Don't Just Do Something Lyrics
They say that love is blind
But I think that time
Is what they had in mind
I could let it go
But I'd rather know
If I sit around
Will another show
I get to fly so high
But the sun burns my
Wings but i will fly
Just a little too far
Cuz thats where you are
And I wont bring you down for leaving me
I like to sit around
I'm just contemplating
Sitting 'round
I could lay in bed
Like my momma said
Don't just do something
Sit around instead
If I may say myself
I'm not bad at life
I'm no good as well
And though life goes on
I can plainly see
Just what is it for
If it's not for me
Sometimes...
Though it's a big surprise
I may compromise the thing I most desire
I could say with pride
Hold my head up high
That I had a great idea
But nevermind
I'm going nowhere
Nowhere's where I wanna be
And babe...
I'm good for nothing
Nothing is good enough for me
Anything can come to anybody
Everything...
Everything can come to someone
Sometimes
Oh babe,
I'm good for nothing
Nothing is good enough for me
Anything can come to anybody
Everything...
Everything can come to someone
Sometimes...
Oppurtunity
Passes right by me
Didn't even slow
I can't breathe or think
And I need a drink
All this common sense
Made a fool of me
I like to sit around
I'm just contemplating
Sitting 'round
I could lay in bed
Like my momma said
Don't just do something
Sit around instead
I like to fly so high
but the sun burns my
wings but i will fly
just a little too far
cuz thats where you are
and i wont bring you down for leaving me
I get me all confused
And the reasons why
Are confusing too
I could be with you
Try to sort it out
If I tell the truth
I like to lie about
Though its' a big surprise
I may compromise
the thing I most desire
I could say with pride
Hold my head up high
That I had a great idea
but nevermind...
I like to sit around
I'm just contemplating
Sitting 'round
And though life goes on
I can plainly see
All this common sense
Made a fool of me
I've got some reasons and I made a list
I'm gonna drown before my ship comes in
And I forgot to ring my mum again
And life ain't good without cigarettes
This is the song that got me into spiritualized a few months after 9-11, it was instant love, deep love but I was a lil unsure of the other really religious stuff but didn’t mind cause this song was the quintessence of my life, lyrical poetry was an understatement to how it described to a tee everything I was feeling and going through, I even played it for my gf at the time, knowing she wasn’t into music like this at all, and even she said “that song is you”. Jason has a gift, certain people are just great at there craft and Jason is a king at his craft. I finally got to see them in Brooklyn last week and they played the entire And Nothing Hurt album and that itself was the best gift I could get but I can’t lie, I would have died if he played this, fuck fanboy, I would have lost my shit hahaha, it’s weird 17 yrs later this song STILL DOES THE SAME THING IT DID TO ME THEN and that my friends is the mark of a timeless perfect little piece of music,,,,
I think the first line is "They say that love is blind but I think that dumb is what they had in mind". I certainly hope so because I love that lyric.
dumb is the right word. and i think he says "i wont bring you down, believe in me"
his accent makes it confusing, i hear "time" very distinctly but if i listen while thinking of the word "dumb" i hear "dumb" just as easily. hm.
this person is DUMB there is no way in hell it says time
I think that dumb is what the had in mind. I won't bring you down, believe in me.
A song playing on words and expectations. I think it's about life being mediocre. Possibly about depression. Everything is just so lukewarm. Neither good nor bad.
Much different song than "On Fire".
I really love the last stanza/whatever. Very lovely.
I think it's just life after the drugs and the woman and everything you thought you knew and loved. Both end up being dead ends that leave you hanging, thinking about what your mum said when you're 10. Learning to 'be' again, as it were.
He definitely says dumb in that first stanza.
Read it carefully, people say love is blind, but maybe they mean love is dumb. "Love is blind" is just a nice way of putting it.
I love that last line: "And life ain't good without cigarettes."
when i first started smoking id always skip to the end just so i could hear that...!
when i first started smoking id always skip to the end just so i could hear that...!