The Academy Is - Almost Here

The Academy Is - Almost Here lyrics

Attention
Season
Slow Down
The Phrase That Pays
Black Mamba
Skeptics And True Believers
Classifieds
Checkmarks
Down And Out
Almost Here

Attention

Attention! Attention!
May I have all your eyes and ears to the front of the room,
If only, if only for one second.

This table has taken a turn for the worse.
Rock bottom, and over the edge, well,
It's not like it hurts that much anyway.
Upside down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone.
Well it's not like it, not like it hurts much anyway.

Attention! Attention!
May I have all your eyes and ears to the front of the room,
If only, if only for one second.
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell?
To the fact that we could have something that'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to (say)?

This balance has weighed out our heart’s desire,
I’m trying to make it alone.
Well it’s not like it hurts that much anyway.
Upside-down and inside out,
When I leave here I’m going alone
But I’m dying, I’m dying, to touch...
And it’s not like it, not like it hurts much anyway.

Attention! Attention!
May I have all your eyes and ears to the front of the room,
If only, if only for one second.
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell?
To the fact that we could have something that’ll never happen.
Did you hear what I have to (say)….

Attention Attention
Upside-down and inside-out
Attention Attention
Upside-down and inside-out

Season

Wake up think fast, three weeks have passed.
We are changing.
No sleep, no gas, no excuses will pass these lips
because were shapin' up to be all you wish you could have been
to write the hits and to turn their heads and
to open eyes (open your eyes) to
a brand new season, a brand new season.

So show me something we haven't heard yet,
but I'm not convinced and
your hopeless songs wont stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
for the first time I know this is not who I am.

Wake up think fast three weeks have passed these lips
cause we're shapin' up to be all you wish you could have been
to write the hits and to turn heads to turn heads
to open eyes (open your eyes) to
a brand new season, a brand new season.

So show me something we haven't heard yet
but I'm not convinced and you hopeless songs wont stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you wont forget,
for the first time I know this is not who I am.

You'll see what we mean you'll notice when we're gone.

So show me something we haven't heard yet
but I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs wont stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you wont forget
for the first time I know this is not who I am.

So show me something we haven't heard yet
but im not convinced and your hopeless songs wont stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you wont forget
for the first time I know this is not who I am.

Slow Down

Close the door and take the stairs.
Up or down? Ups and downs.
Don't pretend you've never been there.
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor who's starving for work,
with one last shot to make it happen.
You've won the role, you've played your part, you've been cordially invited.
But I'm not impressed, and I'm definitely not excited.
'Cause the film runs a shallow budget, and the writer's subject script isn't any deeper.
So dive right in...

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
Don't quit 'til 47.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.

[Chorus:]
Take back everything you ever said,
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
Take back everything you said,
You never meant a word of it. You never did.

She said 'Alright, Alright, slow down!"
Oh no, oh no, we won't.
'Cause I regret every thing that I said
To ever make her feel like she was something special,
Or that she ever really mattered.
Or did she ever really matter?

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
just don't count on this summer.
Don't quit 'til 47.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.

[Chorusx2]

I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.
Oh...
I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.

Alright, alright, slow down...

[Chorus]

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
[x3 to fade]

The Phrase That Pays

My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.
Is it serious?
I'm afraid it is.
Am I gonna die?
Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.

Some things I may have taken for granted again and again,
well here's what was said then

Hold your head high heavy heart.
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.

I never tried to make the best of my time,
When I thought that I had plenty of it.
Is this serious?
I don't know what to think.
Is it all a lie?
Well one thing is for sure
I'm taken back to the glory days when,
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.

Now my life is one big make it, or break it.

Hold your head high heavy heart
Save your strength for the morning after.
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
[x2]

Black Mamba

We've got one chance to break out
And we need it now
'Cause I'm sick and tired of waiting
Sick of this fucking apartment

Love me or leave me or rip me apart
This is the voice that I was given and
If you don't like it take a long walk
Off of the shortest pier you can find
And I'll be singing it out I'll be singing...

Oh, Mr. Magazine
I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You don't mean a thing to me

Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up

When they review the debut
What if the critics hate you
Don't worry cause they
Might just catch somebody off their feet

Well they can love it or leave it or rip it apart
We're living what we're singing
So I guess that's a step in the right direction
Clever composition and the honesty, honesty

Oh, Mr. Magazine
I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You both mean shit to me

Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up

So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all

So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything you may not have seen before
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything that may not...

Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up

So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all

Skeptics And True Believers

Don't be so scared,
we will not lead you on like you've been doing for weeks.
So you're selfish, and I'm sorry.
When I'm gone you'll be going nowhere fast.
Nowhere fast. Nowhere fast.

Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you?
'Cause I wouldn't believe you if you said the same to me.
Near death, last breath, and barely hanging on.
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you?

Don't be so scared to take a second for reflection,
to take a leave of absence, see what you're made of.
So I'm selfish and you're sorry?
When I'm gone you'll be going nowhere fast.
So who's selfish and who's sorry?

Someone, somewhere said somethings that may have sparked some sympathy,
but don't believe. Don't believe a word you've heard about me.

Don't be so scared, it's harder for me. Don't be so scared.
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me.
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me.
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me. Don't be so scared.

Someone, somewhere said somethings that may have sparked some sympathy,
but don't believe. Don't believe a word you've heard.

Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you?
Cause I wouldn't believe you, wouldn't believe you now.
[2x]

Classifieds

My life reads like the classifieds
Pages of what's for sale, what's on the auction block
Attention, bidders - it's Lot 45
He's got a decent voice, he's got that crooked smile

Hold on, you haven't heard the best yet
He writes good storylines, he's got those honest eyes
So take him home for just $9.95
He'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night
At night.

(''Back down, back down, back'')
Back down, cash out. That's the city for you.
Break down, back out. Get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Oh, oh, oh.

I'm not the type to forget about
Nights like this, when every single move that I make
Is documented and scored for style points
The once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun.

And if I die in my sleep, are you still willing to be
everything you promised you would be?

(''Back, back down, back down, back'')
Back down, cash out. That's the city for you.
Break down, back out and get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Oh, Oh, Oh.

Will you be the first one to tell the neighborhood papers
And all my family and friends that still care?
Did you buy what I sold, did you feel what I told you?
I hope that you still do, will you
Promise yourself that this isn't all we've got?

Back down, cash out. That's the city for you.
Break down, back out. Get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.

Back down, cash out. That's the city for you.
Break down, back out. Get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Oh, Oh.

Checkmarks

So there you are, and here I stand,
As far as I remember you weren't half bad.
Your bedroom behavior was never more
then checkmarks on bedposts.
For I remember we never had.

You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows.
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that no one...

So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that's not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don't forget to take deep breaths.
So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that's not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don't forget to take deep breaths.

So don't explain cause I know exactly what your going to say.
Big words, recycled phrases, and the bittersweet taste
of other boys on your lips.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.

Do you miss looking up from the floor at my face
on a stage in a crowded room?
Well it's not the same.
I bet you're still a sucker for those famous faces.
Downtown, looking down, down, looking over the crowd,
I hope you're out there, look at me now.
Well it's not the same.
Just look at how we've changed.

Down And Out

Out of the box, out of the kitchen.
Out of the world she's grown so fearful of, so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again, my friend.
This is the end.

Out of the house, she grabs the keys, runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter.
That way the impact will be much better.
Away from the man that she's grown so fearful of, so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.

Why, oh why, do you wear sunglasses in the home
when the sun went down about an hour ago?
Why, oh why, do you wear sunglasses in the home
when the sun went down about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way.

Now that I'm grown I've seen marriages fall to pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen friendships fall to pieces.
Weekend warriors, and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about how all good things must end.
Then again some things, then again some things are far too good,
Some things are far too good to go ahead and let go.

We won't forget Tony or Johnny, oh, oh.
No matter how they miss us they still wish us the best on the road.
Garrett took a plane to Paris, France.
Now he's cooking up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls.
Bookends, Blue and Clarity, to The Wall and Grace.
Darkside, Wish and a toast to the late Figure 8.

Weekend warriors and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding, but the good things will live in our hearts.

Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.

Almost Here

So listen up.
I worked in daylight feeding fashion to housewives.
For just this once, I'll take my chances on truck stops and state lines.
Go ahead and tell them again.
Well I think that I know that they won't remember.
Go ahead and tell them twice.
Yeah, twice is nice, but three times is just right.

Hey, hey now we're almost home.
I'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, I know.
Hey, hey we're not far from home.
I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight.

So listen up.
My old friends have been dropping like houseflies.
The smoking gun still sits in my pocket and I know how to use it.
Go ahead and tell them again.
Well I think that I know that I won't forgive them
for turning their backs when we started to get busy.
Yeah twice is fine, but three times is just right.

Hey, hey now we're almost home.
I'm missing you to death, but to each his own.
Hey, hey we're not far from home.
I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight.

Hey, hey now we're almost home.
I'm missing you to death, missing you to death.
Hey, hey we're not far from home.
I'll swallow my pride and push back my seat tonight.

I'm on my feet.
This isn't like us anyway.
I'm running...
Our time is almost here.

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