[Verse 1]
Let's forget
I forgot I could just lose it all
I can't stop
Fill my cup, throw it against the wall
I smash into a thousand pieces of me
No escape if I got nowhere to be
Drop to the floor and nod off praying for sleep
In my head I can't get rid of the beat, uh
[Chorus]
Back to back with you, tell me I'm the same
In the darkest room, I sing for yesterday
Black and black and blue, edges slip away
Concrete in my shoes won't let me off the chain
If I had to choose, if I have to change
I'll be standing back to back with you
[Verse 2]
Oh, guess what (Mmm, guess what)
August comes, walks right in through the door
Skin peels off (Oh, yeah)
In the sun, I feel a little raw
Play back those messages and look for a thread
What was real and what I wish I had said
Fingers in ears and say I'm listening, listing all my hangups
In the end, I think I'd rather be dead, uh
[Chorus]
Back to back with you, tell me I'm the same
In the darkest room, I sing for yesterday, yeah
Black and black and blue, edges slip away
Concrete in my shoes won't let me off the chain
If I had to choose, if I have to change
I'll be standing back to back with you
[Bridge]
With me, with everything, still won't believe
How could I lose? (How could I lose?)
How could that be? (How could that be?)
How 'bout a truce? Now let it in
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's forget
I forgot
[Chorus]
Back to back with you, tell me I'm the same
In the darkest room, I sing for yesterday
Black and black and blue, edges slip away
Concrete in my shoes won't let me off the chain
If I had to choose, if I have to change
I'll be standing back to back with you
The Rubens released Back To Back on Fri Feb 12 2021.
It wrote itself very quickly, just after Lo La Ru came out. I’m surprised it did make it on the record in the end, because I feel like a lot of the time when we write songs after a record, those songs are kind of just tests. A lot of them are duds and don’t actually make the next record. It’s nice t...