Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. The… Read Full Bio ↴Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. The band was formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes in 1999. The band's members are Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Shaun Cooper (bass guitar), and Mark O'Connell (drums).
Guitarist Eddie Reyes, who had played in The Movielife, Mind Over Matter and Inside, and guitarist Jesse Lacey of the Rookie Lot founded Taking Back Sunday in Amityville, New York in November 1999. Lacey moved to bass with the addition of guitarist John Nolan. The group also included vocalist Antonio Longo of One True Thing and drummer Steven DeJoseph. After Lacey left the band, Nolan contacted Adam Lazzara to fill in on bass, which resulted in Lazzara moving from North Carolina to New York. Lazzara had met the band when they played a show near his hometown in North Carolina and had offered to try out.
DeJoseph left, leaving the band without a drummer. Mark O'Connell, a friend of Reyes, heard about the vacancy and joined the group. After recording Taking Back Sunday's self-titled EP, Longo left the band and eventually played with The Prizefighter and the Mirror. In December 2000, Lazzara switched from bass to lead vocals. He never thought he would become the group's singer: "I remember getting into Reyes' Windstar with that EP and just driving around singing those songs, just to make myself actually do it." O'Connell suggested that the group needed a bassist, and brought in Shaun Cooper of Breaking Pangaea. In February 2001, Taking Back Sunday released a five-track demo before touring for a year.
Prior to the release of their debut album Tell All Your Friends, a music video for "Great Romances of the 20th Century" was released on March 4, 2002. It was directed by Christian Winters, a friend of the band. Winters made the video before the group signed with Victory, and the record company enjoyed it. The song was distributed to radio stations on March 12, and the full album was released on March 25.
Around this time, Nolan (citing exhaustion from touring) left the band, and Cooper followed shortly afterwards. According to Lazzara, Nolan and Cooper were "having trouble because everything was happening so fast. Going from being home to being gone all the time and having your whole life consumed and almost defined by the band that you’re in is a lot to handle". The band briefly considered breaking up. Nolan and Cooper formed Straylight Run with Nolan's sister, Michelle, and Breaking Pangaea drummer Will Noon. Taking Back Sunday added Fred Mascherino on guitar and vocals as well as Matt Rubano on bass.
The group's second album, Where You Want To Be, was released on July 27, 2004, on Victory Records. Although sounding slightly different from Tell All Your Friends by using some different musical instruments, the new album managed to do well commercially; propelled by the single "A Decade Under the Influence", Where You Want To Be went on to debut at the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with around 220,000 copies sold. It became one of the best-selling independent rock albums within a year, selling 634,000 copies by June 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine listed Where You Want To Be as one of the top fifty records of 2004. Instead of spending marketing money towards trying to get radio play, Victory Records used the internet and fans to spread the word about the upcoming album. They targeted consumers familiar with Victory Records as well as fans of emo music. They distributed a label sampler that included songs from Where You Want To Be to get fans excited about the release. They used the Taking Back Sunday street team, consisting of about 25,000 individuals, to promote the album. In return fans could get pre-sale tickets, win shoes and other various prizes.
Taking Back Sunday toured frequently for eight months in support of Where You Want to Be. The band received even more mainstream exposure by appearing on late night talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live!; as well as contributing Where You Want to Be's second single, "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)", to the soundtrack for Spider-Man 2. They also contributed the song "Your Own Disaster" to the Elektra soundtrack.
On June 10, 2005, it was announced that the band had signed with major label Warner Bros. Records and would begin recording their third album later in 2005. That month, the group contributed "Error: Operator" to the video-game adaption of Fantastic Four, and it was later added to the film's soundtrack as well.
On September 21, 2005, it was announced that Taking Back Sunday had begun recording their third album with Eric Valentine. The group chose Valentine because he had produced Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf (2002) and Third Eye Blind's self-titled album (1997). On April 25, 2006, Taking Back Sunday released their third album, entitled Louder Now, on Warner Bros. Records. The members' comments on the album reflected the dramatic change the band had undergone in the two years since their last release. Matt Rubano noted that the move to a major label was not something the band took lightly, but it was a move that made sense given the band's tumultuous past. Lazzara stated that fans seemed to feel their live shows had more energy than their recordings, and that Louder Now brought more of that across.
Taking Back Sunday received mainstream exposure by appearing on the late night talk shows The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well as the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation in an episode entitled "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?".
In December 2006, the band released its first documentary, Louder Now: PartOne, featuring behind-the-scenes tour footage and four live concerts. Following months of touring to support Louder Now, Taking Back Sunday appeared in the American leg of Live Earth on July 7, 2007. During the summer of 2007, Taking Back Sunday was also a part of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour, along with My Chemical Romance, HIM, and several other bands.
On October 30, 2006, the band's former record label, Victory Records, released Notes from the Past, which featured four songs from Tell All Your Friends, six songs from Where You Want To Be, and two B-sides: The Ballad of Sal Villanueva and Your Own Disaster ('04 mix). The band then released Louder Now: Part Two on November 20, 2007, a DVD of unreleased live concert footage from their show at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, which included special features such as the video for "Twenty-Twenty Surgery", made to be released in Europe. The DVD was packaged with a companion CD featuring eight live tracks, two B-sides that were previously unreleased in America, and a special "Twelve Days of Christmas" track.
In October 2007 the band announced that Taking Back Sunday and guitarist Fred Mascherino would be parting ways, which came after he decided to focus on his then upcoming solo album with The Color Fred. He was later replaced by Matthew Fazzi, who would provide guitar and backing vocals. Mascherino went on to reveal in later interviews: "There were just problems between the five of us about writing, who was going to do it and how we were going to do it, we weren't being very productive because we were fighting too much about that stuff. The band was more about cooking food than making music." This statement inspired the band to write the track "Capital M-E", which features lyrical references to Mascherino's departure and the comments he made afterward. In 2010, Fred Mascherino posted a picture of himself and Adam Lazzara with the caption, "Today was a good day" indicating that he and Lazzara have since made up and are on good terms again.
On November 6, 2008, Taking Back Sunday revealed in Rolling Stone that their fourth studio album was to be titled New Again and would feature the tracks "Winter Passing", "Lonely Lonely", "Catholic Knees", and "Carpathia". They stated that "Winter Passing" was "a slow dance like the last song at your 8th grade dance that moves more like an R&B tune than a rock and roll song", and that "Carpathia" will include the first bass solos in any Taking Back Sunday song. They also commented that "Catholic Knees" is "one of the heavier songs we've ever written", and that "Lonely Lonely" is "relentless – two and a half minutes of punching you in the face".41 In the build-up to the release of New Again, the band released a number of tracks—the first of which was "Carpathia"—on December 21, 2008 as free digital downloads to those who purchased the band's Christmas holiday set, with a physical limited vinyl release of the track as well as a live version of "Catholic Knees" released on April 18, 2009, secondly title track "New Again" as a free single download from the band's website on April 16, 2009, followed by the first full single "Sink into Me", released on April 20, 2009, premiering on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, and being made available digitally short after. On May 16, 2009, "Everything Must Go" was released to stream on the band's MySpace. Every Monday, the band released a new song on their MySpace from New Again labeling it "New Music Monday".
On August 18, 2009, the band released a digital live album entitled Live from Bamboozle '09. The album consists of 13 live tracks recorded at The Bamboozle, where they played in May of the same year. On February 12, 2010, the band released a previously unreleased b-side from New Again, entitled "Winter Passing", on their official website.
On March 29, 2010, Matt Rubano and Matthew Fazzi announced that they were no longer members of Taking Back Sunday. The band's official website also posted a picture of the original line-up with the members' eyes crossed out, indicating a possible reunion of the Tell All Your Friends era lineup. On March 31, 2010, tbsnewagain tweeted a link to a video announcing the new lineup of the band. The video ended with a quick stream of words which ended with, "Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the first place and the people you intended to go there with. There's no hard feelings, just the future."
On April 12, the band made an official announcement confirming that John Nolan and Shaun Cooper had re-joined the band. It was announced that they would soon begin the recording process of their fifth studio album with Louder Now producer Eric Valentine. On the same day, Adam Lazzara did an interview with Alternative Press, in which he discussed how the original line-up got back together and how both Matt Rubano and Matt Fazzi were not fired, but rather "let go". The band finished writing in El Paso with around 15 songs completed, according to Mark O'Connell. Pre-production on the new album began on August 17, 2010, the same day their live acoustic album Live from Orensanz was released. On December 20, 2010, the band put out a new Christmas song entitled "Merry Christmas I Missed You So Much". On April 6, 2011, the band played at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, to record footage for an upcoming video for the song "El Paso". Adam Lazzara requested that the audience put away their phones and cameras during the recording. They played the song three times during the set. During this performance, the band also debuted a new song entitled "Faith (When I Let You Down)", live for the first time. "Faith (When I Let You Down)" was released as the official first single from the album on May 3, 2011, with an acoustic version of "Great Romances of the 20th Century" as the b-side. On June 7, 2011, the second official single "This Is All Now" was released on iTunes, with the b-side being an acoustic version of "Ghost Man on Third". On June 26, 2011 in an interview with Robert Herrera of Punkvideosrock.com, Mark and Shaun stated that the reason they returned to their original lineup was because they no longer felt it was Taking Back Sunday without the original members. Mark stated they were miserable as a band, weren't having fun, and didn't like the direction the band was going so they decided to reach out to the original members and after meeting with the band in Texas found that "the chemistry was still there."
On July 8, 2011, Taking Back Sunday released an official music video for "Faith (When I Let You Down)". On November 3, 2011, Taking Back Sunday released an official music video for "You Got Me". This is the second single from their self-titled album. The video was created with the help of Steve Pedulla and Ward McDonald and it features guitarist Eddie Reyes dancing solo on a theater stage.
On June 7, 2013, Taking Back Sunday took to Twitter to confirm that the recording of their 6th studio album had begun. They announced on Facebook that the album will be released in early 2014.
On January 11, 2014, Taking Back Sunday revealed that a new album, Happiness Is, was available for pre-order on iTunes, as was a new track: "Flicker, Fade". Happiness Is was released on March 18, 2014 through Hopeless Records.
On June 27, 2016, the band's next album, Tidal Wave, was announced for release on September 16. Material for the album was written in between tours for Happiness Is.
On April 13, 2018, it was announced that founding guitarist Eddie Reyes has parted ways with the band. This was later confirmed by Reyes stating the reason for his departure was due to his battle with alcoholism and hope to join the band again in the future. In the meantime, he has also stated to have started a new band.
On October 12, 2018, the band began announcing a compilation album to celebrate their 20th anniversary, along with a world wide tour. The album is to be titled Twenty, and was released on January 11, 2019. Twenty consists of hits from Taking Back Sunday's previous albums. Along with two new songs.
On October 15, 2021, the band released a cover of Weezer’s My Name Is Jonas. The band would play this during soundcheck and eventually their live shows during their extensive 2019 tour, and the cover was recorded during one of their days off.
As of March 2022, Taking Back Sunday are currently in the early stages of working on their eighth studio album.
Guitarist Eddie Reyes, who had played in The Movielife, Mind Over Matter and Inside, and guitarist Jesse Lacey of the Rookie Lot founded Taking Back Sunday in Amityville, New York in November 1999. Lacey moved to bass with the addition of guitarist John Nolan. The group also included vocalist Antonio Longo of One True Thing and drummer Steven DeJoseph. After Lacey left the band, Nolan contacted Adam Lazzara to fill in on bass, which resulted in Lazzara moving from North Carolina to New York. Lazzara had met the band when they played a show near his hometown in North Carolina and had offered to try out.
DeJoseph left, leaving the band without a drummer. Mark O'Connell, a friend of Reyes, heard about the vacancy and joined the group. After recording Taking Back Sunday's self-titled EP, Longo left the band and eventually played with The Prizefighter and the Mirror. In December 2000, Lazzara switched from bass to lead vocals. He never thought he would become the group's singer: "I remember getting into Reyes' Windstar with that EP and just driving around singing those songs, just to make myself actually do it." O'Connell suggested that the group needed a bassist, and brought in Shaun Cooper of Breaking Pangaea. In February 2001, Taking Back Sunday released a five-track demo before touring for a year.
Prior to the release of their debut album Tell All Your Friends, a music video for "Great Romances of the 20th Century" was released on March 4, 2002. It was directed by Christian Winters, a friend of the band. Winters made the video before the group signed with Victory, and the record company enjoyed it. The song was distributed to radio stations on March 12, and the full album was released on March 25.
Around this time, Nolan (citing exhaustion from touring) left the band, and Cooper followed shortly afterwards. According to Lazzara, Nolan and Cooper were "having trouble because everything was happening so fast. Going from being home to being gone all the time and having your whole life consumed and almost defined by the band that you’re in is a lot to handle". The band briefly considered breaking up. Nolan and Cooper formed Straylight Run with Nolan's sister, Michelle, and Breaking Pangaea drummer Will Noon. Taking Back Sunday added Fred Mascherino on guitar and vocals as well as Matt Rubano on bass.
The group's second album, Where You Want To Be, was released on July 27, 2004, on Victory Records. Although sounding slightly different from Tell All Your Friends by using some different musical instruments, the new album managed to do well commercially; propelled by the single "A Decade Under the Influence", Where You Want To Be went on to debut at the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with around 220,000 copies sold. It became one of the best-selling independent rock albums within a year, selling 634,000 copies by June 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine listed Where You Want To Be as one of the top fifty records of 2004. Instead of spending marketing money towards trying to get radio play, Victory Records used the internet and fans to spread the word about the upcoming album. They targeted consumers familiar with Victory Records as well as fans of emo music. They distributed a label sampler that included songs from Where You Want To Be to get fans excited about the release. They used the Taking Back Sunday street team, consisting of about 25,000 individuals, to promote the album. In return fans could get pre-sale tickets, win shoes and other various prizes.
Taking Back Sunday toured frequently for eight months in support of Where You Want to Be. The band received even more mainstream exposure by appearing on late night talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live!; as well as contributing Where You Want to Be's second single, "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)", to the soundtrack for Spider-Man 2. They also contributed the song "Your Own Disaster" to the Elektra soundtrack.
On June 10, 2005, it was announced that the band had signed with major label Warner Bros. Records and would begin recording their third album later in 2005. That month, the group contributed "Error: Operator" to the video-game adaption of Fantastic Four, and it was later added to the film's soundtrack as well.
On September 21, 2005, it was announced that Taking Back Sunday had begun recording their third album with Eric Valentine. The group chose Valentine because he had produced Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf (2002) and Third Eye Blind's self-titled album (1997). On April 25, 2006, Taking Back Sunday released their third album, entitled Louder Now, on Warner Bros. Records. The members' comments on the album reflected the dramatic change the band had undergone in the two years since their last release. Matt Rubano noted that the move to a major label was not something the band took lightly, but it was a move that made sense given the band's tumultuous past. Lazzara stated that fans seemed to feel their live shows had more energy than their recordings, and that Louder Now brought more of that across.
Taking Back Sunday received mainstream exposure by appearing on the late night talk shows The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well as the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation in an episode entitled "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?".
In December 2006, the band released its first documentary, Louder Now: PartOne, featuring behind-the-scenes tour footage and four live concerts. Following months of touring to support Louder Now, Taking Back Sunday appeared in the American leg of Live Earth on July 7, 2007. During the summer of 2007, Taking Back Sunday was also a part of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour, along with My Chemical Romance, HIM, and several other bands.
On October 30, 2006, the band's former record label, Victory Records, released Notes from the Past, which featured four songs from Tell All Your Friends, six songs from Where You Want To Be, and two B-sides: The Ballad of Sal Villanueva and Your Own Disaster ('04 mix). The band then released Louder Now: Part Two on November 20, 2007, a DVD of unreleased live concert footage from their show at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, which included special features such as the video for "Twenty-Twenty Surgery", made to be released in Europe. The DVD was packaged with a companion CD featuring eight live tracks, two B-sides that were previously unreleased in America, and a special "Twelve Days of Christmas" track.
In October 2007 the band announced that Taking Back Sunday and guitarist Fred Mascherino would be parting ways, which came after he decided to focus on his then upcoming solo album with The Color Fred. He was later replaced by Matthew Fazzi, who would provide guitar and backing vocals. Mascherino went on to reveal in later interviews: "There were just problems between the five of us about writing, who was going to do it and how we were going to do it, we weren't being very productive because we were fighting too much about that stuff. The band was more about cooking food than making music." This statement inspired the band to write the track "Capital M-E", which features lyrical references to Mascherino's departure and the comments he made afterward. In 2010, Fred Mascherino posted a picture of himself and Adam Lazzara with the caption, "Today was a good day" indicating that he and Lazzara have since made up and are on good terms again.
On November 6, 2008, Taking Back Sunday revealed in Rolling Stone that their fourth studio album was to be titled New Again and would feature the tracks "Winter Passing", "Lonely Lonely", "Catholic Knees", and "Carpathia". They stated that "Winter Passing" was "a slow dance like the last song at your 8th grade dance that moves more like an R&B tune than a rock and roll song", and that "Carpathia" will include the first bass solos in any Taking Back Sunday song. They also commented that "Catholic Knees" is "one of the heavier songs we've ever written", and that "Lonely Lonely" is "relentless – two and a half minutes of punching you in the face".41 In the build-up to the release of New Again, the band released a number of tracks—the first of which was "Carpathia"—on December 21, 2008 as free digital downloads to those who purchased the band's Christmas holiday set, with a physical limited vinyl release of the track as well as a live version of "Catholic Knees" released on April 18, 2009, secondly title track "New Again" as a free single download from the band's website on April 16, 2009, followed by the first full single "Sink into Me", released on April 20, 2009, premiering on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, and being made available digitally short after. On May 16, 2009, "Everything Must Go" was released to stream on the band's MySpace. Every Monday, the band released a new song on their MySpace from New Again labeling it "New Music Monday".
On August 18, 2009, the band released a digital live album entitled Live from Bamboozle '09. The album consists of 13 live tracks recorded at The Bamboozle, where they played in May of the same year. On February 12, 2010, the band released a previously unreleased b-side from New Again, entitled "Winter Passing", on their official website.
On March 29, 2010, Matt Rubano and Matthew Fazzi announced that they were no longer members of Taking Back Sunday. The band's official website also posted a picture of the original line-up with the members' eyes crossed out, indicating a possible reunion of the Tell All Your Friends era lineup. On March 31, 2010, tbsnewagain tweeted a link to a video announcing the new lineup of the band. The video ended with a quick stream of words which ended with, "Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the first place and the people you intended to go there with. There's no hard feelings, just the future."
On April 12, the band made an official announcement confirming that John Nolan and Shaun Cooper had re-joined the band. It was announced that they would soon begin the recording process of their fifth studio album with Louder Now producer Eric Valentine. On the same day, Adam Lazzara did an interview with Alternative Press, in which he discussed how the original line-up got back together and how both Matt Rubano and Matt Fazzi were not fired, but rather "let go". The band finished writing in El Paso with around 15 songs completed, according to Mark O'Connell. Pre-production on the new album began on August 17, 2010, the same day their live acoustic album Live from Orensanz was released. On December 20, 2010, the band put out a new Christmas song entitled "Merry Christmas I Missed You So Much". On April 6, 2011, the band played at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, to record footage for an upcoming video for the song "El Paso". Adam Lazzara requested that the audience put away their phones and cameras during the recording. They played the song three times during the set. During this performance, the band also debuted a new song entitled "Faith (When I Let You Down)", live for the first time. "Faith (When I Let You Down)" was released as the official first single from the album on May 3, 2011, with an acoustic version of "Great Romances of the 20th Century" as the b-side. On June 7, 2011, the second official single "This Is All Now" was released on iTunes, with the b-side being an acoustic version of "Ghost Man on Third". On June 26, 2011 in an interview with Robert Herrera of Punkvideosrock.com, Mark and Shaun stated that the reason they returned to their original lineup was because they no longer felt it was Taking Back Sunday without the original members. Mark stated they were miserable as a band, weren't having fun, and didn't like the direction the band was going so they decided to reach out to the original members and after meeting with the band in Texas found that "the chemistry was still there."
On July 8, 2011, Taking Back Sunday released an official music video for "Faith (When I Let You Down)". On November 3, 2011, Taking Back Sunday released an official music video for "You Got Me". This is the second single from their self-titled album. The video was created with the help of Steve Pedulla and Ward McDonald and it features guitarist Eddie Reyes dancing solo on a theater stage.
On June 7, 2013, Taking Back Sunday took to Twitter to confirm that the recording of their 6th studio album had begun. They announced on Facebook that the album will be released in early 2014.
On January 11, 2014, Taking Back Sunday revealed that a new album, Happiness Is, was available for pre-order on iTunes, as was a new track: "Flicker, Fade". Happiness Is was released on March 18, 2014 through Hopeless Records.
On June 27, 2016, the band's next album, Tidal Wave, was announced for release on September 16. Material for the album was written in between tours for Happiness Is.
On April 13, 2018, it was announced that founding guitarist Eddie Reyes has parted ways with the band. This was later confirmed by Reyes stating the reason for his departure was due to his battle with alcoholism and hope to join the band again in the future. In the meantime, he has also stated to have started a new band.
On October 12, 2018, the band began announcing a compilation album to celebrate their 20th anniversary, along with a world wide tour. The album is to be titled Twenty, and was released on January 11, 2019. Twenty consists of hits from Taking Back Sunday's previous albums. Along with two new songs.
On October 15, 2021, the band released a cover of Weezer’s My Name Is Jonas. The band would play this during soundcheck and eventually their live shows during their extensive 2019 tour, and the cover was recorded during one of their days off.
As of March 2022, Taking Back Sunday are currently in the early stages of working on their eighth studio album.
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Taking Back Sunday Lyrics
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Go on, just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
The lyrics to "One-Eighty By Summer" describe a toxic relationship dynamic in which one partner is so dependent on the other that they can't break away from the unhealthy cycle. The chorus repeatedly asks for the other person to admit their need for the singer, but the verses suggest that both parties are struggling with their own insecurities and emotional baggage. The singer is holding back their own emotions and trying to protect themselves from the pain of the past, but ultimately realizes that they may never fully come back down and be able to trust again.
The line "I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone" is particularly haunting, as it suggests that the singer is aware of the unhealthy dynamic but still wants to maintain control over the other person. The repeated refrain of "Just come back" and "Why can't you live without the attention?" further highlights the manipulative nature of the relationship. However, the line "Why can't you just be happy?" suggests that the singer may also feel trapped in the cycle and unsure of how to move forward.
Overall, "One-Eighty By Summer" is a powerful depiction of the complex emotions and power struggles that can arise in a toxic relationship. It highlights the difficulty of breaking free from patterns of unhealthy behavior and the pain that can come from holding onto past hurts and fears.
Line by Line Meaning
Go on, just say it
Encouraging the other person to express their true feelings
You need me like a bad habit
Being a toxic presence in the other person's life
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Causing the other person to feel vulnerable and isolated
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Wondering if the other person is scared to speak their mind
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
Keeping quiet to avoid making things worse
The damage from way back when it mattered
Reflecting on past experiences that still have an impact
But nothing seems important anymore
Feeling disconnected from the present
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
Both parties are guarding their emotions
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
Uncertainty about whether things will ever improve
(Just come back)
Desire for reconciliation
Why can't you just be happy?
Questioning if the other person is capable of finding happiness
I'm making the difference, it just seems pointless
Trying to change the situation but feeling helpless
(I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Desiring control and power over the other person
She says "Live up to your first impression"
Repeating the other person's expectations
Well, my best side was your worst invention
Feeling like the other person is disappointed in who you truly are
Why can't you live without the attention?
Asking why the other person is so focused on external validation
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Questioning why the other person can't stand on their own
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Challenging the other person's need for reliance
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Adam Burbank Lazzara, Edward Reyes, Frederick Paul Mascherino, Mark O'Connell, Matthew A. Rubano
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Ives
One of my favorite TBS classics ever, feels so good blasting and singing to this out loud like crazy, I just love it.
One-eighty is when things turn and become completely the opposite of what they used to be. In this case, Adam probably wishes he and his girlfriend will recover by summer after a period of misunderstandings and hardships. The title might also be somewhat reminiscent of You’re So Last Summer, which was a fan-favourite already back in 2004.
LYRICS
[Chorus 1]
Go on, just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
[Verse 1]
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We’re just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back
I don’t think I’ll ever come back
[Chorus 2]
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
(Go on, just say it)
(Go on, just say it)
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
(Go on, just say it)
(Go on, just say it)
[Verse 2]
I’m making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines got out of focus
Why can’t you just be happy?
Why can’t you just be happy?
And I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back down
I don’t think I’ll ever come back
I don’t think I’ll ever come back
[Bridge]
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I’ll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I’ll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(Just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
[Outro]
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live without, live without?
(Defenseless, dependent)
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live without, live without?
(Defenseless, dependent)
(Defenseless, dependent)
AG_Ronin
okay, I am way more drunk than I thought I was and just doing a simple copy and paste was not so simple, so just listen to the song and sing it in your head like you really want to. All I wanted was for some people to feel Some Nostalgia and happiness listening to this song.
Go on, just say it You need me like a bad habit One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone..
Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it, You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered..But nothing seems important anymore
We’re just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don’t think I’ll ever come back down, I don’t think I’ll ever come back down, I don’t think I’ll ever come back
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
(Go on, just say it)
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
(Go on, just say it)
I’m making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines got out of focus
Why can’t you just be happy?
Why can’t you just be happy?
And I don’t think I’ll ever come
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I’ll just say it
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impressiion
Well, my best side was your worst invention
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(Just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression"
(I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention
(I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention?
(I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
[Outro]
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live without, live without?
(Defenseless, dependent)
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live?
(Defenseless, dependent)
Why can’t you live without, live without?
(Defenseless, dependent)
AG_Ronin
Obviously i copy and pasted. You dont have to give me a thumbs up. Just sit back, relax, and listen to the song and think of whenever you were younger in feel happy for a second. I just want you to be happy
Go on just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenceless
Dependent, and alone
Go on just say it (Are you afraid to)
You need me like a bad habit
(Say what you want to, tell me you want to)
One that leaves you defenceless
Dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to
Tell me you want to)
Well I hold my tongue use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
(I don't think I'll ever come back down)
I don't think I'll ever come back ....ctd)
Spicy Sara
The last two minutes is one of the best musical buildups I’ve ever heard, it’s so chaotic and beautiful.
LycanSoul
you said it best yo!! surreal feel!!
J Cole
The whole song is amazing
frankenclouds !!
Well youve clearly never listened to hillsong worship. All there songs are like a 6 minute build up lol. Jokes aside you make a great point.
Colby Hammell
That's because it's almost an exact rip off of At The Drive-In's Metronome Arthritis.
Jeremy Christofer
@Colby Hammell you just ruined my fucking night. I was sure you had to be wrong.. but the melody is nearly identical for most of it at that part. I still love this song, but it makes me bummed cause I thought Tidal Wave and a few other singles off the newest were clearly rip offs and thought it was just cause they were running out of ideas, but this part being kinda stolen to blows. I bet I’ll get some hate from TBS fans for this comment though lol
Christina Oubre
At 30 this is still one of the most influential songs in my entire life. Imma be telling my kids about how epic this song is
Megan Young
Omg yes! You're comment totally just clicked with me. It's been awhile since I last listened to TBS and last night I got to thinking abt them and decided to put in my old CD today and this is hands down my FAV song from them and IT SKIPS SO BAD (maybe bc I played it too much haha) so I had to come here and the first 2 comments (yours being 2nd) are like exactly how I feel. This song has affected me since high school, I remember the 1st guy who gave me an old burned copy of them...I just wanted to say I'm right there with you lol sorry for the novella.
Keep rockin, friend. ✌
Christina Oubre
@Megan Young yes!!! All of that!!! I love it! 💖
convo will
About to be 30 next month and yeah I can relate on so many levels hahaha