Integrity Blues

[Verse 1]

I don't stand a chance

Against the glow of answers

Lighting up your face across the pillow landscape

The list of things

I feel is crazy

News to me that I would need a second wake up

[Pre-Chorus]

It's all been happening

Like they said it might

Am I weak if I want to fight?

[Chorus]

What makes our love so hard to be?

Is it you? Or is that you with me?

For just the possibility

I'd have given anything

We play along, we sell

But only so much we can tell ourselves

Is it you? Or is it that you with me?

You with me

You with me

[Verse 2]

Pull like magnets

Cloud of static

The air between is punishing, but nothing happens

[Pre-Chorus]

Scared to say it

Even to yourself

Am I weak if I want to help?

[Chorus]

What makes our love so hard to be?

Is it you? Or is that you with me?

For just the possibility

I'd have given anything

We play along, we sell

But only so much we can tell ourselves

Is it you? Or is it that you with me?

You with me

You with me

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Wrong I'm certain

And it's sad to think of

Expecting different outcomes with a better question

[Pre-Chorus]

Fear and comfort

Are both one the same

Am I weak if I want to wait?

[Chorus]

What makes our love so hard to be?

Is it you? Or is that you with me?

For just the possibility

I'd have given anything

We play along, we sell

But only so much we can tell ourselves

Is it you? Or is it that you with me?

You with me

You with me

We play along, we sell

But only so much we can tell ourselves

Is it you? Or is it that you with me?

You with me

You with me

Is it you? Or is it that you with me?

You with me

You with me

[Sure and Certain is] “about how limiting your own ideas for perfection can be. That, in constantly gunning with blinders on for achieving your ideal expectation, you are limiting your… Read More [Verse 1]

The clever ways I try to change

Happen and pass leaving me the same

Of course it must be something else

Leading questions I might ask myself

[Chorus]

Sure and certain

Wander 'til we're old

Lost and lurking

Wonder 'til we're cold

[Verse 2]

What you do works for a time

Until you drop without a warning sign

If you keep going on like this

I'll be one more thing for you to miss

[Chorus]

Sure and certain

Wander 'til we're old

Lost and lurking

Wonder 'til we're cold

Sure and certain

Wander 'til we're old

Lost and lurking

Wonder 'til we're cold

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

Sure and certain

Wander 'til we're old

Lost and lurking

Wonder 'til we're cold

[Verse 1]

We listen several steps ahead, it's strange

Any thing you do, any way you move

Then with any strain it feels so helpless

A trap we build ourselves, we can't be without

[Chorus]

When you pull away, I say it matters

With a quiet face, I break, I shatter

Then okay, we'll trade, but after

Nothing new to see, saying what you mean

When you pull away

[Verse 2]

I imagine talks that last all night

Never bring it up, but every day I want to

I think about us dancing, but it's not something we do

Well, there's my dream, doesn't it sound good to you?

[Chorus]

When you pull away, I say it matters

With a quiet face, I break, I shatter

Then okay, we'll trade, but after

Nothing new to see, saying what you mean

When you pull away

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

When you pull away, I say it matters

With a quiet face, I break, I shatter

Then okay, we'll trade, but after

Nothing new to see, saying what you mean

When you pull away

Nothing new to see, saying what you mean

When you pull away

[Verse 1]

There's the sound that's true, but the voice is new

And a half-dancing attempt to learn your name

Right place and time for the haze and lights

There's a chance I meet your eyes if I'm moving

[Chorus]

Someday we might not bother

Line up the way we should

Why not? The sun just feels too good

Sometimes the right one finds us

Who cares why they do?

Why not? We jump because we could

[Verse 2]

When the fight is done and the feelings come

Is it more than what you thought or even want?

No place feels right for a busy mind

However goes the night, it's what you've got

[Chorus]

Someday we might not bother

Line up the way we should

Why not? The sun just feels too good

Sometimes the right one finds us

Who cares why they do?

Why not? We jump because we could

[Bridge]

All I see is up-close magic

Only sweet because it ends

All I see is up-close magic

Only sweet because it ends

[Chorus]

Someday we might not bother

Line up the way we should

Why not? The sun just feels too good

Sometimes the right one finds us

Who cares why they do?

Why not? We jump because we could

[Verse 1]

The best decision made

Was letting me take the stage

Do what I say exactly

Remember you called me

There's something we can count on

These boys like swinging low

If it gets too ugly

Well that's our industry

We feed and feed

[Chorus]

You pass the baby here

No, they won't shoot

You pass the baby here

[Verse 2]

There's always something happening

But not for us to say

What we'll let them hear is candy they can't eat

The amateurs keep typing

The numbers keep on changing

It's almost too easy

The pictures frame themselves

[Chorus]

You pass the baby here

No, they won't shoot

You pass the baby here

Pass the baby here

No, they won't shoot

You pass the baby here

[Verse 1]

Hands will take their place

Far from intentions made

Disguised as patience, time gets wasted

Now is for the now, so get loud

[Chorus]

I'm, I'm destination addicted

I just gotta be some place else

Never good time, never feel the space to get it right

Get right

[Verse 2]

Hands will find their way

To eyes inches from my face

My heart gets beating, I drink freely

How to hold it down, hold it down?

[Chorus]

I'm, I'm destination addicted

I just gotta be some place else

Never good time, never feel the space to get it right

Get right

[Bridge]

Okay, okay, enough

Let me explain

Okay, okay, enough

Get on with it

Maybe if I stand up straight

One small thing I can change

Maybe if I, maybe If I...

[Chorus]

I'm, I'm destination addicted

I just gotta be some place else

Never good time, never feel the space to get it right

Get right

[Verse 1]

Riddles keep me up at night

A lonely feeling to be understood

You told me often how it was

But I wasn't ready to hear it so plain

Amazing the effort we put in

Amazing the emotional bridges, tunnels, roads, and ways

We go around what's one step from our face

I see it clearly now

[Chorus]

Honey, you are free

As much as you can stand to be

You are free

And it's anything you think that means

You are free

To be who you want

What you need

Yeah, who you want

What you need

Baby, you are free

[Verse 2]

Everyone has their opinions

But I'm the one that's gotta walk it

So much fear to get over

And so much pain to get past

Wish there was a easy way through

Wish there was a way to learn it all

And have my bright new shiny tools

Without the cost attached

I think we've paid enough

[Chorus]

Honey, you are free

As much as you can stand to be

You are free

And it's anything you think that means

You are free

To be who you want

What you need

Yeah, who you want

What you need

Baby, you are free

[Break]

I think we've paid enough

I think we've paid enough

[Chorus]

Honey, you are free

As much as you can stand to be

You are free

And it's anything you think that means

You are free

To be who you want

What you need

Yeah, who you want

What you need

Baby, you are free

[Verse 1]

There must be a plan that neither of us could see

So we went along where it went

A party within a dream

And I never felt peace like that

It was safety as I'd never known

Oh, I knew nothing

I was sick

And I don't blame a thing that you did

[Chorus]

It doesn't have to hurt anymore

No, it doesn't have to hurt anymore

Any, anymore

[Verse 2]

Got a picture of the look when I knew I'd lost you

And I know when you feel trapped

You're gonna do what you have to

You see the problem was us

Tried to bend love to the picture we had in our heads

Oh, that's not nothing, but there it is

And it won't kill us breathing it in

[Chorus]

It doesn't have to hurt anymore

No, it doesn't have to hurt anymore

It doesn't have to hurt anymore

No, it doesn't have to hurt anymore

Any, anymore

[Bridge]

I was taped up to fight

I had my speech ready

Then like only you can, you stole the air out from me

You said, "However you go, I'll be cheering you on

In the end, what's the difference how it all went wrong?"

Hey, that's something

The truth is what you believe it is

[Chorus]

It doesn't have to hurt anymore

No, it doesn't have to hurt anymore

It doesn't have to hurt anymore

No, it doesn't have to hurt anymore

Anymore

[Verse 1]

Sounds so great, everything you're saying

Do lies out loud change anything?

Go get mad

Have a child's tantrum

'Til everyone knows how wronged you've been

[Chorus]

Look around, that's not me

Not one shred of who I'll be

You don't know what I do

The one way getting out is through

[Verse 2]

Damn, there's no practical advantage

To chase that love from the people hurting you

See all kinds, ones who think they need it

The ones who'll take it

Then, the ones who know the truth

[Chorus]

Look around, that's not me

Not one shred of who I'll be

You don't know what I do

The one way getting out is through

[Verse 3]

Slow things down, baby check your motives

Sleep at night and stand up straight

Keep in mind, there's a big, big difference

Between letting go and running away

[Chorus]

Look around, that's not me

Not one shred of who I'll be

You don't know what I do

The one way getting out is through

6 ContributorsIntegrity Blues Lyrics“Integrity Blues” is the title track for Jimmy Eat World’s ninth studio album. The main theme of the track and the album is being happy with not having everything entirely figured out. To “live as a… Read More I wish I could hold

I wish I could touch

But a fool just wants and wants

It's all what you do

When no one cares

No one's chasing you

No one's making you

Spend lonely nights

Poisoned through and through

It's all what you do

When no one is there

It's all what you do

When no one cares

I get lost and think

Lose myself to dreams

The world moves anyway

The world will have its say

Lord, I'm wondering

If what you're telling me

Is I got work to do

Yes, I got work to do

I wish I could hold

I wish I could touch

But a fool

Just wants and wants and wants and wants

It's all what you do

When no one is there

It's all what you do

When no one cares

[Verse 1]

Thanks for the offer, but I'm not scared

To spend my birthday alone

Miles of water, sun, and sand

A gift I give myself

No one in sight for help

I walked at random 'til I lost everyone

Some corner of Hyde Park

Got to my knees and planted hands

And let the world go dark

Wondering where you are

Somewhere, spinning like me?

Oh, baby, I can dream

[Chorus]

First they'll think you're lost, but you're not

It's the easy feeling

Yeah, there's every chance you could crash

If you don't believe it

Why spend more time in a lie if it goes on that way?

Love don't come to you, who knew?

It just was there always

[Verse 2]

My room tonight has its own name

The key says Pol Roger

I'd say get on and close the bedpost curtains

Pretend the ground is fire

I know that'd make you smile

Are you alone like me?

Alone but not lonely

[Chorus]

First they'll think you're lost, but you're not

It's the easy feeling

Yeah, there's every chance you could crash

If you don't believe it

Why spend more time in a lie if it goes on that way?

Love don't come to you, who knew?

It just was there always

[Chorus]

First they'll think you're lost, but you're not

It's the easy feeling

Yeah, there's every chance you could crash

If you don't believe it

Why spend more time in a lie if it goes on that way?

Love don't come to you, who knew?

It just was there always