“Getting Even” is the eighth track from Guster’s second album Goldfly. It remains a relatively obscure cut from the record, seeing only scattered performances live since its release.
The band played this song for the first time as a show closer at Villanova University in January 1997. The original...
[Verse 1: Adam Gardner]
She leans closer to me
I give a warning of higher calling
Must go over with me
We're not happy in the place we are
[Pre-Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
Get up, the countdown will begin
Get up, towards devotion
Get up, leave everything with them
Get up, cause you won't need anything
[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
We'll be shielded up above
And the screams will not reach us
Fear will be undone
On the path of chosen ones
Getting even
[Verse 2: Adam Gardner/Gardner & Ryan Miller]
They haven't heard a word we've said
They make mistakes
They doubt his calling
To taste revenge will be so sweet
When we have left them this place
[Verse 3: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
And as we leave our sacrifice
One final step outside
No longer feel these things around
Soon we'll be happy in the place we are
[Pre-Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
Get up, the countdown will begin
Get up, towards devotion
Get up, leave everything with them
Get up, cause you won't need anything
[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
We'll be shielded up above
And the screams will not reach us
Fear will be undone
On the path of chosen ones
Getting even
[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]
We'll be shielded up above
And the screams will not reach us
The fear will be undone
On the path of chosen ones
Getting even
Getting Even was written by Ryan Miller.
Getting Even was produced by Steve Lindsey.
Guster released Getting Even on Tue Mar 04 1997.