Speak Up Lyrics

Brought home another win to my parents

All As and Bs on my report card

They say if I get those Bs up to As

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

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 lookin 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 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?

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 I'll 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 see a star