The poetry of song lyrics...the only way is up when you hit rock bottom

Introduction

It is nice to reflect and share lyrics, it makes us consider what we were actually writing about. Now this is a dark and swampy tune with a big bottom end! There is quite a lot of vocal work in the backing track. Lots of beatboxing and little touches that if you listen to carefully you will hear. You might need to turn it up a bit more though....

The Song

This is not a positive song. On the surface it is about us being bossy or telling people what to do. They do call me the bossy one in the SUB's, I mean if you had to focus all the SUBs you would be bossy too, probably need @traciyork to help. Anyways this is not a song about being bossy to others, this is about the internal dialogue you have with yourself.

This is about a reacting to hard times, this is when you are telling yourself you are worthless. This is the voice in your head that is so mean and nasty to yourself in those lowest of points. I mean I have said to many people you would not be as negative to someone else as you are to yourself. So this is a song of when things are dark and you need to pick yourself up off the floor no matter how hard it gets. So on this level it is a song of hope, when you are at the bottom you can only go up....its the only way.

You can listen to it here:

or on all formats

https://songwhip.com/stick-up-boys/the-only-way

Lyrics

Go and get a beer and drink its till it’s gone
Your gonna start moving till the sun is long gone
Listen to the rhythm and you listen to the rhyme
Your head will spinning and your need a little time
Picking up a feeling at the lonely end of town
You’re gonna keep on going till your head hits the ground
Putting up a guard your waiting for the swing
You’re gonna get hit don’t get up you won’t win

This is the only way
My ways the only way
Listen to my voice and the words that I say
My ways the only the one and only way
My ways the one and only way

Limping back to civilization in a can
Your never gonna stand up and prove your a man
Drinking back in the bar that you been before
They know where to find you, they know where you are
Home ain’t home if you don’t know where you live
No strangers gonna come and give you a kiss
You got to work this out for yourself
Ain’t no emergency number gonna help

This is the only way
My ways the only way
Listen to my voice and the words that I say
My ways the only the one and only way

This is the only way
My ways the one and only way
Listen to my voice and the words that I say
My ways the only the one and only way

Thank you for reading/listening. We will let you work out what you think it is about...as that is part of the fun with the written word!

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