Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown lyrics
- Meant To Live
- This Is Your Life
- More Than Fine
- Ammunition
- Dare You To Move
- Redemption
- The Beautiful Letdown
- Gone
- On Fire
- Adding To The Noise
- Twenty-Four
Meant To Live
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bet for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly
Fly
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken
Broken
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life
Yeah
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
(We were meant to live)
We were meant to live
This Is Your Life
Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday is a promise that you've broken
Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes
This is your life and today is all you've got now
Yeah, and today is all you'll ever have
Don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose
Yesterday is a kid in the corner
Yesterday is dead and over
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose
Don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes
This is your life are you who you want to be
This is your life are you who you want to be, yeah
This is your life, are you who you want to be, who you want to be yeah
This is your life, are you who you want to be (who you want to be)
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose
And you had everything to lose
More Than Fine
When I wake in the morning
I want to blow into pieces
I want more than just OK, more than just OK
When I'm up with the sunrise
I want more than just the blue skies
I want more than just OK, more than just OK
I'm not givin' up, givin' up, not givin' up now
I'm not givin' up, givin' up, not backing down
More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just OK
When I'm lit with the sunshine
I want more than just a good time
I want more than just OK, more than just OK. OK
I'm not givin' up, givin' up, not givin' up now
I'm not givin' up, givin' up, I'm not selling out
More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just OK
More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just OK. OK
More than oceans away from the dawn
More than oceans away from the dawn
More than oceans away from who we are
More than oceans, more than oceans, yeah
More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just OK, OK OK OK fine
More than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just OK. OK
Ammunition
Blame it on what you've been through
Blame it on what you're into
Blame it on your religions
Blame it on politicians
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
It's our condition
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
Our detonation
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We are the fuse and ammunition
I have no generation
Show me my motivation
One world one desperation
One hope and one salvation
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
It's our condition
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
Our detonation
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We are the fuse and ammunition
Look what a mess we've made of love
Look what a mess we've made of love
Look what a mess we've made
We've got ourselves to blame
Look what a bomb we've made of love
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
It's our condition
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
Our detonation
We've been blowing up
We're the issue
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We are the fuse and ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We're ammunition
We are the fuse and ammunition, ammunition
Dare You To Move
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
Yeah
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
Lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before
Redemption
Four A.M. two hours to go
I'm wearing out a lonely glow
I miss you more than I could know
Here I am, here I am
Won't you get me?
I've got my hands at redemption's side
Whose scars are bigger than, these doubts of mine
I'll fit all of these monstrosities inside
And I'll come alive, come alive
With my fist down at your feet
I was running out of mysteries
Insecure and incomplete
Here I am, here I am
Won't you get me?
I've got my hands at redemption's side
Whose scars are bigger than, these doubts of mine
I'll fit all of these monstrosities inside
And I'll come alive, come alive
Alive, come alive
My fears have worn me out
My fears have worn me out
Yeah, my fears have worn me out
My fears have worn me, worn me out
I've got my hands at redemption's side
Whose scars are bigger than these doubts of mine
I'll fit all of these monstrosities inside
And I'll come alive (got my hands)
At redemption's side (whose scars)
Are bigger than, (bigger than), these doubts of mine
I'll fit all of these monstrosities inside
And come alive, come alive
The Beautiful Letdown
It was a beautiful letdown
When I crashed and burned
When I found myself alone, unknown and hurt
It was a beautiful letdown
The day I knew
That all the riches this world had to offer me
Would never do
In a world full of bitter pain and bitter doubt
I was trying so hard to fit in, fit in
Until I found out
That I don't belong here (I don't belong)
I don't belong here (I don't belong)
I will carry a cross and a song
Where I don't belong, I don't belong
It was a beautiful letdown
When you found me here
Yeah for once in a rare blue moon
I see everything clear
I'll be a beautiful letdown
That's what I'll forever be
And though it may cost my soul
I'll sing for free
We're still chasing our tails
and the rising sun
And our dark water planet's
still spinning in a race
Where no one wins
And no one's won
See I don't belong here
I don't belong, I don't belong
I will carry a cross and a song
Where I don't belong, I don't belong
I don't belong here, I don't belong here
I don't belong here, I don't belong
I'm gonna set sight and set sail for the kingdom come
Kingdom come
Your kingdom come
Won't you let me down yeah
Let my foolish pride
Forever let me down
Ah, easy living, you're not much like your name
Easy dying, hey you look just about the same
Would you please take me off your list
Easy living, please come on and let me down
We are a beautiful letdown
Painfully uncool
The church of the drop outs, the losers, the sinners, the failures, and the fools
Oh what a beautiful letdown
Are we salt in the wound
Hey, let us sing one true tune, yeah
I don't belong here (I don't belong)
I don't belong here (I don't belong)
I don't belong here (I don't belong)
Feels like I don't belong here (I don't belong)
Yeah I don't belong here (I don't belong)
Cause I don't belong here (I don't belong)
No I don't belong
Would you let me down
Come on and let me down
You always let me down
So glad that I'm let down, yeah
Come on and let me down
Cause I don't belong to you
Please
Won't you let me down?
Gone
She told him she'd rather fix her makeup
than try to fix what's going on
But the problem keeps on calling
even with the cell phone gone
She told him that she believes in living
bigger than she's living now
But her world keeps spinning backwards
and upside down
Don't say so long,you're not that far gone.
Don't spin today away,'cause today will soon be
Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is gone
Just try to prove me wrong and pretend like you're immortal
She said,he said, live like no tomorrow
Every day we borrow brings us
one step closer to the edge,infinity
Where's your treasure,where's your hope,
if you get the world and lose your soul?
She pretends like she pretends like she's immortal
Don't say so long, you're not that far gone
This could be your big chance to make-up
Today will soon be
Gone,like yesterday is gone
Like history is gone
The world keeps spinning on
You're going,going,
Gone,like summer break is gone,
Like Saturday is gone
Just try to prove me wrong and
pretend like you're immortal.
We are not infinite
We are not permanent
Nothing is immediate
And we pretend like we're immortal.
We are so confident in our accomplishments
Look at our decadence
Gone,like Frank Sinatra,like Elvis and his mom,
Like Al Pacino's cash,nothing lasts in this life
Gone,my high school dreams are gone,
my childhood sweets are gone
Life is a day that doesn't last for long.
Life is more than money,time was never money
Time was never cash,life is still more than girls.
Life is more than hundred dollar bills and roto-tom fills,
Life is more than fame and rock and roll and thrills,
All the riches of the kings end up in wills
We've got information in the information age
but do we know what life is outside of our convenient Lexus cages?
She said he said live like no tomorrow
Every moment that we borrow brings us closer
to a God who's never been short of cash
Hey Bono,I'm glad you asked.
Life is still worth living,life is more that we are.
On Fire
They tell you where you need to go
Tell you when you need to leave
Tell you what you’ll need to know
Tell you who you need to be
But everything inside you knows
There’s more than what you’ve heard
So much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words
And you’re on fire
When he’s near you
You’re on fire
When he speaks
You’re on fire
Burning at these mysteries
Give me one more time around
Give me one more chance to see…
Yeah
Give me everything you are
Give me one more chance to be near you
Ah yeah
When everything inside me looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change
You are the only chance I’ll take
When I’m on fire
When you’re near me
I’m on fire
When you speak
And I’m on fire
Burning at these mysteries
Mysteries... (mysteries)
Mysteries…
(Mysteries)
(You’re on fire, you’re on fire)
I’m standing on the edge of me (you’re on fire)
I’m standing on the edge of me
I’m standing on the edge of me
I’m standing on the edge of me
I’m standing at the edge of everything I’ve never been (you’re on fire)
And I’ve been standing at the edge of me, standing on the edge…(you’re on fire)
And I’m on fire
When you’re near me
I’m on fire
When you speak
Yeah
I’m on fire
Burning at these mysteries...
These mysteries…
These mysteries…
Yeah oh… mysteries…
You’re a mystery…
Adding To The Noise
What's it gonna take
To slow us down?
To let the silence spin us around?
What's it gonna take
To drop this town?
We've been spinning at the speed of sound.
Stepping out of those convenience stores
What could we want but more, more, more?
From the third world
To the corporate core
We are a symphony of modern humanity
If we're adding to the noise
Turn off this song
If we're adding to the noise
Turn off your stereo, radio, video, I dunno
What they're gonna think of next
Genetic engineers of the most high tech
A couple new ways
To fall into debt
I'm a nervous wreck but I'll bet
That that T.V. set
Tells us what we've wanted to hear
But none of these sound bites
Are coming in clear
From the third world to the corporate ear
We are the symphony of modern humanity.
If we're adding to the noise
Turn off this song
If we're adding to the noise
Turn off your stereo, radio
If we're adding to the noise
If we're adding to the noise
If we're adding to the noise
Turn off this song
Twenty-Four
Twenty-four oceans
Twenty-four skies
Twenty-four failures
And twenty-four tries
Twenty-four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
With twenty-four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit,
take me up in arms with You'
And I'm not who I thought I was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit,
take me up in arms with You'
There's twenty-four reasons
To admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses
Still twenty-four strong
See, I'm not copping out
Not copping out
Not copping out
When you're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And you're raising these...
Twenty-four voices
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
In twenty-four parts
But I want to be one today
Centered and true
I'm singing 'Spirit take me up in arms with You'
You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh
I am the second man now
And you're raising the dead in me
Yeah
I wanna see miracles
To see the world change
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'
And you're raising the dead in me
Twenty-four oceans
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
With twenty-four parts
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit,
take me up in arms with You'
I'm not copping out
Not copping out