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You tell yourself that you just can't take this
Enough with the madness
This has gotta
Stop now
Some how
And every time that you think you're ok
You get in your own way
But soon enough you're
Knocked down
Surrounded
By your own denial
Give it up for human nature
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
People tell you to do what they say
They all want it their way
All that you can do is
Bite lip, or
Jump ship
So learn to smile at the ones that hate you
No matter what they do
They will never
Make it there
To where you
Know you will be going
Give it up for human nature
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
You'll be the last one
To know when you're all done
But that's just the way life is now
You gotta take what you get
And give it up somehow...
Give it up for human nature
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
Give it up for your anger
Give it up for the tried and true
Give it up for everyone
Who's ever gone and given up on you
Give it up for human nature
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no denying
If you're full complying then
There's no use crying over it
Enough with the madness
This has gotta
Stop now
Some how
You get in your own way
But soon enough you're
Knocked down
Surrounded
By your own denial
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
They all want it their way
All that you can do is
Bite lip, or
Jump ship
No matter what they do
They will never
Make it there
To where you
Know you will be going
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
To know when you're all done
But that's just the way life is now
You gotta take what you get
And give it up somehow...
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no use crying over it
Give it up for the tried and true
Give it up for everyone
Who's ever gone and given up on you
Give it up now bit by bit
Give it up for your frustration
Give it up 'cuz kid,
Your future lies here dying and
There's no denying
If you're full complying then
There's no use crying over it
Song Info
Submitted by
self Loathing Squid On Dec 01, 2010
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Wow. No comments yet. I like their music because I don't fully understand it. Simply because they're one of the most reinterpretable bands out there. I just like looking at this as a song of acceptance for shitty situations. Their songs, this is particular, make me think of pre-just-post college kids who dunno what to do or who get crushed dreams. Poor kids. :)
"Give it up for human nature" sounds a bit weird. When I was an undergrad, I was giving up on human nature. So I'm trying to give my human nature up now, bit by bit, and looking forward to the day when I can give it up completely.