There Are Rules

The Get Up Kids There Are Rules Lyrics
1.Keith Case

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

You'll turn away calling back as you run
Say it can, that it can, that it can be done
You're the last continental bastard chosen son

It may be a while, maybe two, maybe three
Till the chance, till the chance, till the chance we meet
Just to burn all the frames as to not repeat

Like anyone anywhere has the time
Take a place, take a place, take a place in line
'Cause I can spot a scab, I know my kind

I want to say, truly say, I know this well
Look how far, look how far, look how far we fell
You can lie to the liar, I know your tell

Turn around, turn around
Say what you want to say
Say what you came here for
Turn away, turn away
From everything we want to work
And anything that came before

You'll turn away calling back as you run
Say it can, that it can, it can be done
You're the last continental bastard chosen son

Turn around, turn around
Say what you want to say
Say what you came here for
Turn away, turn away
From everything we want to work
And everything that came before


2.Tithe

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

You've got the dirty bones
And I've got nothing to wash them with
But after we sing this song
I've got so little left, I've got less

Oh, how the collar's strong
The links disintegrate one by one
Just pull the yoke along
'Cause I've got nothing tithe

Like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault
Take this paltry advantage that is due
Before you take a soul

You've got the gold throne
And I've got the broken hands
You've got the gold throne
And I've got nothing to tithe

Like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault
Take this paltry advantage that is due
Before you take a soul

Tithe like I have promised I would do
Still I am at fault


3.Regent's Court

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

After the bombs have fallen
After the words have left my lung
Inching the choke along
Testing the water with my tongue

The whole scene's fading
As if the walls are caving in
Have to up the medicine

Hamper the tender one
Temper the valor, it may scold
Limping under the tongue
The patient or father, who's at fault?

Last time I swore, no lies, no regrets
Still the problem hasn't been addressed

You bastards command me
I pace the salvation plea
You bastards command me
I pace the salvation plea

The whole scene's fading
As if the walls are caving in
Have to up the medicine

Last time I swore, no lies, no regrets
Still the problem hasn't been addressed


4.Shatter Your Lungs

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Crying out, dry as a bone
Take you somewhere
But it's too late, it's too far
You're faking the part

Way down on Tennyson
They'll tell you it's true
You come down from your medicine
All battered and blue

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Crying out, dry as a bone
Take you somewhere
But it's too late, it's too far
You're faking the part

Way down on Tennyson
They'll tell you it's true
Come down from your medicine
All battered and blue

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor

Shout it out, shatter your lung
Long fall to the floor
Shout it out, shatter your lung


5.Automatic

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

The kid's alone, just watching static
The circuit's blown, it's just a habit
No, he's not an addict

When all was still, his mind's erratic
Say what you will, it's so traumatic
Yeah, it's automatic

He wants to lead a life so tragic
The therapy is just a habit
No, he's not an addict

Hang up the phone, it's time to panic
The bird has flown, he's so dramatic
Yeah, it's automatic

So tell me what you wanna believe
Yes, this is like a dream
I'm watching you walk all over me
It's automatic, it's automatic
It's automatic, it's automatic
It's automatic, it's automatic

The kid's alone, it's time to panic
The circuit's blown, it's just a habit
Yeah, it's automatic

So tell me what you wanna believe
Yes, this is like a dream
I'm watching you walk all over me
It's automatic, it's automatic, it's automatic


6.Pararelevant

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

I could run a finger full
Temperance won't want to drive you home
She still holds out the little left to hold

Tiny eyes have told
Tiny eyes don't hide like you have yet
I'll tell you the lie
It doesn't have anyone impressed

You got something, never live or die
Interceding, try to fit the part
Play the role, present tense, little relevance

Then derelict skits disappear for a weekend
Try to clear your head
Rumor is you're running it again

The lies we know
The lies for amateurs at best
I've got the years
The year's experience

You got nothing, never really know
Interested, doesn't make it so
Forget us all, bless your friends, little relevance
Play the role, present tense, little relevance


7.Rally 'Round The Fool

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

Rally 'round the fool we all fall
The promise of a better life
But after all the lights have gone off
You just lost your appetite

Desperate hearts, desperate hands
Left in the sea to sink where we stand
Rally 'round the fool we all fall
It's criminal at any price

Rally 'round the fool we all fall
Surely you don't really think
That you really do deserve all
You didn't work for anything

But after tonight play by the rules
Burning the bridge, embarrass the tool
Rally 'round the fool we all fall
The only thing that's left to say

It's all over, it's all over
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over, it's all over


8.Better Lie

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

This trespass
My weaker wings couldn't carry much of anything
But my temptress
You take a toll on the vengeance's, oh merciful

Defenseless against this tide
It's the coming storm, the counter line
Replace this with just my hands and just my will
You'll all be damned

One small lie, a test of faith
Just to testify attempted fate
Repentant, a fallen son
The die is cast, thy will be done

You got caught in the better lie
You fell off at the fault line into the sun
You got caught in the better lie
You fell off at the fault line

No blood spilled upon this ground
A silent night without a sound
But past this we're reading woe
It's another trial

You got caught in the better lie
You fell off at the fault line into the sun
You got caught in the better lie
You fell off at the fault line
You got caught in the better lie
You fell off at the fault line


9.The Widow Paris

After the slaughter
She walked on the water
It happened time and time again

Just as a daughter
All but just forgot her
How she moved the saints to sin

Time and time again

Witness, a warning
The day is all but dawning
You can hear it, when she moans

Tinctures, potions
To invoke devotion
Mark this alter at your stone
So you find your way home

Paint this painful
Life of shadows


10.Birmingham

Skip the introduction
Because we're gonna take a step outside
You say that you'd like a cigarette
Well, hey man, I'm happy to oblige

We're not from around here
And, I'm, I'm hoping that's alright
See, we just left that pub right here
So far it's been a pretty good night

Now, I see that you've been drinking
And honestly so have I
Did something I said just come off as rude?
I actually thought I was being quite polite

So when you punched me the first time
It came as a big surprise
But the second time that was your mistake
It sure as hell wasn't mine, it was not mine

Two steps ahead and then you said
You're not from Birmingham

Just what were you thinking?
Turned out to be a waste of time
You got to ride in a cop car
And that blood is yours it is not mine

Two steps ahead and then you said
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham

Two steps ahead and then you said
You're not from Birmingham

Two steps ahead and then you said
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham
You're not from Birmingham


11.When It Dies

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

As it sharpens and it's shimmering
Every cut, a song
All the inner voices whispering
Say I've done it wrong

I got mine to say, let it go when it dies

As the pressure starts to escalate
Be your father found
Lack the patience when I'm desperate
Never make a sound

I got mine to say, let it go when it dies
You don't have a thing less

A little magic, little mystery
Never did no harm
I ain't talkin' if you twisted me
You could break my arm

I got mine to say, let it go when it dies
You don't have a thing less
I got through a ways, I can tell when it dies
I know how to take it

Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep
Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep

Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep
Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep

Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep
Better days, you bet on these
The company that you keep


12.Rememorable

Lyricist:James Matthew Dewees, Robert Steven Pope, Ryan Michael Pope,
Matthew Patrick Pryor, James David Suptic

Speak here on your cue
Now look into camera five
See the slightest hue
In the soft focus lights
I wish this were all over
We're in for a long, long haul if you won't

Fade away, fade away
Before this all goes to waste

Your words in backwards prose
You have such a candid tongue
You don't sink like stones
Like all the other ones
Just set the bar so low
You don't have so far to fall

Fade away, fade away
Before this all goes to waste

I fear that these words may prove fatal
I'm gonna lay all my cards on the table
Just look how far we've come
And you'll send us ten steps off
You've got it all so, you've got it all so wrong

Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?

Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?
Why did you go away?


13.Past Is Past

This is not extraordinary
The is just the sand that turns to stone
Flowing with the tributary
Facing every moment as it comes
We fall down. All float on
Until we've found we belong

Time may heal the wound but when the
Bone is set you still can see the scar
The bruise is still a blacken blue still
Blood will flow into and from the heart

All these lies, all this blame
Cannot fight an arrow's aim

Raise a glass and toast the morning
The storm has gone. Today's another day
The water may be rising but the
Day is young, it's good to be awake

Past is past wise men say
All that time that forms these chains
But all our lives are just today

On and on and on and older
Why do we face what we face?
I just can't say


14.Walk 'Em With Grace

Round after round after round
Is wearing me down
Fight after fight after fight
With all of my might
I'm just so pleased when you say The end of the goddamn
Day will come I'll be around somehow
Because this all I own
These are the walls that ruined this house
This is the place I stand
These are the boards I pace
Walk 'em with grace

Won't you stay down when you fall
At the end of it all
Why did you go when you go
I'm begging you please no
I'm just so ready to say
It's the end of the goddamn

Day will come I'll be around somehow
Because this all I own
These are the walls that ruined this house

This is the place I stand
These are the boards I pace
Walk 'em with graceful steps
The show will go on and on and on and on but the
Last goodbye isn't so far away anyway