There is more than one artist named Midtown:

1) Midtown is a pop-pun… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist named Midtown:

1) Midtown is a pop-punk band from Springfield, New Jersey, United States. Formed in November of 1998 by three Rutgers students, the band soon became a pop-rock quartet and took advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a unique sound that combined elements of both emo and alternative sounds. They began recording shortly after their formation. Their first EP, "Sacrifice of Life," was issued by Pinball Records in 1999. Their first full-length album, "Save the World, Lose the Girl," was released in early 2000 by the Drive-Thru Records label and picked up for distribution by MCA. Shortly after their second full-length, "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" was released, they left the label. Their third album, "Forget What You Know," was produced while the band was not under contract with a record label and then picked up by Sony Records.

The very popular song "Give It Up" appeared in the summer of 2004 in the box-office hit: "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack. It was also featured in the EA Games title: "Burnout 3: Takedown" in the autumn of 2004.

In 2005 the band deferred and continued projects elsewhere. The lead singer/bass player Gabe Saporta, who is currently a member of Cobra Starship, had to clarify the situation. When asked why Midtown had deferred, he had this to say:

"Well, Midtown’s not broken up. Basically, after our last tour we were supposed to start writing new stuff and then our friends in Senses Fail needed a guitar player so they asked Heath to go out and that turned into a longer thing. I had been working with beats, like on the last Midtown album I did a lot of experimenting with beats and I wanted to take a different approach to songwriting. I wanted to do something a little more fun, because Midtown had gotten really serious which was good and it was a good outlet for me but I wanted to do something that would showcase my personality."

However, many fans now have the impression that Midtown will never reunite, as all of the members now have other projects. Saporta has stated that one final show will happen in the future sometime in New Jersey. When it's going to happen is unknown at this time due to the ongoing projects.

Lead singer/bassist Gabe Saporta is currently the lead singer for, Cobra Starship.
Guitarist Heath Saraceno is currently playing guitar with Senses Fail.
Guitarist Tyler Rann plays with his band Band of Thieves.
Drummer Rob Hitt works on his label, I Surrender Records, and manages bands at Crush Music Management.

In early 2014 Midtown announced that they would reunite to play two shows at the Skate And Surf Festival of that year.

Several years later, in 2022, Midtown announced their Resurrection Tour, opening for four My Chemical Romance shows, and performing four other concerts of their own, along with Riot Fest.

2) A barbershop quartet from Manhattan, who won the BHS International Quartet Contest in 2023.

Get It Together
Midtown Lyrics

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Take off your make up honey
I know what you've been missing
And I've got a card to send you home
It says: Try to forget those good times
Maybe you never were mine
How has this pain helped you grow?
Because you've done so much with your life
To have to settle for

A need to feel
A need to try
A need to feel whole
Do you feel whole?

Maybe we'll see this through
If we get it together
Maybe I'll get to you
If you get it together

Take off your make up honey
Why don't you ever listen
I've got something I need to know
Cause I tried
Tried to forget your past crimes
But were you ever just mine
Was there something that I didn't show?

Because you've done so much with your life
To have to settle for
A need to feel
A need to try
A need to feel whole
Do you feel whole?

Maybe we'll see this through
If we get it together
Maybe I'll get to you
If you get it together

Go. Try.
Try to make yourself right
Go. Try.
To make this right
And move on with your life

Go. Try.
Try to make yourself right
Go. Try.

To make this right
And move on with your life

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Midtown's song "Get It Together" are about a person who is struggling to move on from a past relationship. The singer is trying to connect with someone who he had a romantic interest in, but who has been avoiding him. The song is addressed to this person and the singer asks them to take off their makeup, which can be interpreted as a metaphor for being vulnerable and honest about their true feelings. He tells them that he knows what they have been missing and gives them a card with a message encouraging them to forget the good times, suggesting that they were not as good as they seemed. He asks the person about how the pain of the past has helped them grow, implying that maybe they have been holding onto the pain for too long.

The chorus of the song offers a possibility for reconciliation if they both "get it together." The subject of the song is urged to try to make themselves right and move on with their life, which is a message of hope and encouragement. The song is ultimately about the struggle of moving on and finding closure after a relationship ends.

Line by Line Meaning

Take off your make up honey
Stop pretending to be something you're not

I know what you've been missing
I know your flaws and insecurities

And I've got a card to send you home
I have something that will make you face reality

It says: Try to forget those good times
Focus on moving on and creating new memories

Maybe you never were mine
Maybe we were never really together

How has this pain helped you grow?
Reflect on the lessons you've learned from your struggles

Because you've done so much with your life
You have accomplished a lot

To have to settle for
But you're not satisfied with what you have

A need to feel
You have an unfulfilled desire

A need to try
You want to make things better

A need to feel whole
You want to feel complete