Speak Up Lyrics

Brought home another win to my parents

All A's and B's on my report card

They say if I get those B's up to A's

They'll take me out on a weekend next May

To see my favorite band on the radio play

Maybe we'll stop for some root beer floats on the way

It's not a bribe to sell your soul to good grades

It's a reward for just doing your work in the first place

Somewhere out there is an open notebook

Wishing someone would write across all of its pages

I left it out on the open sidewalk

Rain washed away the lines between the words (like this)

I wanna lay on the grass

I wanna look up at the stars, so I can see them looking back

And I'm breaking my mold

I'm gonna throw away these tired chains and I won't do what I'm told

Lift the weight up off your back

Throw it all over the counter

(Hey good lookin, I was looking for a home to call ours)

Wine glasses chipped and smashed

This is all you'll ever want

(And all you'll ever need)

I don't want to feel this silence

I don't want to be so quiet

I try everything but everything comes back to me as nothing

I don't want to be forgotten

Left to rot in balls of cotton

So I'll try again and again and again

And again and again and again and again

And again

And I never spoke

I never stood up for myself

I'd fall apart

If questioned beyond my leading words

I was so broke

Had time to kill but no thirst for blood

I was so stoked

To be in the company of real life danger

What are you doing?

(What are you waiting for)

Did I just ask you?

(What are you waiting for)

What did I promise?

(What are you waiting for)

Is this thing still on?

(What are you waiting for)

Don't look at me

And tell me to settle down

I just wanted to stand up

Wanted to find some reason to stand up

But I found nothing,

At least none I can see

Guess ill just fold up

Call my old online friends and just give up

I'll be a star, I'll be invincible

I'll be a star, I'll be invincible

Don't look at me

(I'll be a star, I'll be invincible)

And tell me to settle down

(I'll be a star, I'll be invincible)

I see a star