Get Up Kids, The - Action & Action Lyrics






You really think you're bigger than this
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
Who would have thought we'd represent
When I can't take a compliment?
Overexposure is the key
And any focus on me
Is appreciated
And it should be

No wonder now
I finally found
The right formula for...

You taught me how
I play the fool
Every mistake that I make
I couldn't have made without you
What's said is done
And plain to see
You take it all too seriously

What better way to make an honest mistake
Than a televised hand of fate?
When the world closes in on you
A decision would be overdue
Now, nothing left is out of hand
A stronger, jaded man stands
If the world is ending
Then we toast to it

I'm stronger now
But not without
The right formula for...

You taught me how
I play the fool
Every mistake that I make
I couldn't have made without you
What's said is done
And plain to see
Here's all you get from me
Here's all you get from me

I'm down for whatever
What's there left to wait for?
I'm down for whatever
What's there left to wait for?
Wait for?
I wait!

You taught me how
I play the fool
Every mistake that I make
I couldn't have made without you
What's said is done
And plain to see
Here's all you get from me





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  1. P.... B....

    In 2020, I still love it.

  2. F.... E....

    I’m down for whatever... what’s there left to wait for?

  3. A.... M....

    <3 <3 <3

  4. s.... ....

    I'm down for whatever

  5. T.... D....

    I'm 22 years old and this is my my first time hearing this song,

    T.... D....

    Congratulations

  6. s.... ....

    Man this reminds me hooking up with my first girl when I was 18 when this came out. I'm 39 now. Man matt used to be a good looking dude with a cool pompadour I always wanted to look like him damn I'm seeing them tommorow and I've seen what they look like and man I'm taking testosterone and hitting the gym until.i die.... I'm down for whatever.... what there left to wait for?

  7. s.... a....

    It's already end of 2019, but that blonde chick still hawt..

  8. D.... A....

    Ahhh the good old days when nobody talked or even knew much about politics, no cell phones, just living in the moment ..."and if the world is ending, we toast to it" very appropriate in 2019s world...

    D.... A....

    ok boomer

    D.... A....

    @Vitaminless millennial *

  9. m.... ....

    1:32 me when they say the get up kids are lame

  10. V.... L....

    💀🤘🇵🇭🎧

  11. R.... O....

    So old school.

  12. A.... a....

    Just seen them in Toronto and it's crazy how fast time goes. Last time I seen them was in KC in 2005 at the farewell show. Thank you get up kids

  13. A.... N....

    I was 20 when this record came out. I'm 40 now, and, it's still in heavy rotation.

    A.... N....

    That's crazy dude, I'm 22 now and just hearing it. Life's crazy.

  14. A.... F....

    2019 ANYONE?

    A.... F....

    WE STILL OUT HERE

  15. s.... ....

    Just hearing the sad news of fall tour getting cancelled and then this song came up on my shuffle mode :(

  16. R.... B....

    I legit saw James Dewees last night and it's absolutely trippy seeing a younger version of the same guy in a Get Up Kids video

    R.... B....

    I saw him illegitimately once I won't share details

  17. w.... n....

    Heard this at the Trump rally.

  18. N.... B....

    Are we not gonna address how hot Matt used to be? : D

    N.... B....

    Nicola Brami you sure about that?

  19. P.... B....

    My uncle used to manage this band, they're really the only good emo band in my opinion. I know rob the bassist pretty well he also plays in spoon

    P.... B....

    No love for The Promise Ring, Sunny Day Real Estate or Piebald?

    P.... B....

    @Superstarseven sunny day real estate, yeah i take it back all early emo bands are good but bands like My chemical romance, fall out boy and all that crap are just a bunch of rich kids that complain about having it hard

    P.... B....

    @Peyton Brahl when they don't have it hard.

  20. j.... ....

    Kids dont know what contraption they are talking into 😊😊😂😂

  21. Y.... E....

    So is this poppunk, emo, indierock or posthardcore? Or all of these?

  22. A.... A....

    This is the band that influenced Blink-182 and others more... They deserve much more recognition. I'm still waiting for the day I finally meet someone that's at least heard of The Get Up Kids <3 I love them so much.

  23. P.... ....

    THIS is some good stuff.

  24. N.... R....

    great band, great song, hot chicks!!! Awesome video!!

  25. S.... E....

    Love this bands sound . is it just me or does the lead singer look like the actor Chris O'Donnell

    S.... E....

    He looks like Christopher Lloyd

  26. A.... R....

    Best band and song of all time. Everything meant more back then.

  27. E.... ....

    #classic

  28. D.... E....

    You really think that you're bigger than this; Music like this is still being made nowadays, search up 'The HeadAche LP (2017 Album In Full)'

  29. J.... W....

    Kids got a hellava voice! Love them so much!

  30. K.... T....

    I miss four minite mile

  31. S.... Q....

    James being sent to answer the door is best part

  32. b.... g....

    “If the world is ending, we toast to it”
    So Great!!

  33. H.... A....

    recognize!

  34. M.... O....

    First comment in 3 years, still an awesome band and song.

  35. C.... S....

    This video is so old it doesnt even look like reality.

    C.... S....

    Cinema Slut I know right

    C.... S....

    I like the smaller mm cameras they used in the 90s, sometimes the better the quality doesn't always mean better

  36. R.... K....

    Is it just me, or the keyboard player look like Quentin Tarintino?

  37. J.... H....

    if you like this song you might like my song https://soundcloud.com/jaykheffner/wet-sox-featuring-mitch-mcglinnn

  38. A.... T....

    Played a show with these guys in the late 90's. Surprised to see that they are still/back together.

  39. B.... O....

    before emo became only an image and shitty weak music

  40. K.... B....

    So many white people.

    K.... B....

    Kris B N

  41. A.... ....

    Freshman year wondering who my first love will be

  42. D.... G....

    I honestly spend the last years looking for that damn video, knowing only the dialogue at the beginning - worth looking! As great as back in school!

  43. A.... M....

    so many memories

  44. �.... �....

    my favorite true emo song

  45. M.... 3....

    edgy good and edgy

  46. A.... a....

    one of the best bands ever. seen them only once in KC , it was marked as a last tour and it was the last show of the tour. needless to say it was amazing, and not the last tour.

  47. T.... G....

    This is practically a historic documentary.

  48. D.... ....

    This is mastered really bad, who ever did the video rip needs to fix the sound quality.

    D.... ....

    i feel like thats the beauty of it. It fits the raw/unpolishedness of it

    D.... ....

    No, it's terrible. I have a dvd somewhere with this on it and the real video does not sound like there was a plastic bag in the speakers.

    D.... ....

    I know it's been year since this comment but I've made a new version with better audio https://youtu.be/mOHO9gHJGhs

  49. J.... H....

    Does anyone know who plays the brunette girl trying to study?

  50. R.... O....

    timeless classic

  51. T.... ....

    Are-Oh-Vee brought me here.

  52. S.... P....

    holy shit I didn't know Matt Pryor was that hot

    S.... P....

    Samuel Pearson gvg ggbg gkkb

  53. s.... ....

    This is real life.

  54. M.... H....

    hey don't pick on emo music now it's there style lay off man. emo ppl have different styles not all emo ppl have long hair or colored nails or wear girls Jeans. there's different types of emo ppl some have short hair some have long hair. so before you go bashing on emo ppl look up the facts man it's disrespectful to emo ppl when you bash there music

    M.... H....

    Totally different types of emo.. There was the original emo music scene. Get up kids, sunny day etc. then there was that early 2000's emo fashion scene... I never got into that.

    M.... H....

    HVGShadow 1st wave emo was late 80s. get up kids, etc are arguably 3rd wave.

    M.... H....

    The people with the hair are not emo

  55. M.... L....

    Why just 145,945 views? where´s the good musical taste people?

  56. o.... ....

    shit audio

    o.... ....

    Well fuck u then SLENDER MAN.....

    o.... ....

    please don't cry

  57. A.... A....

    how can you study when the fucking get up kids are playing next door

    A.... A....

    the question is ¿Who would want to study with the fucking GUK playing next door? :D

  58. P.... H....

    descobri essa banda pela fresno

  59. P.... H....

    fresno me trouxe aqui

  60. c.... p....

    God this album brings me back to when I was 15 and the music scene was just so awesome

    c.... p....

    +caitlin paisley totally! and I just got the chance to get the album on pink vinyl! =) Today feels like christmas and being a teenager at the same time.^^ Literally! <3

    c.... p....

    Ain't that right. I'm almost 40. Damm

  61. r.... ....

    Kids today watch this video and wonder what's that thing hanging from the ceiling in the room.

    r.... ....

    An umbilical cord.

    r.... ....

    BigSleep666 yeah bc people under 15 dont know what a phone is?? lmao

    r.... ....

    i have a tattoo of a gramophone on me and I'm only 20 lmao. but it was a just a joke, and it was funny lol.

  62. A.... N....

    I long for these days, before emo turned gay. Now it's all guys with nail polish, girl's jeans, and, stupid ass haircuts, with bad dye jobs.

    A.... N....

    What a tool.

    A.... N....

    Anon Nymous now? Shit man, those trends are all like 10-15 years old man. Lol. And yeah, this is the good stuff. I like me some MCR, AFI, and The Used too though. Everything up until screaming took over. And I like most of that stuff too. 👍

    A.... N....

    [Christopher Walken] you're a fucking idiot

    A.... N....

    You’re talking about scene metal my dude. There’s plenty of good emo that’s a direct descendant or stuff like this. Sorority noise, modern baseball, remo drive, Joyce manor and stuff like that

  63. �.... ....

    kannpekidato
     完璧だと想う。このメロデー 完璧だよ これ聴いた瞬間に20のガキに戻れるもん空気だけでも 老いぼれ脱出装置っつーの?んなもんがあるならこれ聴けば一発 初めて独り暮らしした部屋を思い起こす これは僕らだけの世界だったはず 俺の周りにも何人か居て 真ん中の椅子に俺が座る 少年は笑う 永遠に リピートできる

    �.... ....

    俺の思ってた事全部言ってくれてる!

  64. J.... T....

    I want to meet the person who thought the phone/microphone concept was deep. To be fair I thought it was cool as a yute.

  65. J.... L....

    That one broad is on an old PowerMac! Word.

  66. M.... C....

    Is this the same place where "My Favorite Accident" by Motion City Soundtrack was recorded??

  67. s.... a....

    wow this band sucks. i can just imagine the emo losers who think this is cool

    s.... a....

    What does banana sandwiches have to do with this?

    s.... a....

    obviously this idiot doesnt know anything about rock music.  Especially the difference between Alternative Rock and Emo

    s.... a....

    @Joshua Day This is emo. It's good emo though. Not everybody gets emo, and obviously the OP doesn't. Emo is not a bad genre, it's just been given a bad name by generic bands who popped up on MTV in the mid-2000s and started ruining Warped Tour.

    s.... a....

    @shawn alexander chill dude. get up kids are cool with israel, you should support them

    s.... a....

    obvious troll is obvious

  68. M.... R....

    What a band! They were a massive part of my teens/early 20s and their songs stand the test of time. Perfection!

    M.... R....

    Martin Rice mine too 😊

  69. c.... b....

    I 💜 the get up kids

    They totally deserve more recognition am I right or what?

    c.... b....

    They got plenty of recognition....from 1998-2005.

    c.... b....

    ClearlyCleooo 101 no cause if they were popular like green day they wouldn't be cool anymore

  70. J.... B....

    I finally realized she's watching THRASHIN' at the beginning of the music video! Josh Brolin in a 1985 skateboarder romance classic!

  71. M.... ....

    "I've finally found the right formula for..." What? THE RIGHT FORMULA FOR WHAT?! Guess we'll never know...

  72. T.... J....

    Yeah Get Up Kids and Jimmy Eat World.

  73. l.... ....

    HELLO teen years!

  74. �.... ....

    wait...you mean bricks?

  75. �.... ....

    I know right

  76. B.... M....

    You know you are the man when you play your guitar for your girl on the phone

  77. s.... ....

    1080p VHS quality lol

  78. s.... ....

    Oh my, nostalgia. Feeling old watching this now.

  79. N.... C....

    Hey guys. Remember telephones?

  80. S.... M....

    These were the days man. TGUK's best album imho, and I love this song.

  81. V.... ....

    I love Swing Kids.

  82. x.... ....

    do you ever heard about Swing Kids? mid-90's?
    i don't give a shit about today's kids, but you're wrong and you're not alone.

  83. E.... ....

    well that's not very nice, she was just trying to study, she might have had finals coming up.

  84. E.... ....

    damn check out dat computer

  85. n.... ....

    No Thanks, Im High on Life.

  86. n.... ....

    Marvelous..........//_O

  87. n.... ....

    Uggghhh you dont know what "US" mean? Ok.... there is word for that called " A DICK-tionary" and if you still dont know what it means then do yourself a favor..... go buy a toaster.

  88. A.... d....

    Actually TGUK began after the real and good emo music. Yet I love this band and they are really good and only this matter. Also, that "fashioned emo" is not emo.

    A.... d....

    Aquisição de Linguística You’re right, but they were at the very beginning of the second wave. Still Life and Christie Front Drive weren’t as present as they were or Saves The Day would be.

  89. n.... ....

    How dare you insult us. I was a "TRUE" emo kid who listens to All kinds of emo music from Rites of Spring to Hawthorne Heights back in High School.Every genre needs to have a fashion If grunge, Punk rock and Psychedelic has fashion then Emo deserves it.

  90. l.... P....

    real emo with the soft hearted kids from the 90s dam i wish i grew up to this fuck the new musics

  91. d.... ....

    sound's quality kind of stinks...but, i love this video!!

  92. d.... ....

    Matt looks like a Greaser and it's pretty awesome

  93. J.... ....

    'scuse my french. I fucking love this song.

  94. M.... S....

    My roommate and I used to sit and watch this when it first came out. Over and over.

  95. A.... N....

    Ah, yes. This when emo was actually good. Before the stupid "skinny" jeans, guys wearing nail polish and eyeliner, and identical haircuts. Not to mention all the cutting!

    A.... N....

    Anon Nymous 🙌🏻

    A.... N....

    Anon nymous are you stupid cutting has nothing to do with being emo

  96. S.... F....

    awww, the ever present emo synthesizer.