Swing Life Away by ​mgk (Ft. Kellin Quinn)
Swing Life Away by ​mgk (Ft. Kellin Quinn)

Swing Life Away

​mgk & Kellin Quinn * Track #12 On Black Flag

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Swing Life Away by ​mgk (Ft. Kellin Quinn)

Release Date
Wed Jun 26 2013
Performed by
​mgkKellin Quinn
Produced by
Cameron Mizell
Writed by
Tim McIlrath & ​mgk & Brandon Barnes & Chris Chasse
About

Track 12 of Machine Gun Kelly’s album Black Flag.
This song interpolates aspects of Rise Against’s “Swing Life Away” in the chorus; it features Kellin Quinn, the lead singer of Sleeping with Sirens.

Kellin Quinn and Machine Gun Kelly were both on Warped tour in the summer of 2012 which is probably...

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Swing Life Away Lyrics

[Intro Guitar]

[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly]
Am I loud and clear?
Or do I gotta scream like I did every day when I was a troubled teen, huh?
Do you want to know my past and see every single scar and know what they mean, huh?
17 running up in Mickey D's begging for a double cheese, huh
Singing "I don't want to grow up don’t nobody like you when your 23"
I came from nothing but a fucking unsupportive father I don't ever see
I had to watch a crooked jury put my brother in the penitentiary,
I never fit in
Criticism, made me the man I couldn't be
I'm reminiscing on when life was different spending every day at Chuckee Cheese, uh

[Chorus: Kellin Quinn]
We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end
And I’ll run these streets if you give me a chance

[Verse 2: Machine Gun Kelly]
I've been here so long
Maybe I should runaway
Try to find a summer day
What is love
Love is pain
Love is butterflies and stomach aches
Love is looking out a windowpane, tears dripping looking like you’re in the rain
For someone you don't even know but for somebody you may never see again
I am only alive once
And I'ma die when God wants
So fill the sky with diamonds
Because that's how it's gonna look when I'm gone
Had a vision as a kid that one day I would change the world with my song
Several years have passed and now that vision came to life that boy's a fucking icon

[Chorus: Kellin Quinn]
We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end
And I’ll run these streets if you give me a chance

[Bridge: Machine Gun Kelly]
Sometimes I don't want to fucking wake up
When all they want to do is bring me down
And all the things I’ve went through as I came up
Are the fucking reasons why I run this town

[Hook: Kellin Quinn & Machine Gun Kelly]
We live on front porches and swing life away (and to my fans, I told you)
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor, I'll slave 'til the end
And I'll run these streets if you give me a chance
We live on front porches and swing life away (all my dreamers)
We get by just fine here on minimum wage (stay real)
If love is a labor, I'll slave 'til the end (and to my love)
And I'll run these streets if you give me a chance (stay here)
Swing life away (what we do)
Swing life away (and what we do)
Swing life away (yeah)
Swing life away (and we just)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away

Swing Life Away Q&A

Who wrote Swing Life Away's ?

Swing Life Away was written by Tim McIlrath & ​mgk & Brandon Barnes & Chris Chasse.

Who produced Swing Life Away's ?

Swing Life Away was produced by Cameron Mizell.

When did ​mgk release Swing Life Away?

​mgk released Swing Life Away on Wed Jun 26 2013.

What did ​mgk say about "Swing Life Away"?

I told Kellin we had to cover this song, so he sent me a version he did with a producer, but I called him and said, ‘Nah, we gotta do this differently.’ So we did it again and it worked so well. I love his voice. We took it from an acoustic song into a more melodic rock kind of thing. I think it’s b...

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