SM - One Foot on the Gas, One Foot in the Grave

Song from Streetlight Manifesto's "Somewhere in the Between". Also my favorite song from the album.

Lyrics:

It's in the air you breathe and it's also in the water
It's something you can't see, you've been warned of by your mothers
You've had enough deceit, You know enough to see
Join the others
When you could hardly breathe, you were wondering why you bothered
And they gave us seven days to renounce our wicked ways
Too late to make amends because we both know how this ends
So do the right thing or do nothing
(What will you do when they come for you?)
Or just do what is easier
(What will you do when they come for you?)
That is what I read what I swear they said to me
Nine times out of ten they lied to me
And after all they had the gall to say
"Son, no one will save you now"
(Chorus)
We want it, they got it
They claim we'll die without it
But something tells me they are wrong
So what will you do when they call your name and you're not ready to go?
Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know
That you're in too deep and you can't quite keep your secrets, one and all
We might just make it after all, on our own
We might just make it after all
But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave
Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made

Started with six or seven, moved on to eight or nine
(What will you do when they come for you?)
Nobody seemed to notice, nobody seemed to mind
(What will you do when they come for you?)
Little miss demissed can't miss like a detuned radio
I cannot believe you when you tell me what you know
And nothing will be broken if your house is made of stone
But you will know as I do it will never be a home

(Chorus, repeat verse one, chorus)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ska
• Punk
• Rock
• Streetlight
• Manifesto
• Music
• Somewhere
• Between

[VALObrand]

@mabidude

good, fuck your dog.

[mabidude]

at 1:17 i kicked my dog in the face

[roumi123]

pure ska poetry

[oldthompson24]

@oldthompson24 i should spell-check....

[oldthompson24]

@mabidude kicing your dog is a lifetime's bad luck, hope its just black humor, otherwise you're screwed....

[enragedcrow]

@TheThedawnishere1 I'm pretty sure i remember it being a personal song, about the band. They had one foot on the gas, going full throttle to get it going, living by the moment when it was first starting up. And one foot in the grave, if it failed they were pretty much done for. Least that's what i read somewhere at some point, wresting the meaning from their songs is one of my favorite parts about Streetlight Manifesto.

[hannahliz16]

I had a tiny fragment of this song stuck in my head, spent a solid 15 minutes trying to come up with what song it was. Worth it though.

[theancient74]

The subject of the song sounds a lot more like stability and structure in a life than religion specifically. Religious imagery just kinda makes it more poetic.

What I'm hearing from the song is eschew the shackles of society and live the life you want in your heart. One foot on the gas, living full speed, and one foot in the grave, understanding exactly what you're doing and ready for the places it might take you

[timophonica]

@rachellynnkitchen eww.. courtesy flush

[rachellynnkitchen]

I cannot get enough of SM ! Seriously my shittttt

[foivosanimator]

dying sucks.....at least..i wanna see them at least once so i die happy

[TheThedawnishere1]

@NotEvenReal14 kinda reminds me of streetlight manifesto's song "we fall together" will thx for replaying its been 3 weeks...