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Artist: The Get Up Kids
Canonical path: /the-get-up-kids/second-place
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Second Place
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Second Place
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It's been proven, hundreds over since,
The decision was the best that we could make.
If I wasn't clear before...
That's not what I said.
That's not what I said.
And I bent over backwards just to speak.
If you've got things straight in your head,
Then you've got bigger problems than me.
I'll send you straight to your room
Until you calm down,
Until you've thought through
What you wanna say.
[clapping]
This isn't me,
As much as it may seem.
And if you're still thinking,
If you're still...
That's not what I said.
That's not what I said.
And I bent over backwards just to speak.
If you won't let sleeping dogs die,
Then I'm giving up on this one.
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