The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band
This is a song about breaking through your old paradigm. Getting away from the restrictions placed on us be society and although you may put some distance between yourself and the social conditioning you still doubt whether you are doing the right thing. Whether you are moving in the right direction...
[Verse 1]
I'm not from around here so I think with my mouth
Grew up a comfortable distance from where I am now
So grab me like the animals we were always supposed to be
In these terrace house jungles, we'll swing from the rooftops
Knowing nothing of the one-way streets far underneath our feet
There's a life outside these bottles, there's a life right here for me
[Chorus]
But you don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't want to
[Verse 2]
And I'll sit quiet if I have to go home
Listening to rubber, disturbed water and whatever was on the radio
We should be climbing chainlink fences with backpacks, nowhere to go
And am I satisfied or did I just come to terms with the hunger?
Blame me all my life, made me live harder when I was younger
[Chorus]
But you don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't want to
[Bridge]
You asked me if I'm drinking again
You say it like it's a good thing
[Chorus]
But you don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't
You don't have to surrender if you don't want to
I've got my white flag with me here just for you
[Verse 3]
And the ease of repetition was filling my days
And I was comfortably killing myself in a myriad of different ways
And I'm not from around here, so I talk like I've been saved
Surrender was written by Wil Wagner.
Surrender was produced by Jeff Rosenstock.
The Smith Street Band released Surrender on Fri Oct 31 2014.