'm sure that after this
You don't fear anything at all
Resembling

For what we give to this
What challenges persist
Battles we must fight
For what we give to this
Promise to resist
I stand with all your might

I don't know why it is
Isn't it obvious to me?
Sympathy
I'm sure that after this
You don't fear anything at all
Resembling

"In Your Sea"

Every afternooon
A point I hammer home
You had no follow through, no follow through
Better off alone

Waiting patiently
Stranded in your sea

Singing time in tune
Where the action is
Need the stars and moon, stars and moon
Wanted more than this

Waiting patiently
Stranded in your sea

Cause I'm waiting for you
And all you can do
So little to prove
Time is the task of trust
The best of us
For hours, for hours

Every afternooon
A point I hammer home
I had no time for you, time for you
You're better off alone

Waiting patiently
Stranded in your sea

Cause I'm waiting for you
And all you can do
So little to prove nobody knew
Must have been you
Didn't it prove
But somebody I'll wait for you
You'll wait for me
For hours, for hours

"Sick In Her Skin"

Baby Deleilah
Sick in her skin
Out on the highway livin for nothing
It's the same old song again
And since she defends
On the moon and on forever she said
You should still be here

Hooks in her toungue
Escape if you can
Clear out the room
I'll open the window
I'll fly in
Blood on the table
She made up her mind
All of the talks we had were for nothing
But I'd shine

It's overwhelming
And since she defends
On and on forever she says
It's all over now
It's all over now
It's all over now
It's all over now.

On and on and on forever, she says.

"Send Us A Saint"

Saw a kid on the street begging for a dime
He's lost to the world
His family, his love and his life
It's hard to sleep with nothing to eat and a habit
Saw a business man, suit and tie
He bought up his happiness
Still has a hole inside
Taking pills for all of his guilt and loneliness

Send us a saint
Some truth in the wind
If it all has to end
I'll never want to lose this feeling
A lover of love
If there's heaven above
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Beautiful girls
Hurts me the most to say
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Lose this feeling

Saw an old woman in the kitchen line
Singing "You got yours
Well, baby it's time to get mine"
She's been waiting a whole life for an answer
Saw a preacher man, homemade sign
He's casting stones at the sick and the poor and the blind
Can't even see that he is the one who needs saving

Send us a saint
Some truth in the wind
If it all has to end
I'll never want to lose this feeling
A lover of love
If there's heaven above
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Beautiful girls
Hurts me the most to say
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Lose this feeling

Baby, I will never ever leave you behind
Time is rushing in and running out
Someday I will learn to take it all in stride
But tomorrow has already passed us by

Send us a saint
Some truth in the wind
If it all has to end
I'll never want to lose this feeling
A lover of love
If there's heaven above
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Beautiful girls
Hurts me the most to say
I'll never want to lose this feeling
Lose this feeling

"Lost In The Light"

Can't get a better offer
A string of shows won't stick
Good for us, the bones won't roll around
We're not the best supports, of what this represents
It could be fun, but damn the underground

I may be undercover, an observer looking in
I can play this part, do tell
Without any gift of skill
But the words aren't worth the time

Remind me what we're waiting for
How could you forget?
Cause it's an awkward phase I should be more accustom to
I'm not here to represent anything you get
This is our life, it was lost in the light

After the show is over, to office executive
But after that, I don't remember most of it
A view over the water and film locations, too
Think how far we've sunk when I'm not a decent drunk
It's a blur of drinks and lies

Remind me what we're waiting for
How could you forget?
Cause it's an awkward phase I should be more accustom to
I'm not here to represent anything you get
This is our life, it was lost in the light

I'm never alone
The fight that time can't find us

Remind me what we're waiting for
How could you forget?
This is our life
I'm not here to represent anything you get
Forget

"Lion And The Lamb"

I've never been
One for war
Sand were sinkin in
as thick as oil

Lion and the lamb
there all gone
there all gone
slaughter the lion and the lamb
for our home
for our home

ive never been
one for war
sand were sinkin in
as thick as oil

lion and the lamb
there all gone
there all gone
slaughter the lion and the lamb
for our home
for our home

what have
what have
what have
become

what have
what have
what have
become

of

lion and the lamb
there all gone
there all gone
slaughter the lion and the lamb
for our home
for our home
the lion and the lamb
there all gone
there all gone
slaughter the lion and the lamb
for our home
for our home

"Automatic"

The kid's alone just watching static
The circuit's blown
It's just a habit
No, he's not an addict

When all was still, his mind's erratic
Say what you will
It's so traumatic
Yeah, it's automatic

He wants to lead a life so tragic
The therapy
Is just a habit
No, he's not an addict

Hang up the phone it's time to panic
The bird has flown
He's so dramatic
Yeah it's automatic

So tell me what you wanna believe
Cause this is like a dream
I'm watching you walk all over me
It's automatic
It's automatic
It's automatic
It's automatic
It's automatic
It's automatic

The kid's alone it's time to panic
The circuit's blown
It's just a habit
Yeah it's automatic
So tell me what you wanna believe
Cause this is like a dream
I'm watching you walk all over me
It's automatic
It's automatic
It's automatic

"Shatter Your Lungs"

Shout it out
Shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Crying out, dry as a bone
Take you somewhere
But it's too late, it's too far
You're faking the part

Way down on Tennyson
They'll tell you it's true
You come down from your medicine
All battered and blue

Shout it out
Shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Crying out, dry as a bone
Take you somewhere
But it's too late, it's too far
You're faking the part

Way down on Tennyson
They'll tell you it's true
Come down from your medicine
All battered and blue

Shout it out
Shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Too late, it's too far

"Regent's Court"

After the bombs have fallen
After the words have left my lung
Inching the choke along
Testing the water with my tongue

The whole scene's fading
As if the walls are caving in
Have to up the medicine

Hamper the tender one
Temper the valor of my skull
Limping under the tongue
The patient or father
Who's at fault

Last time I swore
No lies, no regrets
Still the problem hasn't been addressed

You bastards command me
I pace the salvation plea
You bastards command me
I pace the salvation plea

The whole scene's fading
As if the walls are caving in
Have to up the medicine
Last time I swore
No lies, no regrets
Still the problem hasn't been addressed

"Tithe"

You've got the dirty bones
And I've got nothing to wash them with
But after we sing this song
I've got so little left
I've got less
Oh, how the collar's strong
The links disintegrate one by one
Just pull the yoke along
Cause I've got nothing to tithe

Like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault
Take this paltry advantage that is due
Before you taint your soul

You've got the gold throne
And I've got the broken hands
You've got the gold throne
And I've got nothing to tithe

Like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault
Take this paltry advantage that is due
Before you taint your soul
I tithe like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault