In the spotlight
Deadline sends a tingle through your spine
Like light flashes before your eyes.

I've found a new religion based on you.
My friends and I were only out to seek the truth

Would you give it all up to see the dream?
Would you wash it all down if you don't believe? (Straight up and go)

Like a close call
So pressed for time
From the music to these lips
Let these lips send chills down through your fingertips

I've found a new religion based on you
My heart and I were only out to seek the truth

Like a cut-throat sing-along
So influential
Like a cut-throat sing-along
So influential (We are so influential)
Like a cut-throat sing-along, so influential (Make it now, make it now, it's time to decide)
Like a cut-throat sing-along, so influential (Make it now, make it now, it's time to decide)

Would you give it all up to see the dream?
Would you wash it all down if you don't believe? (If you don't believe)
(Make it now, make it now)
Would you give it all up, to see the dream?
Would you wash it all down, if you don't believe? (Straight up and go)


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    Amazing song, amazing band. This song is about wanting something so badly that you don't let anything stop you from getting it. It's also about asking yourself, "Is it really worth it?" and basically saying, "Yeah, I'll do whatever it takes, because this matters more than anything else to me."

    letyourheartwinon November 08, 2007   Link

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