Santi

The Academy Is... Santi Lyrics
1.Seed

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Subjects are thrown around the room
Looking for the ones that got away
A feeling of soft anticipation
Another confrontation I won't make

But how do we do it
We turned into something else entirely
We fake it
I wanted it so desperately to be real

Run, run, holding on to some pieces that you left behind
Hold now as I walk away, you're the one that finds me out
Run from the only thing left that I hold close

I'm letting you in
You got the feeling you've been followed under your skin
It will be weighing on your shoulder
Believe it

If I could express it in a different dialect or in a delicate
way
I'd capture the phrases inside the cage beneath my chest
And keep it locked for days
I wanted you so desperately to believe me

Run, run, why are you running from another conversation?
Someone that I've been planning on, you're the one that finds me
out
There's nowhere now I found you, that I won't go

I'm always letting you in
You got the feeling you've been followed under your skin
It will be weighing on your shoulder
You've got that seed in you
You've got that seed in you

Run, run, what are you running from?
Let all your small steps expose your secrets
You don't have to speak for me to believe it
But what do you mean?

Shaken and faint, you've got the feeling
You've been followed under your skin
It will be weighing on your shoulder
You've got that seed in you
You've got that seed in

I'm letting you in
You've got the feeling you've been followed
Are you listening to anything I said, said?
To anything I said
You've got that seed in you
You've got that seed in you

Shaken and faint, it was the hardest thing to swallow
Pretending you don't miss me
You've got that seed in you
You've got that seed in

While letting you in, I'll be thinking 'bout tomorrow
And every time we cross those lines
You've got that seed in you
You've got that seed in

Oh no, as I walk away, everyone had found me out


2.Ghost

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Hey, stop on a dime
Take both your hands
Reach them above, one at a time
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly

I tried not to breathe
Tried not to speak
Clamping my tongue between my teeth
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly say

Well, there are fine lines I've seen
We are stuck in between
With separate eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody wants to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Where everybody goes?

Well, no, this can't be it
I start to sweat
Haunted by all the things I'd miss
This can't be right
I realized right then, that
It's me or him, yeah

There are fine lines I've seen
We are stuck in between
With separate eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody has to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
What if I don't?

Oh, no, I can't believe this
I don't know why
This had to happen
I had no choice
Well, it was me or him
Well, it was me or him

There's a fine line
Between what is justified or just obscene
Fragile eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody wants to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Where everybody goes?

How we died, no one will ever know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?

Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?

Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?


3.Chop Chop

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Chop, chop

I've got myself to blame for this
I've tried to compensate for everything I'm not
And every face forgotten

You felt the sun warming your bed
You looked so quintessential impressed against that cross
In the face of what was lost

Still I'm not asking much of me
And you're ignoring the matter

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry
A little cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
But if nothing else matters, then I will die trying
Thinking about you and I

Three years on Friday since we met
You felt that existential kiss upon your neck
How could we forget that?

Still I'm through acting
Like this feels right
And that that nothing else matters

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry
A little cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
But if nothing else matters, then I will die trying
Trying not to think about you, about you
Yeah

It's on yourself and no one else
It's on yourself and no one else
But without hind site I guess it serves me right

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry
A little cheap champagne and a disappearing lifestyle
But if nothing else matters, then I will die trying
Thinking about you and I

Shut me up and bleed me dry
It's only a matter of time
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
It's only a matter of time


4.Sleeping With Giants (Lifetime)

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

I've noticed, people, they all have moments
Different, yet all the same
I fumble through every word that is spoken
And I barely knew your name

I'm tongue-tied, it runs through my blood and my insides
Some things we can't escape
But if we try, if we try
We can leave this behind

It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we've waited for
A simple question, kid, 'Are you with me or not at all?'

Your eyes wide, you're always ahead of the curve tide
Quite and confident
Oh, we stood there, awkward and youthful, we tangled
A piece of my soul escaped

Oh, we are restless and tired, sleeping with giants
A model make out with the egos of fire

And it seems like it's been a lifetime, a lifetime we've waited
for
A simple question, kid, 'Are you with me or not at all?'
Well, are we wasting time or is it wasting us?
It's been a lifetime waiting for now, now

Well, you've got to find a way, you've got to find a way
You've got to find a way, you've got to find a way
You've got to find a way before you fold in

It's been a lifetime, a lifetime I've waiting for
A simple question, kid, 'Are you with me or not at all?'

It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we waited for
I need an answer, kid, you're either with me or not at all, no,
no
Are we wasting time or is it wasting us?
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime, a lifetime, lifetime, yeah

Well, you've got to find a way, you've got to find a way
You've got to find a way, you've got to find a way
Said you've got to find a way, you've got to find a way
You've got to find a way before you fold in


5.Everything We Had

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

You were the only face I'd ever known
I was the light from the lamp on the floor
And only as bright as you wanted me to be

But I am no gentleman, I can be a prick
And I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed back to the same place I
Sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had, everything we had
Is no longer there

It was the only place I'd ever known
Turned off the light on my way out the door
I will be watching wherever you go
Through the eyes of a fly on the wall

You have been followed back to the same place I
Sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had, everything we had
Is no longer there, longer there

Well, you saw for yourself, the way it played out
For you, I am blinded
For you, I am blinded
For you

I am no gentleman, I can be a prick
And I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed back to the same place I
Sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had

I'll be with you wherever you go
Through the eyes of a fly on the wall


6.Bulls In Brooklyn

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Some people have it and other people don't
You've been making some threats, got my name and address
I'm breaking habits you don't want to know
Although I'm wearing my clothes, feeling cold and exposed
Yeah woah woah

Don't say you miss me you probably don't
Well, I've been crossing some lines that most folks won't
Yeah woah woah

Don't say you're more than this or above all this
With your blah blah blah and all your friends
Don't say you think you know when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn and you're still at
home
Woah woah woah woah

Some people have it and other people don't
Although the road we've paved still goes both ways
I'm breaking habits you don't want to know
Well, I've been crossing some lines that most folks won't

Don't say you're more than this or above all this
With your blah blah blah and all your friends
Don't say you think you know when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn and you're still at
home
Woah woah woah woah

Don't say you're more than this or above all this
With your blah blah blah and all your friends
Don't say you think you know when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls in Brooklyn say

Don't think you're more than this or above all this
With your blah blah blah and all your friends
Don't say you think you know when you know you don't
Tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn and you're still at home
Woah woah woah woah, woah woah woah woah

Some people have it and other people don't


7.Neighbors

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

I took a step back as the room was filling up
And I was packed against some people
Who were tossing up a strong vibe
Now the door's locked and the shower's on
And I realize I don't recognize anyone but I don't mind

Well, the neighbors have complained damn near every night
The neighbors have complained damn near every night

You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
With a knock at the door
The knock at the door as it goes
Whoa, whoa

Well, now everybody's losing control

Intoxicated circulation
Just try to sit back, get my palette wet
Getting mentally prepared for the consequences

Because that knock at the door calls the crowd to quiet
The neighbors have complained damn near every night

You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
Give it a rest, give it a rest, give it a rest

You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
With a knock at the door
The knock at the door as it goes
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

There's no one left lying on the second story floorboards
And I'm sure they heard next door but the bottles are hollow now
And there's room at the bottom and I would take it back
If I could, but I won't

Sit back, get my palette wet
Getting mentally prepared for the consequences

Because the neighbors have complained damn near every night
The neighbors have complained damn near every night

You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
Give it a rest, give it a rest, give it a rest

You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
With a knock at the door
The knock at the door as it goes
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa


8.You Might Have Noticed

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

If you're under the impression I'm alright
I guess you never noticed, I guess you might have known
I've been holding this together for so long
But I guess you might have noticed, well, I guess you

The beast within the burden is all mine
A product of his father, a slave to his bride
I feel I need to reveal my true stripes
But the bitch of all this trouble here waits behind the wind to
find out

You set me up to leave me, you wanted to feel
Shallow love, shallow lives
Every word you speak of what you wanted from me
Wanted from me, yeah

I'm sinking more and more into my lies
Now home is just a pinprick in the vastness of my life
Well I feel the pressure, feel the pleasure, feel the pain,
you're not alone
Well I feel the pleasure, feel the pain, feel the pain

You set me up to leave me, you wanted to feel
Shallow love, shallow lives
Every word you speak of what you wanted from me
Wanted from me, yeah

Realizations, I am not what you thought I was
You change directions every time someone judges us
In moderation, what was once us now never was
You change directions every time someone judges us

You set me up to leave me, you wanted to feel
Shallow love, shallow lives
Every word you speak of what you wanted from me
You wanted from me, yeah

Set me up to leave me
You set me up to leave me

Realizations, I am not what you thought I was
In moderation, what was once us now never was


9.Unexpected Places

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Don't try and tell me you've been looking at me
'Cause I've been looking at you and I can read what you're
thinking
Don't cut no corners when you're talking to me
Like I don't know how it is but I can see it

You've got no answers but you got your concerns
About the people we see and all the secrets we're keeping
I think about what you're expecting of me
Like you don't know how it is but I can see all of it

How we always have to wait
By the choice we had to make
You sold yourself so short
Is this the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places

Don't try to tell me you've been thinking of us
'Cause I don't ever believe and you're shit out of luck, yeah
Don't cut no corners when you're talking to me
Like I don't know how it is but I can see all of it

How we always have to wait
By the choice we had to make
You sold yourself so short
Is this the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places
I see

We always have been caged
By the choices that we make
You sold yourself so short
Is this the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places

I see changes
In the most unexpected faces
I see changes
Change, change away

We always have to wait
By the choices that we made
You sold yourself so short
Is the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places

I see changes
We always have been caged
By the choices that we made
We sold ourselves so short
Is the way to carry on?

Is the way to carry on?
Is the way to carry on?
Is the way to carry on?
Is the way to carry on?
Is the way to carry on?


10.40 Steps

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Soft light, total silence
So tired to take the table near the door
The table near the door
Sat back on the fire

Only as stable as I choose to show
If I choose to show
But where were you that night?
When I was

Well, I feel that this an explosion
That nobody else could ever really know
Well, I will follow you anywhere

You say you don't believe in science
You're always afraid of what you can't control
I will follow you anywhere
But where were you that night?
When I was

When I was calling for the answer
That you probably shouldn't know
Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question
When all I needed was to know
That it feels like flames surrounding me here

Unkempt and over-caffeinated
I walked the forty steps to the moon
(Back to the moon)

You say you don't believe in science
You're always ashamed of what you're willing to lose
But I will follow you anywhere
But where were you that night?
When I was

When I was calling for the answer
That you probably shouldn't know
When it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question
When all I needed was to know
When it feels like flames surrounding me here

So this is it, so this is it
So this is the silence
So this is the silence we became
It's never quite, it's never quite over
It's never quite over in the silence

When I was calling for the answer
That you probably shouldn't know
Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question
When all I needed was to know
Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here


11.We've Got a Big Mess On Our Hands

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Ah, ah, I've got that lefty curse
Where everything I do is flipped
And awkwardly reversed
You're seldom known and barely missed

I always put myself in destructive situations
I need oxygen to be exposed
Where no one goes, where no one's been
When it all comes crashing

Ah, now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight, sing it
Ah, now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight

Somebody get my phone
So I can throw it in a public pool and watch it float
And as it slowly sinking down
Become a social ghost

Inside a box, cut at the top
To let some light shine in
To remind me of what I've done and where I've been
When it all comes crashing

Ah, now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight, sing it
Ah, now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands

Don't give in, don't give up, I'll be gone
You don't look innocent enough
We're too young to be critics, we won't miss anything at all
Don't give in, don't give up
I don't look innocent with this big, big mess on
I'll say something else

Oh, we've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
A big big mess
Now, we've got a big big mess, a big big mess, now sing it

Ah, now we've got a big big
Mess on our hands tonight, sing it
Ah, now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands tonight, on our hands

Don't give in, don't give up, I'll be gone
I don't look innocent enough
We're too young to be cynics, we won't wish any harm at all
Don't give in, don't give up
No one looks innocent with this big big mess on our hands
tonight
When it all comes crashing


12.Same Blood

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

Like a cold day in August
I was not prepared for this
You'd think that nobody noticed
The way that you still care about it

By all the people we'll need to love and hate
Everybody makes the same mistakes
Divided by these walls
Together we are lost

We are the same blood
All of us, we are, we are
While half of us were lost
The other half forgot

We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same

You remind me of August
The way that I still care about
All the things that you promised
When I was still around
Pick you up and track you down

We are the same blood
All of us, we are, we are
While half of us were lost
The others half forgot

We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same

We are the same blood
All of us, we are, we are
We are the same blood
All of us, we are, we are
We are the same blood

Half of us were lost
The other half forgot

We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood


13.LAX to O'Hare

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden, Michael Guy Chislett, Andy
Mrotek

It was a plane ride from LAX to O'hare
And what happened next was a series of unfortunate events
Please stay tuned for what happened next

Life I breathe for you gives to me new wounds
To patch and dress as I reflect on what else I could give you

Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
Into the next thing that comes my way
Standing at the back door with the life that she left behind

Are we all the same behind the frame
Beneath the glass and fake last names?
Well, I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back,
yeah

It was a big bang and a bright white light from nowhere
It turned my coach class window to
A first class seat on the evening news on NBC

The life I gave for you is yours so keep it, you ought to keep
it
If I had one last chance to take it all back
You know I'd take take take you

Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
Into the next thing that comes my way
Standing at the back door with the life that she left behind

Are we all the same behind the frame
Beneath the glass and fake last names?
I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back

'Apologies are all we'll ever be', she said
Standing on the stairs, looking back, looking hard at me
'Well, life is long for those who have to wait', I said
It's the choice I had to make, the choice I had to make
The choice I had to

It was a plane ride
It was a plane ride
It was a plane ride
Well just a plane

Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
Into the next thing that comes my way
Standing at the back door with the life that I left behind

If we know the way we're gonna die
Through everything else we will survive
I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back, yeah

But one day, I will stay


14.Toasted Skin

Lyricist:William Beckett, Michael Carden

So the season's changed your face
Toasted skin turned darker shades
So as to better disguise your figure from the streetlights

First floor window opened up
As you tip-toe on the back porch
To meet the new girl on the corner
Make your big plans for the summer

No one's gonna stay inside
We're singing, we are finally here
And we're not going nowhere without our friends

And we can't stop singing
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset
But we can't forget
If we ever find our way back
This is all we've got

So you borrow your best friend's Jeep
Cracked her windshield and lost her keys
Crashed the rich kids' parties
Got kicked off of private beaches

We introduced our friends to yours
And we would laugh while we were ignored
And from coast to coast, we'll soon disperse
But let's live tonight like it's our first

We've got fast food, tattoos, late talks, longer walks
Checkin' for the music, for the fireworks and alcohol

No one's gonna stay inside
We're singing, we are finally here
And we're not going nowhere without our friends

And we can't stop singing
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset
But we can't forget
If we ever find our way back
This is all we've got

I will never sleep in with the shades drawn
Casting shadows on my bed

No one's gonna stay inside
We're singing, finally here
(Fuck yeah!)
And we're not going nowhere without our friends

And we can't stop singing
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset
But we can't forget
If we ever find our way back
If we ever find our way back

First floor window opened up
As you tip-toe on the back porch
To meet the new girl on the corner
Make your big plans for the summer

If we ever find our way back
This is all we've got