All Time Low

So Long, and Thanks For All the Booze

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So Long, and Thanks For All the Booze Lyrics

Pick yourself up off the ground
You're sure as hell too good to let them hold you down

Waste of chances, waste of time
(You gotta let me be me)
You waste it all on wasted lines
(You gotta let me be me)
Back myself into a corner once again
Take you for a liar while you called yourself a friend
It's the end
It's the end

So gimme gimme my motivation
Gimme gimme my dreams
You gotta tear me down to set me free
And gimme gimme my revelation
Gimme back my scene
You've gotta let me be
You gotta let me be me
You gotta let me be me

I gave a lot to let you in
(You gotta let me be me)
I shook your hand, you pulled the pin
(You gotta let me be me)
Now I'm all ears to find you're lying through your teeth
You wear your smile to hide the coward underneath
Bittersweet
Bittersweet

So gimme gimme my motivation
Gimme gimme my dreams
You gotta tear me down to set me free
And gimme gimme my revelation
Gimme back my scene
You've gotta let me be
You gotta let me be me

A waste of chances, waste of time
(You gotta let me be me)
A waste of chances, waste of time

Gimme gimme my motivation
Gimme gimme my dreams
You gotta tear me down to set me free
And gimme gimme my revelation
Gimme back my scene
You've gotta let me be
You gotta let me be me

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thoseguiltyeyes On Oct 03, 2012

Remembering Sunday

Coffee Shop Soundtrack

Jasey Rae

Lullabies

Six Feet Under the Stars

Pick yourself up off the ground
You're sure as hell too good to let them hold you down

So gimme gimme my motivation
Gimme gimme my dreams
You gotta tear me down to set me free
And gimme gimme my revelation
Gimme back my scene
You've gotta let me be
You gotta let me be me

A waste of chances, waste of time
(You gotta let me be me)
A waste of chances, waste of time

Gimme gimme my motivation
Gimme gimme my dreams
You gotta tear me down to set me free
And gimme gimme my revelation
Gimme back my scene
You've gotta let me be
You gotta let me be me

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2012-10-03 00:11:11

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by redwingery19

13y ago

I think it is about their last record label Interscope, who they were unhappy with and dropped after making Dirty Work. Dirty Work was obviously heavily influenced by outside sources from the band, and I think All Time Low felt like being with Intersope hurt them. "Waste of chances, waste of time, You waste it all on wasted lines" Dirty Work was a waste of time. "I shook your hand, you pulled the pin." Signing a deal with Intersope hurt the band. and of course, "You gotta let me be me"

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