Under Pressure
The Used and MCR Lyrics

Pressure pushing down on me
The weight of life's problems is overwhelming and difficult to bear.

Pressing down on you no man ask for
Life's problems are indiscriminate, they affect everyone, and nobody asks for them.

Under pressure... that burns a building down
The pressure that one can feel can become so intense that it can cause catastrophic effects, such as burning a building down.

Splits a family in two
The pressure can cause even families to be divided due to the stress it creates.

Puts people on streets
The pressure can sometimes lead people to living without a home, as they cannot sustain a house due to the financial burden.

It's the terror of knowing
The fear of everything that might go wrong is what makes the pressure so intense.

What this world is about
The fear of not being able to understand the world around us can lead to an immense amount of pressure.

Watching some good friends
Observing the people we love in situations of despair can make us feel helpless and more pressurized.

Screaming `let me out'
The people we love might desperately want to get out of a situation they are in but cannot find a way out.

Pray tomorrow... gets me higher
The hope of a better tomorrow is what keeps some of us going, despite the pressure of today.

Pressure on people... people on streets
The stress of living can sometimes lead to losing everything, even dignity and homes, which makes living on the street the only option.

Chippin' around... kick my brains around the floor
The pressure can lead to one being so desperate that they can find themselves being unable to concentrate or think properly.

These are the days
The present times may well be the most difficult moment in our lives.

It never rains but it pours
It seems that life as a habit of throwing all the problems your way at the same time.

People on streets... people on streets
The pressure can lead us to lose everything, even our homes, make living on the street the only option.

It's the terror of knowing
The fear of everything that might go wrong is what makes the pressure so intense.

What this world is about
The fear of not being able to understand the world around us can lead to an immense amount of pressure.

Watching some good friends
Observing the people we love in situations of despair can make us feel helpless and more pressurized.

Screaming `let me out'
The people we love might desperately want to get out of a situation they are in but cannot find a way out.

Pray tomorrow... gets me higher
The hope of a better tomorrow is what keeps some of us going, despite the pressure of today.

Pressure on people... people on streets
The stress of living can sometimes lead to losing everything, even dignity and homes, which makes living on the street the only option.

Turned away from it all like a blind man
The pressure sometimes can be so intense that we feel helpless and unable to do anything, even if we can see the solution right in front of us.

Sat on a fence but it don't work
The balance that we try to maintain does not always work, and it can lead us to feel trapped and at the same time pulled in different directions.

Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Even though we strive to show love in difficult times, the pressure can cause us to behave in ways that are counterproductive, damaging the relationships we care about.

Why... why... why
We ask ourselves why we have to go through such hard times, or why we have to experience the struggle.

LOVE
Love can be a guiding force that gives us hope and the strength to keep going.

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Sometimes the pressure can be so severe that it affects our sanity, and we begin to lose ourselves and our grip on reality.

Can't we give ourselves one more chance
We ask ourselves if we can give ourselves another opportunity to believe in life, hope, and a brighter future.

Why can't we give love that one more chance
We want to believe in the power of love, and we hope to give it another shot, even though it seems to have failed us before.

Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love
We should try to spread love more widely and generously, giving people hope and support in times of hardship and pressure.

'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
Even though love is often seen as an old-fashioned notion, it is precisely what can guide us through our struggles and lead us to a better place.

And love dares you to care for
When we experience love, it can dare us to care for the people and the things that we cherish.

The people on the edge of the night
In particular, love dares us to care for people who are struggling, on the very edges of their lives, and need help the most.

And love dares you to change our way of
Love can dare us to change or at least reconsider the way we view the world and how we approach and react to it.

Caring about ourselves
We should think about how we can care for ourselves better

This is our last dance
This moment may be the last moment we have, and so, we should make the best of it.

Under pressure
All these feelings and thoughts go under the umbrella of the overwhelming and toxic power of pressure.

Pressure.
Ultimately, the song ends with simply the word 'pressure,' bringing back to focus the importance and the weight of the topic in question.