Chase This Light
Jimmy Eat World
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Big Casino
03 : 40
2
Let It Happen
03 : 25
3
Always Be
03 : 04
4
Carry You
04 : 22
5
Electable (Give It Up)
02 : 56
6
Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
04 : 45
7
Feeling Lucky
02 : 32
8
Here It Goes
03 : 22
9
Chase This Light
03 : 26
10
Firefight
03 : 51
11
Dizzy
04 : 46
12
Be Sensible
05 : 06
13
Distraction
02 : 58
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Track Lyrics
Big Casino Lyrics
[Intro]
Steady
[Verse 1]
Before this world starts up again
It's me and night
We wait for the sun
The kids and drunks head back inside
Well, there's lots of smart ideas in books I never read
When the girls come talk to me, I wish to hell I had
[Pre-Chorus]
(Get up, get up) Turn the ignition
(Get up, get up) Fire up the system
Play my little part in something big
[Chorus]
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say, "All the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice."
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say, "Lord, give me a chance to shake that hand."
(They'll say)
[Verse 2]
Back when I was younger, I was someone you'd've liked
Got an old guitar I've had for years I'd let you buy
And I'll tell you something else that you ain't died enough to know
There's still some living left when your prime comes and goes
[Pre-Chorus]
(Get up, get up) Dance on the ceiling?
(Get up, get up) Boy, you must be dreaming
Rock on young savior, don't get up your hopes
[Chorus]
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say, "All the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice."
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say, "Lord, give me a chance to shake that hand."
[Bridge]
I have one last wish
And it's from my heart
Just let me down
Just let me down, easy
[Chorus]
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say, "All the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice."
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say, "Lord, give me a chance to shake his hand."
(They'll say)
Let It Happen Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I have a ringing in my head
And no one to help me answer it
Even with you close enough to kiss
Every minute is arranged
Every moment lasts a day
But thinking about it can't help me let go, I know
[Chorus]
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want, cause I can laugh it off
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
I can laugh it off
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
[Verse 2]
I must look like I'm running away
To you at your faster pace
Wonder what it is you could have seen, in me
Yeah, I'm the evil one who said
Gonna let everything just happen
And like my chest, my ears are proud
Collision is such an ugly sound
I can hear ya now
[Chorus x2]
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want, cause I can laugh it off
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
I can laugh it off
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
[Bridge]
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
Ha, ha, ha-ah, ha, ha-ah-ah
I can hear ya now
[Chorus x2]
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want, cause I can laugh it off
Always Be Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Could have been a night like any other
One of us has to drive
One of us gets to think
I'll force a laugh to break the silence
It's gonna get harder still
Before it gets easy
You can't keep safe what wants to break
[Chorus]
I'm alone in this
I'm as I've always been
Right behind what's happening
She's lost in this
She's like she'll always be
A little far for me to reach
[Verse 2]
I was just a boy like every other
I thought I was something fierce
I thought I was ten times smarter
Love would be something that I'd just know
(Something I'd just know)
How you gonna know the feeling 'til you've lost it
I've been losing plenty since
[Chorus]
I'm alone in this
I'm as I've always been
Right behind what's happening
She's all lost in this
She's all like she'll always be
A little far for me to reach
[Bridge]
Maybe something else I'm missing
Something good and you're the reason
It's a dream but there's a real world waiting
[Chorus][x2]
I'm alone in this
I'm as I've always been
Right behind what's happening
She's lost in this
She's like she'll always be
A little far for me to reach
Carry You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When I know I'm all alone
I say your name slowly
And I know that I'm alone
But I carry you
[Verse 2]
Does it feel good like the memory
When you try some history?
It's a dream to come around
The rule doesn't bend
Because the taste doesn't taste the same again
[Pre-Chorus]
It's easy feeling righteous when removed
All you'll get is what you wanna hear
It hurts because it should
How else am I to make it clear?
[Chorus]
I could never be the one that you want, don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
[Verse 3]
Maybe a lie is what I need sometimes
You told the most and best of anyone
You said to "keep me in your pocket"
So I carried you
[Verse 4]
You better choose your words carefully
Because I'm not your anything
Gonna stay here in my place
And you'll stay in yours because
You're only good as what you're good for
[Pre-Chorus]
I pace around the room to spend the time
Waiting while the burning pictures fade
One thing to make your mind
And another to say its name
[Chorus]
I could never be the one that you want, don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
[Bridge]
I'm still carrying a little hope
That maybe things could be different now
Is that so wrong, is that so wrong, is that so wrong?
[Verse 5]
Would I see you tonight
At a place we'd go?
Could going through the motions lead to real emotion?
I wanna make things right
Before time runs out
It was like you said, the taste don't taste like it should
Roll down the windows
Let the cold air come in
Slap my face just feel you somehow again, again
[Chorus]
I could never be the one that you want, don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
I could never be the one that you want, don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
Electable (Give It Up) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I came up like everyone, they taught us all the same
I said what they told me to say, and then from that they grade
Give up repeating the facts, fact can be arranged
Here I am, I'll take my chance
Now play the record straight
[Chorus]
Give it up
Oh oh oh...
Give it up
Oh oh oh...
[Verse 2]
Talking points from talking heads with automated smiles
"There's no higher ground to stand than bottom of the pile"
Give up acting unaware, you can't ignore the crime
The enemy is you as well, the enemy is I
[Chorus][x2]
[Bridge]
Not in my name, you don't speak for me
I am my voice, and I want to scream
You want my air?
You want my love?
I act as one but I'm not alone
[Chorus][x3]
Gotta Be Somebody's Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Let the water come
She's the only one I love
Let the fat man drop
She's the sweetest honey pot
[Chorus]
Will they see the sky again?
Who will sing their blues for them?
[Verse 2]
Let the factories rust
She's the only thing I trust
Let the virus spread
She's the silk lining in my bed
[Chorus]
Will they breathe our air again?
Who will sing their blues for them?
[Verse 3]
When you're feeling moved
You can have your conscience all you want
You can't say I do nothing, yeah
I put it off
[Verse 4]
Where you gonna go if they come for you?
Will there be someone left to sing your blues?
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Will there be someone to sing your blues?
Feeling Lucky Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a chance, one of us will give in soon
I could ask, but what's an answer gonna prove?
I try to get mad, but the fever drops
My heart can't break 'cause the beating stopped
You suck that lucky feeling right outta me
[Verse 2]
Wanna laugh? Take a look around the room
It's a dance, tired steps in brand new shoes
I can only take a guess what the morning brings
If it feels too good, then it probably is
You suck that lucky feeling right outta me
[Verse 3]
I follow your sign, where it leads I go
But you turn your back so easily
It tells me everything I need, yeah
Waiting for the line to move a foot, yeah
Wasting my life on nothing good
You suck that lucky feeling right outta me
[Verse 4]
I should act; tie it down or cut you loose
It's a trap, any direction I move
When I try to sing along, the needle skips
I huff and then I puff but the house is bricks
You suck that lucky feeling right outta me
You you sucked that lucky feeling right outta me
Yeah, you sucked that lucky feeling right outta me, yeah
Here It Goes Lyrics
[Verse 1]
On, it's on
I declare my room a scene
Gone, then gone
It's too much that they say you need
It's not perfection yet
How boring if it is
Nothing new for me
[Verse 2]
Light on up
With everybody watching you
Lights go down
Everything is yours to lose
First dancer takes the floor
Laugh but you can't ignore
What you gonna do
[Chorus]
Waiting for attention?
I'm not
Cut it to the left
And I rock
Need an invitation?
I don't
Slide it to the right
And I roll
[Verse 3]
Here it goes
Crowning of the cool kid queen
There it goes
The competition shows their teeth
I'll let them fight it out
It's just my party now
What I want to be
[Verse 4]
Step on up
Everyone in queue in costume
Step on out
Don't get sucked in for a second
Bright lights might say your name
But they only light the stage
Nothing there to prove
[Chorus][x2]
[Bridge]
Hey Hey Hey Hey
Don't accept critique or credit
Hey Hey Hey Hey
Their definition always changes
It's not the same as yours
You could be so much more
The closer that you get
Oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh
[Chorus][x2]
Chase This Light Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm a suspect, I'm a traitor
I'm only here in body visiting
Yellow faces and the distant screams
"The beauty is in what isn't said,"
I'm rising to my feet
[Chorus]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
[Verse 2]
My gesso, my last call
My life is yours in your gifted hands
Confetti rainfall and a quiet street
These things I've found are special now
The knot is in my reach
[Chorus]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
[Bridge]
A movie, still photograph
Through a martyr's eyes can I see
I've seen the best of love, the best of hate, the best reward is earned
And I've paid for every single word I ever said
[Verse 3]
Confetti rainfall in a quiet streets
The beauty is in what you make it
So get up on your feet
[Chorus][x2]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
Firefight Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This is where our diligence has lead
The waves roll in to claim our patient steps
Can we become more than just ourselves?
And leave the sand, our want, our will, our doubt
[Chorus]
It's firefight, I won't run
There's spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there's nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there's no one else alive
[Verse 2]
This is now the moment after next
Are these still the eyes of a temptress?
Why open a door if you won't go?
Don't ask twice if you don't wanna know
[Chorus]
It's firefight, I won't run
There's spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there's nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there's no one else alive
[Verse 3]
Is there an answer?
If it's an honest one, honestly worth its question
There's no question
The city as my witness
I am who I wanna be, but you could be anything
Just be anything and with me
Love is quartz and breath the second hand
If you let go then that's where time will stand
[Chorus]
It's firefight, I won't run
There's spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there's nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there's no one else alive
It's firefight, I won't run
There's spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there's nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there's no one else alive
Dizzy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You close your eyes and kiss your hand then you blow it
But it isn't meant for me, and I notice
If the choice was ours alone
Then why'd we both choose letting go?
Does it end like this?
[Verse 2]
Time never had a chance to heal your heart
Just a number always counting down to a new start
If you always knew the truth
Then the world would spin around you
Are you dizzy yet?
[Chorus]
Respectfully, some honesty I'm calling out
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Back away to the safety of a quiet house
If there's half a chance in this moment
When your eyes meet mine, we show it off
[Verse 3]
All talk and not a lot to think, we were living dreams
And shame never crept close to our naked feet
If there's something left to lose
Then don't let me wear out my shoes
I'm still walking
[Verse 4]
I tried, but it rang and rang, I called all night
On a payphone, remember those from another life?
If everything I meant to you
You can lick and seal then fold in two
Then I've been so blind
[Chorus]
Respectfully, some honesty I'm asking now
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Back away to the safety of a quiet house
If there's half a chance in this moment
When your eyes meet mine, we show it off
[Verse 5]
Oh, oh take it all back, take the first, the last and only
Oh, oh take it all back, take it all back
Everything you showed me
Oh, oh this must be how it feels when the feeling goes
[Verse 6]
I told you as I hovered, I never felt this way
You said I have the shot that stops my clock
Baby it's OK
You said you'd never have regrets
Jesus, is there someone yet
Who got their wish; did you get yours, babe?
[Chorus]
Respectfully, some honesty I'm asking now
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Back away to the safety of a quiet house
If there's half a chance in this moment
When your eyes meet mine, we show it off
Be Sensible Lyrics
5 ContributorsBe Sensible LyricsLet me have the keys and you can take a rest
From one lifeless main street until the next
Who knows what there was to see
Before the light turned green
There's so much here to learn
The static or the silence don't know which is worse
The dial isn't broken that's the way it works
To the new professionals
Irregular is normal
It'll all in how you pray
Not what needs to change
Don't get comfortable
Don't be sensible
Swing with all you have
Stop me if you can
Imagine we had canvas with our midnight cold
We'd dig our fingers in and then we'd watch the snow
Maybe i need stronger meds
Don't let those feelings in
I can't get closer now
Matter's straight across and just for me to use
But theres always another choice, another way through
The notes of progress float along
Over your candle song
The game is how you play
Not who wears a ring
Don't get comfortable
Don't be sensible
Swing with all you have
Stop me if you can
I'm on the losing side
Not everytime
I'm gonna lose this love of mine
Here are the words to find
Not one is mine
Why are we still so afraid?
The things we do deserve their rightful names
Don't get comfortable
Don't be sensible
Swing with all you have
Stop me if you can
Don't get comfortable
Don't be sensible
Swing with all you have
Stop me if you can
I'm on the losing side
Not everytime
I'm gonna lose this love of mine
Here are the words to find
Not one is mine
Why are we still so afraid?
The things we do deserve their rightful names
Distraction Lyrics
2 ContributorsDistraction LyricsThere's a simple escape, it covers any mistake
Always have a good distraction
If you can keep the debate, he said she said rage
They'll forget whatever happened
We devide, we take aside, spinning on forever
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Use your head to prepare, a real fight's not declared
A symbol doesn't cause your problem
Take a walk see who cares, it only works if you're scared
Try the fear and you have lost
Pick someone, anyone, no one ever questions
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
Run, slow down, run, we're all waiting
Waiting, in the same line
(Waiting, waiting...)