Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters
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1
Something From Nothing
04 : 49
2
The Feast and the Famine
03 : 50
3
Congregation
05 : 12
4
What Did I Do? / God as My Witness
05 : 44
5
Outside
05 : 15
6
In the Clear
04 : 04
7
Subterranean
06 : 08
8
I Am a River
07 : 09
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Track Lyrics
Something From Nothing Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Give me the flammable life
I'm cold as a match, ready to strike
So here I go
Here lies a city on fire
Singin' along, the arsonist choir
Now here I go
[Pre-Chorus 1]
It started with a spark
And burned into the dark
Now here I go
[Verse 2]
There is a river I found
Into the wild, under the ground
So here I go
[Pre-Chorus 2]
A button on a string
And I heard everything
Now here I go, well
[Chorus]
Oh, sweet ignition, be my fuse
You have no choice, you have to choose
Bid farewell to yesterday
Say goodbye, I'm on my way
[Pre-Chorus 3]
But in the end we all
Come from what's come before
So here I go, well
[Chorus]
Oh, sweet ignition, be my fuse
You had no choice, you had to choose
Bid farewell to yesterday
Say goodbye, I'm on my way
I threw it all away because
I had to be what never was
Been so hungry, I could lie
Took my word, I took your wine
And held you in my bloody hands
These rattled bones and rubber bands
Washed them in the muddy water
Lookin' for a dime and found a quarter
But you can't make me change my name
You'll never make me change my name
Pay no mind, now ain't that something
Fuck it all, I came from nothing
[Bridge]
I'm something from nothing
You are my fuse
I'm something from nothing
You are my fuse
It goes oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
It goes oh, oh, oh
All rise!
[Chorus]
No, you can't make me change my name
You'll never make me change my name
Pay no mind, now ain't that something
Fuck it all, I came from nothing
[Outro]
I'm something from nothing
I'm something from nothing
The Feast and the Famine Lyrics
[Verse 1]
That night they were burnin' for truth
Down on the corner of 14th and U
They took your soul and they took you for fools
Took all the windows from prisons and schools
Now, what's a poor man left to do?
One heart now broken in two
You start untyin' the hand of the youth
New kids hear the sound of the drummin'
Mother nature, your summer is coming
Yesterday and today
Revolution on its way
[Chorus]
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
[Verse 2]
Crossroads with nothing to lose
Out of the basement and into the news
Come change, now shit gettin' heavy
Salvation at the ready
You look when I walked by
Still screamin', "'Til I die!"
You can't find peace if you can't find a home
You can't survive as an island alone
Black heart with a gaping wound
Put back together by a troubled groove
Check yourself, wrack your brains
Where is that P.M.A.?
[Chorus]
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
[Bridge]
Hey, where is the monument
To the dreams we forget? We need a monument
And change will come, and change will come
Is there anybody there? (Anybody there?)
Anybody there? (Anybody there?)
Hey!
[Chorus]
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
Amen, it was the feast and the famine
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
[Outro]
Amen, where is the monument
To the dreams we forget?
(Amen) We need a monument
And change will come, and change will come
Is there anybody there? (Anybody there?)
Anybody there? (Anybody there?)
Hey!
[Instrumental Outro]
Congregation Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And I met the seventh son, he came for everyone
The day he heard the lightning in the field
I heard him clear his throat, a fork within the road
That night the Tallahatchie took the wheel
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I've been throwin' knives to see just where they'll land
Now my world is in your hands
[Chorus]
Send in the congregation
Open your eyes, step in the light
A jukebox generation
Just as you were
[Verse 2]
The voice upon the stage is the heart inside a cage
And it's singin' like a bluebird in the round
There's mystery in this wood and ghosts within these roots
That are tangled deep beneath this southern ground
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I've been goin' through life makin' foolish plans
Now my world is in your hands
[Chorus]
Send in the congregation
Open your eyes, step in the light
A jukebox generation
Just as you were, right!
Just as you were
Just as you were, alright!
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
And you need blind faith
No false hope
No false hope
Do you have blind faith?
No false hope
No false hope
Where is your blind faith?
No false hope
No false hope
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Step into the light!
[Chorus]
Open your eyes, step into the light
The sound becomes congregation
A congregation
A congregation
Yeah!
[Outro]
And they're singing like a bluebird in the round
What Did I Do? / God as My Witness Lyrics
[Intro]
There you go again, puttin' words into my mouth
This one's for you to know and for me to find out
And all that troublin' you're on about
How you gonna know 'til you hear it out loud?
[Chorus 1]
Stop, ask myself, "What did I do?
What did I do to deserve you?"
Go on, tell me now, what did I do?
What did I do to deserve you?
[Verse 1]
I heard every word comin' from the thirteenth floor
Your song came along, heard the voices tell me
[Pre-Chorus]
"To save yourself
Oh, behave yourself"
[Chorus 2]
I stop, ask myself, "What can I do?
What can I do to preserve you?"
Go on, tell me now, what can I do?
What can I do to conserve you?
[Verse 2]
Your name, urethane, I can see the writing on the wall
Come on, flip a coin, bet it's gonna tell you
[Pre-Chorus]
To save yourself
Oh, behave yourself
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Young man channelin', know him by the "X" on his hand
You raised runaways, singin' at the gate
[Pre-Chorus]
To "Save yourself
Oh, behave yourself"
[Outro]
So here I go again, puttin' words into your mouth
This one's for me to know and for you to find out
All that troublin' I'm on about
How you gonna know 'til you hear it out loud?
And all your heroes, where are they now?
"God as My Witness"
[Verse]
I'm lost, deliver me
I crossed the river finally
[Chorus]
With God as my witness
Yeah, it's gonna heal my soul tonight
God as my witness
Yeah, it's gonna heal my soul tonight
God as my witness
Yeah, it's gonna heal my soul tonight
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
God as my witness
Yeah, you're gonna heal my soul tonight
God as my witness
Yeah, you're gonna heal my soul tonight
Outside Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There you are dancin' at your altar
Beautiful earthling, dressed in kashmir
All your sound echoes through the canyons
Down below they're dreamin', hear the sirens screamin'
Another time, another world, girls were boys and boys were girls
Find the glitter in the litter
Like a haunt, it's got to move, everybody needs some room
There's something out there
[Chorus]
There's a long straight road
Out of the cold
And we can leave it all behind
I wanna get outside
Baby, let's get outside
I wanna get outside, outside
Of me
[Verse 2]
All I found, space between the spaces
Standin' in the nothing, and time reclaims you
And as the wind will beat you down, and the wind the only sound
There's something out there
[Chorus]
There's a long straight road
Out of the cold
And we can leave it all behind
I wanna get outside
Baby, let's get outside
I wanna get outside, outside
Of me
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
There's a long straight road
Out of the cold
And we can leave it all behind
I wanna get outside
Baby, let's get outside
I wanna get outside, outside
Of me
In the Clear Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There are days I might not make it
There are days I might start breakin'
When the rain starts comin' down as heavy as the air
You can find me dancin' with the spirits in the square, goddamn, I swear
[Verse 2]
There are times I feel like givin' in
And there are times I begin to begin again
Look outside, the world keeps spinnin' like a paddle wheel
Rollin' for the broken-hearted waitin' on the heal
[Chorus]
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
In the clear
[Verse 3]
There are places I don't remember
There are faces I don't remember
But how could I forget you, paintin' stars into the sky?
Comin' like a rebirth, marchin' in a second line
[Chorus]
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
In the clear
[Bridge]
And if I should drown
May this be the sound
To wash me out
[Chorus]
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
You know I'm not, in the clear
You are not, in the clear
Don't you go count me out now, dear
In the clear
In the clear
Subterranean Lyrics
[Chorus]
Nothing left within, I've been mined
Hell and back again, subterranean
I've been diggin' in, down inside
I will start again, subterranean
[Post-Chorus]
But the truth is so unkind
What do you know, how low the sky
Yeah, the truth is so unkind
What do you know, how low the sky
[Verse 1]
You might think you know me
I know damn well you don't
Oh no, oh no, you don't
And you might think you own me
I know damn well you don't
Oh no, oh no, you don't
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bury my heart, can I go this alone?
Oh no, oh no, you don't
Poison the sound, God in the stone
Oh no, oh no, you don't
[Chorus]
Nothing left within, I've been mined
Hell and back again, subterranean
I've been diggin' in, down inside
I will start again, subterranean
[Post-Chorus]
But the truth is so unkind
What do you know, how low the sky
[Verse 2]
You might think you owe me
I know damn well you don't
Oh no, oh no, you don't
And I might think you love me
But I know damn well you don't
Oh no, oh no, you don't
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bring all your lies, leave them deep in the dirt
Oh no, oh no, you don't
Pull down my eyes, lay me deep in the earth
Oh no, oh no, you don't
[Chorus]
Nothing left within, I've been mined
Hell and back again, subterranean
I've been diggin' in, down inside
I will start again, subterranean
I Am a River Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
There is a secret, I found a secret
Behind a SoHo door
There is a reason, I found a reason
Beneath the subway floor
And I found the water, the devil's water
And walked along its shore
[Pre-Chorus]
Is that what you want?
[Verse 2]
Your channel's changin', the heart is racin'
From voices on the wire
The soul is yearnin', the coal is burnin'
The ember starts a fire
Can we recover love for each other?
The measure of your life
[Pre-Chorus]
Is that what you want?
Is that what you really want?
[Bridge]
A river, a river
A river runnin' underground
A river, a river
[Pre-Chorus]
Is that what you want?
Is that what you really want?
[Chorus]
I, I, I am a river
I, I, I am your river
I, I, I am a river
I, I, I am your river
[Pre-Chorus]
Is that what you want?
Is that what you really want?
[Chorus]
I, I, I am a river
I, I, I am your river
I, I, I am a river
I, I, I am your river
[Chorus]
I am a river
I, I, I am your river
I, I, I am a river
I, I, I am your river