Something Corporate
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This piano-driven ballad, written by lead singer Andrew McMahon, is clearly about a couple in distress, likely a mother and father.
In hindsight, now that we have “Ohio” from 2018’s [Upside Down Flowers] (by Andrew’s solo project, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, a song about a mom and two kids pa...
[Verse 1]
A long day
If ever these questions were yours
What would you say?
You don't know
But I'm writing the answer on cheap
Paper napkins
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And now he's turning off
And now she's shutting down
[Chorus 1]
And it's not what it seems
Nothing's the same when you give it away
No, it's not what it seems
It's just what you think it is
[Verse 2]
And these fights
They climb through my veins like it's
Mercury rising
And these nights
I seem to remember a
Home that was better
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And now he's turning off
And now she's shutting down
[Chorus 1]
And it's not what it seems
Nothing's the same when you give it away
No, it's not what it seems
It's just what you think it is
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And now he's turning off
His family's breaking down
[Chorus 2]
And it's not what it seems
Nothing's the same when you give it away
No, it's not what it seems
It's just what you think it is
Just what you think it is
And it's not what it seems
Nothing's the same when you give it away
No, it's not what it seems
It's just what you think it is
Just what you think it is
[Outro]
It's just what you think it is
What you think it is
Not What It Seems was written by Andrew McMahon.
Not What It Seems was produced by Jim Wirt.
Something Corporate released Not What It Seems on Tue May 21 2002.