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Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Canonical path: /taking-back-sunday/follow-the-format
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Follow The Format
Read Follow The Format lyrics by Taking Back Sunday on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Follow The Format
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Make a big scene
Make this glass house my coffin
You missed the big picture
Well it's the words that you're coughing out on your sleeve
So forge my sins here in song
Well I'm telling you now what you've known all along
And it's tired, so true, more subtle than you
There's a lull in the stereo
It's calling for you (calling for you)
It's calling for you
Well, I'm a slave to my vices (it's true)
They've all been renamed as a crutch
So drag my name and my face through the mud
Flattery can flatter me (flattery can flatter me)
Showing just how vicious you could be
Do what you came here to do (do what you came here to do)
Trigger finger gets you pointed in the right direction
My new found discretion
It's not a lie if you believe it
It's no mistake if it's always repeated
It's not a lie if you believe it
It's no mistake if it's always repeated
Shall we call it quits or just wait? (it's not a lie if you
Believe it)
Even, even if my last name rhymes with your rescue of hear say
Do not say you know (it's no mistake if its repeated)
Call me out
It's not a lie (it's such a lie)
But I don't need to hear it from you
So what's another word for (I don't need to hear it from you)
What's another word for (don't need to hear it from you)
What's another word for (I don't need to hear it from you)
What's another word for (don't need to hear it from you)
It gets easier with doses of time (easier with doses of time)
Easier with doses of time (easier with doses of time)
Easier with doses of time (easier with doses of time)
Easier with doses of time (easier with doses of time)
Show us just how vicious you could be
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