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Rating: Emo for my generation has been, and still is, like Garage for today's over-forties. Punk, but always from the gut and heart, melody, but also a lot of punch.
The Get Up Kids were among the most influential and electrifying adventures of the late nineties, capable of saying a lot and saying it all within a couple of albums, before getting lost in a vortex of mannerisms and inflections intentionally "open" to broader scenarios. But it is in "Four Minute Mile", more than in the refined "Something To Write Home About", that the essence of the sound of what will be defined as Midwest Emo is encapsulated. The approach here is fully Punk and is sublimated by an incredibly continuous series of hooks and emotional elevations. In terms of sound, we are not so distant from what characterized other dogmatic presences such as Promise Ring, earlier, or Braid (era "Fraid & Canvas"), later.
Anyone who has never sung " Shorty" out loud is not my friend.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Coming Clean (02:07)
I found my place in the sun,
Lied my way there.
I’ve looked in your eyes,
I’m coming clean.
I’ve made up my mind.
I’ve made up my mind.
To lie would be to compromise,
To lie would be to compromise, and I won’t try.
I’m sorry,
I hope you’ll try to forgive me.
But what you want from me,
Is killing me.
I’ve made up my mind.
I’ve made up my mind.
To lie would be to compromise,
To lie would be to compromise, and I won’t try.
02 Don't Hate Me (02:54)
Forgive me for running off to find the one thing I have to do.
Each night you can fall asleep assured that someday I’ll be coming home to you.
These constant reminders in everything I see.
The chance of a lifetime…what a great place to be.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me, for running away from you.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me. I’m still in love with you!
I’m sorry I can’t be everything to you.
Your place is at the heart of what I do.
Everything’s for you.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me, for running away from you.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me. I’m still in love with you!
Oh Amy, Oh Amy!
Oh Amy, Oh Amy!
Oh Amy, don’t hate me. I’m still in love with you!
Every time I run away, it’s easier to stay.
At the heart, the heart is you in everything I do.
Every time I run away, it’s easier to stay.
At the heart, the heart is you in everything I do.
06 Washington Square Park (03:08)
It’s better than nothing,
It’s better than you can get.
What more could you want,
What more could you ask for?
Living day by day is more than I can say about my life.
Living in denial, wipe that stupid smile away.
Through that ring again, through that sick machine,
Doesn’t make you any stronger than you or anything you choose.
It’s not abuse that many people live through.
It’s better than nothing,
It’s better than you can get.
Living say by day is more than I can say about my life.
Living in denial, wipe that stupid smile away.
08 Better Half (03:24)
I saw my better half,
The better half of a decade,
Slip through my hands,
Inside her hands,
Inside my pockets.
When she reached for her advantages
I should have done something.
I saw my baby boy digging his own hole,
Keeping alive family traditions.
When he lied about intentions
I should have done something.
Well, I blame myself for everything,
It keeps my conscience clean.
I’ve got bandages to prove it.
I saw my better half,
The better half of a decade,
Slip through my hands,
Inside her hands,
Inside my pockets.
When she reached for her advantages
I should have done something.
Repeat 8x
Yo vi mi mejor mitad, la mejor mitad de una década, el Resbalón por mis manos,
Dentro de sus manos,
Dentro de mis bolsillos.
Cuando ella alcanzó para sus ventajas yo debería haber hecho algo.
Yo vi a mi muchacho de bebé cavarse su propio agujero, Guardando(Manteniendo) tradiciones de familia vivas.
Cuando él mintió sobre intenciones yo debería haber hecho algo.
Bien, me culpo para todo, Esto guarda(mantiene) mi conciencia limpia.
Tengo vendas para demostrarlo.
Yo vi mi mejor mitad,
la mejor mitad de una década,
el Resbalón por mis manos,
Dentro de sus manos,
Dentro de mis bolsillos.
Cuando ella alcanzó para sus ventajas yo debería haber hecho algo.
10 Shorty (03:22)
It’s certainly true, there’s better things to do.
And though I don’t know everything,
I wouldn’t tell you anything if I did.
The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.
The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.
What am I to do?
My heart goes out to you.
Though I don’t know everything
I wouldn’t tell you anything if I did.
Over reacting, over again… just between friends.
What am I to do?
I won’t come between you two.
(What was I to say?)
(What was I to do?)
I gave it, I gave it all, all I could, all I could
Over reacting, over again… just between friends.
I’ll bet you never find another friend like me.
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(old Version)
\It’s certainly true, there’s better things to do.
And though I don’t know everything,
I wouldn’t tell you anything if I did.
The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.
The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.
What am I to do?
My heart goes out to you.
Though I don’t know everything
I wouldn’t tell you anything if I did.
[guitar bridge]
Over reacting, over again… just between friends.
What am I to do?
I won’t come between you two.
What was I to do? I gave in.
What was I to say? I gave it all I could, all I could, all I could.
Over reacting, over again… just between friends.
I’ll bet you never find another friend like me.
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