Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light lyrics
- Big Casino
- Let It Happen
- Like She'll Always Be
- Carry You
- Electable (Give It Up)
- Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
- Feeling Lucky
- Here It Goes
- Chase This Light
- Firefight
- Dizzy
Big Casino
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've never read
When the girls come talk to me
I wish to hell I had
Get up! Get up!
Turn the ignition
Get up! Get up!
Fire up the system
Play my little part in something big
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 the chance to shake that hand!”
They'll say…
Back when I was younger,
I was someone you'd have 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
Get up! Get up!
Dance on the ceiling?
Get up! Get up!
Boy you must be dreaming
Rock on young saviour
Just don’t get up your hopes
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 the chance to shake that hand!”
I have one last wish
And it's from my heart
Just let me down
Just let me down easy
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 the chance to shake his hand!”
They'll say…
Let It Happen
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
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
Heh heh heh, heh heh
I can laugh it off
Heh heh heh, heh heh
I must look like I'm running away
To you at your faster pace
I wonder what it is you could have seen
In me
I'm the evil one who said
Gonna let everything just happen
Just like my chest, my ears are proud
The collision is such an ugly sound
I can hear you now
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
Talk, talking a lot
But it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
And all the placings
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off
Heh heh heh, heh heh
I can laugh it off
Heh heh heh, heh heh
Heh heh heh, heh heh
Heh heh heh, heh heh
I can hear you now
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
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
Like She'll Always Be
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
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
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 just know
How you gonna know the feeling
'Til you've lost it?
I've been losing plenty since
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
Maybe something else I'm missing
Something good and you're the reason
It's a dream
But there's a real world waiting
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
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
When I know I'm all alone
I say your name slowly
And I know that I'm alone
But I carry you
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
It's easy feeling righteous when removed
All you'll get is what you want to hear
It hurts because it should
How else am I to make it clear?
I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
Maybe a lie is what I need sometimes
You told the most, the best of anyone
You said to keep me in your pocket
So I carried you
You better choose your words carefully
Because I'm not your anything
Going to stay here in my place
And you'll stay in yours
Because you're only good as what you're good for
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
I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
It passed
Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo
Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
I'm still carrying a little hope
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
That maybe things could be different now
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
Is that so wrong? Is that so wrong?
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
Is that so wrong?
Would I see you tonight
At a place we'd go?
<span style="color: #696969;">Could going through the motions
Lead to real emotion?</span>
I want to make things right
Before time runs out
<span style="color: #696969;">It was like you said
The taste don't taste like it should</span>
Roll down the windows
Let the cold air come in, yeah
Slap my face just to feel
Just to feel you somehow again, yeah
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
Yeah, here's to living in the moment
Because it passed, it passed
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo
Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
'Cause it passed, passed
<span style="color: #696969;">Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo
Doo doo doo-doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo</span>
It passed
Electable (Give It Up)
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
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
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
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
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
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Give it up
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
Let the water come
She's the only one I love
Let the fat man drop
She's the sweetest honey pop
Will they see the sky again?
Who will sing their blues for them?
Let the factories rust
She's the only thing I trust
Let the virus spread
She's the silk lining my bed
Will they breathe our air again?
Who will sing their blues for them?
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
Where are 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 left to sing your blues?
Feeling Lucky
There's a chance
One of us will give in soon
I could ask
But what's an answer gonna prove?
When I try to get mad
But the fever drops
My heart can't break
'Cause the beating stops
You suck that lucky feeling right out of me
Want a 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 out of me
I follow your sign where it leads
I go
But you turn your back so easily
It tells me everything I need, yeah
Waiting or the line
To move a foot, yeah
Wasting my life
On nothing good
You suck that lucky feeling right out of me
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 brick
You suck that lucky feeling right out of me
Yeah, you suck that lucky feeling right out of me
Yeah, yeah, you suck that lucky feeling right out of me
Yeah
Here It Goes
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''
How boring if it is
Nothing new for me
Light on up
With everybody watching you
''Lights go down''
Everything is yours to lose
First dancer takes the floor
Laugh what you can't ignore
Whatcha' gonna do
''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'''
Here it goes
Crowning of the cool kid queen
There it goes
The competition show their teeth
I'll let them fight it out
''It's just my party now''
What I want to be
Step on up
Everyone in queue, in costume
Step on out
Don't get sucked in for a second
The bright lights might say your name
But they only light the stage
''Nothing there to prove''
''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'''
''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'''
Don't accept critique or credit
Their definition always changes
It's not the same as yours
''You could be so much more''
The closer that you get
''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'''
''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'''
Chase This Light
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
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
Chase this light with me
My gesso, my last call
My life is yours in your gifted hands
Confetti rainfall and the quiet street
These things I've found are special now
The knot is in my reach
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
Chase this light with me
Movie still-photograph
Through a martyr's eyes I can 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
Confetti rainfall in the quiet streets
The beauty is in what you make it
So get up on your feet
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
Chase this light with me
Oh, babe, I know
It's alive and somewhere for us to find tonight
Chase this light with me
Firefight
This is where our diligence has led
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?
It's firefight, and I, 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
This is now the moment after next
Are these still the eyes of the temptress?
Why open a door if you won't go?
Don't ask twice if you don't wanna know
It's firefight, and I, 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
Is there an answer?
And if it's an honest one
Honestly worth its question
There's no question
The city as my witness
I am who I want to 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
It's firefight, I won't run
There is spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me there's nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there's no on else alive
Dizzy
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?
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 will spin around you
Are you dizzy yet?
Respectfully, some honesty I'm calling out
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Oh 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
All talk and not a lot to think, we are 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.
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
Respectfully, some honesty I'm asking now
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Oh 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
Oh, oh take it all back, take your first, your last, your 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.
I told your eyes, I haven't...I've never felt this way
You said I have this shot that stops my clock
Baby it's okay
You said you'd never have regrets
Jesus, is there's someone yet who got that wish?
Did you get yours, babe?
Respectfully, some honesty I'm asking now
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
I'll 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