2002년 영화 《워크 투 리멤버》에 이들의 곡이 사용되면서 인기를 얻기 시작하였다. 이후 메이저 음반사와 계약을 맺고 2003년 발매한 《The Beautiful Letdown》은 260만 장 이상의 판매고를 올렸다. 이후 그들은 유명세를 타고 스파이더맨2의 OST에 참여하는 등 오버 그라운드로 진출하게 된다.
팀의 이름 스위치풋은 서핑용어로 발을 바꾸어서 반대쪽을 향하는 것을 일컫는다. 원년 멤버 - 포먼 형제와 채드 버틀러 - 들은 실제 서퍼 출신이다. .... ....
Fumbling his confidence And wondering why the world has passed him by Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments And failed attempts to fly fly We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves Somewhere we live inside Somewhere we live inside We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves Somewhere we live inside
Dreaming about Providence And whether mice or men have second tries Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open Maybe we've bent and broken broken We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves Somewhere we live inside Somewhere we live inside We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves Somewhere we live inside
We want more than this world's got to offer We want more than this world's got to offer We want more than the wars of our fathers And everything inside screams for second life We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves We were meant to live We were meant to live
Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead Yesterday is a promise that you've broken Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes, And today is all you've got now This is your life
Don't close your eyes And today is all you've ever had This is your life, are you who you want to be? This is your life, is it everything that you dreamed that it would be when the world was younger, This is your life, are you who you want to be? and you had everything to lose? This is your life, are you who you want to be?
Yesterday is a kid in the corner Yesterday is dead and over
When I wake in the morning, I want to blow into pieces. I want more than just ok, more than just ok. When I’m up with the sunrise I want more than just blue skies. I want more than just ok, more than just ok.
I’m not giving up, giving up, not giving up now. I’m not giving up, giving up, not backing down.
More than fine, more than bent on getting by. More than fine, more than just ok.
When I’m wet with the sunshine. I want more than just a good time. I want more than just ok, more than just ok.
I’m not giving up, giving up, not giving up now. I’m not giving up, giving up, not selling out.
More than fine, more than bent on getting by. More than fine, more than just ok. More than fine, more than bent on getting by. More than fine, more than just ok.
More than oceans away from the dawn. More than oceans away from the dawn. More than oceans away from who we are More than oceans, more than oceans, yeah.
More than fine, more than bent on getting by. More than fine, more than just ok. More than fine, more than bent on getting by. More than fine, more than just ok.
Blame it on what you've been through Blame it on what you're into Blame it on your religions Blame it on your Politicians
We've been blowing upwe're the issue it's our condition We've been blowing upwe're the issue the detonation? we're ammunition we are the fuse and ammunition
I have no generation, show me my motivation One world, one desperation, one hope and one salvation.
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Look what a mess we've made of love Look what a mess we've made, we've got ourselves to blame Look what a bomb we've made of love
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Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone's here Everyone's here Everybody's watching you now Everybody waits for you now What happens next What happens next I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistence The tension is here The tension is here Between who you are and you could be Between how it is and how it should be I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Maybe redemption has stories to tell Maybe forgive ness is right where you fell Where can you run to escape from yourself Where you gonna go Where you gonna go Salvation is here
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Today never happened Today never happened before
She told him she'd rather fix her makeup Then try to fix whats goin on But the problem keeps on calling Even with the cell phone gone
She told him that she believes in living Bigger than she's living now But her world keeps spinning backwards And upsidedown
Don't say so long And throw yourself wrong Don't spin today away Cause today will soon be
Gone Like yesterday is Gone Like history is Gone Just try and prove me wrong And pretend like you're immortal
She said he said live like no tomorrow Every day we borrow Brings us one step closer to the edge Infinity Where's you're treasure? Where's you're hope? If you get the world and lose your soul? She pretends like she pretends like She's Immortal
Don't say so long You're not that far gone This could be your big chance to makeup Today will soon be
Gone Like yesterday is Gone Like history is Gone The world keeps spinning on you're going going Gone Like summer break is Gone Like saturday is Gone Just try and prove me wrong And pretend like your immortal Your immortal Your immortal Your immortal
We are not infinate We are not permanant Nothings immediate
We're so confident In our accompishments Look at our decadance
Gone Like Frank Sinatra Like Elvis and his mom Like Al Pacino's cash Nothing lasts in this life My High school dreams are gone My childhood sweets are gone Life is a day that doesn't last for long
Life is more than money Time was never money Time was never cash Life is still more than girls Life is more than hundred dollar bills And roto-tom fills Life is more that fame and rock and roll and thrills All the riches of the kings end up in will We've got information in the information age But do we know what life is outside of our convenient Lexus cages?
She said he said live like more tomorrow Every moment that we borrow brings us closer To the God who's never been short of cash Hey Bono, I'm glad you asked Life is still worth living, life is more than we are
Tell you where you need to go Tell you when you need to leave Tell you what you need to know Tell you who you need to be
Everything inside you know there's more than what you heard There's so much more than empty conversation filled with empty words
And you're on fire when He's near you You're on fire when He speaks You're on fire, burning at these mysteries
Give me one more time around Give me one more chance to see Give me everything You are Give me one more chance to be near you
When everything inside me looks like everything I hate You are the hope I have for change, You are the only chance I'll take
When I'm on fire when You're near me I'm on fire when You speak I'm on fire burning at these mysteries These mysteries
I've been standing on the edge of me standing on the edge of me standing on the edge of me standing on the edge of me standing on the edge of everything I've never been before And I've been standing on the edge of me standing on the edge
And I'm on fire when You're near me I'm on fire when You speak I'm on fire burning at these mysteries These mysteries These mysteries Ah, You're the Mystery You're the Mystery
What's it gonna take to slow us down to let the silence spin us around? What's it gonna take to drop this town? We've been spinning at the speed of sound. what could we want but more more more? Stepping out of those convenience stores From the third world we are a symphony of modern humanity If we're adding to the noise to the corporate core turn off your stereo, stereo, stereo turn off this song If we're adding to the noise genetic engineers of the most high tech I dont know what they're gonna think of next I'm a nervous wreck but I'll bet A couple new ways to fall into debt tells us what we've wanted to hear that that T.V. set But none of these sound bites are coming in clear From the third world to the corporate ear we are the symphony of modern humanity.
Twenty-four oceans Twenty-four skies Twenty-four failures And twenty-four tries Twenty-four finds me In twenty-fourth place With twenty-four drop outs At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' And I'm not who I thought I was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'
There's twenty-four reasons To admit that I'm wrong With all my excuses Still twenty-four strong
See, I'm not copping out Not copping out Not copping out When you're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man Oh, oh I am the second man now Oh, I am the second man now And you're raising these...
Twenty-four voices With twenty-four hearts All of my symphonies In twenty-four parts But I want to be one today Centered and true I'm singing 'Spirit take me up in arms with You' You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man Oh, oh I am the second man now Oh I am the second man now And you're raising the dead in me Yeah
I wanna see miracles To see the world change Wrestled the angel for more than a name For more than a feeling For more than a cause I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' And you're raising the dead in me
Twenty-four oceans With twenty-four hearts All of my symphonies With twenty-four parts Life is not what I thought it was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spir
Fumbling his confidence And wondering why the world has passed him by Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments And failed attempts to fly, fly [Chorus] We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside Somewhere we live inside We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside Dreaming about Providence And whether mice or men have second tries Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open Maybe we're bent and broken, broken [Chorus] We want more than this world's got to offer We want more than this world's got to offer We want more than the wars of our fathers And everything inside screams for second life, yeah We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live We were meant to live
Come back and haunt me Follow me home Give me a motive Swallow me whole They say I've lost it What could I know When I'm but a mockery I'm so alone Sooner or later you'll find out There's a hole in the wall Today is ours Condemned to be free Free to keep breathing Free to believe I look to find You Down on my knees Oh God, I believe! Please help me believe -Chorus- Sooner or later they'll find out There's a hole in the wall Sooner or later you'll find out That you'll dream to be that small I'm a believer, help me believe I gave it all away and I lost who I am I threw it all away With everything to gain And I'm taking the leap With dreams of shrinking Yeah, dreams of shrinking
She turns like the ocean She tells no emotion She's been coming down the fine
She's just reminicing Blood, sweat, and one thing's missing She's been breaking up inside, inside
Singing without tongues Screaming without lungs I want more than my lonely nation I want more than my lonely nation Desperate we are young Separate we are one I want more than my desperation I want more than my lonely nation
We are the target market We set the corporate target We are slaves of what we want We're just not amused And we're just used to bad news And we are slaves of what we want
Singing without tongues Screaming without lungs I want more than my lonely nation I want more than my lonely nation Desperate we are young Separate we are one I want more than my desperation I want more than my lonely nation
Lonely, lonely
Don't leave me low I'm tired Don't leave me low I'm tired of feeling low Feeling low I'm tired of feeling low Feeling low I'm tired of feeling low Feeling low I'm tired of feeling low Feeling low Feeling low Feeling low
Singing without tongues Screaming without lungs I want more than my desperation I want more than my lonely nation Desperate we are young Separate we are one I want more than my lonely nation I want more than my lonely nation I want more than my lonely nation
Maybe I′ve been the problem Maybe I′m the one to blame But even when I turn it off and blame myself The outcome feels the same I′ve been thinking maybe I′ve been partly cloudy Maybe I′m the chance of rain And maybe I′m overcast And maybe all my luck′s washed down the drain
Chorus: I′ve been thinking ′bout everyone Everyone, you look so lonely But when I look at the stars When I look at the stars When I look at the stars I see someone else When I look at the stars, the stars I feel like myself
Stars looking at a planet watching entropy and pain And maybe start to wonder how The chaos in our lives could pass as sane Ive been thinking of the meaning of resistance Of a world beyond my own And suddenly the infinite and penitent Began to look like home
Chorus: I′ve been thinking ′bout everyone everyone, you look so empty But when I look at the stars When I look at the stars When I look at the stars I see someone else When I look at the stars, the stars I feel like myself
YOW!
Everyone everyone you feel so lonely Everyone, yeah, everyone you feel so empty
When I look at the stars When I look at the stars When I look at the stars I feel like myself when I look at the stars, the stars I see someone...
Everyone dies Everyone loves a fight Nothing is sound Nothing is right side right Evening comes, when the sun goes down in red Nothing is cool When will all the fighting end When will all the fighting end
Happy is a yuppie word Nothing in the world could fail me now It's empty as an argument I'm running down a life that won't cash out (cash out)
Everything fails Everything runs it's course A time and a place, for all of this loving war Everyone buys, everyone's gotta price, and nothing is new When will all the failures rise When will all the failures rise, rise!
Happy is a yuppie word Nothing in the world could fail me now It's empty as an argument I'm running down a life that won't cash out
Happy is a yuppie word Blessed is the man who's lost it all Happy is a yuppie word (word)
Looking for an orphanage I'm looking for a bridge I can't burn down I don't believe the emptiness I'm looking for the kingdom coming down Everything is meaningless I want more than simple cash can buy Happy is a yuppie word Happy is a yuppie word Happy is a yuppie word Happy is a yuppie,
Nothing is sound Nothing is sound Nothing is sound Nothing is sound Nothing is sound Nothing is sound Nothing is sound
Happy is a yuppie word Nothing in the world could fail me now Happy is a yuppie word (word)
Is this the New Year or just another night? Is this the new fear or just another fright? Is this the new tear or just another desperation? Is this the finger or just another fist? Is this the kingdom or just a hit n' miss? A misdirection, most in all this desperation Is this what they call freedom? Is this what you call pain? Is this what they call discontented fame? It'll be a day like this one When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in
I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass From broken arms an' broken noses in the back Is this the New Year or just another desperation? You're pushing till you're shoving You bend until you break Till you stand on the broken fields where our fathers lay It'll be a day like this one When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in
There's nothing here worth saving, Is no one here at all? Is there any net left that could break our fall? It'll be a day like this one When the sky falls down and the hungry and poor and deserted are found Are you discontented? Have you been pushing hard? Have you been through and down this broken house of cards? It'll be a day like this one When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in
Is there nothing left now? Nothing left to sing Are there any left to haven't kiss the enemy? Is this the New Year or just another desperation? Just as I could find you, do the wicked never lose? Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues? And nothing is okay Till the world caves in Till the world caves in Till the world caves in Till the world caves in Till the world caves in Until the world caves in Until the world caves in Until the world caves in Until the world caves in Until the world caves in Until the world caves in
I've got a wound that doesn't heal, Burning out again, Burning out again
I've not sure which of me is real, And I'm alone again, Burning out again
My hope runs underneath it all, The day that I'll be home
It won't be long, I belong, Somewhere past the setting sun
Find me free, find me strong, Somewhere back where I belong
Yeah, Yeah, (Yeah!) Yeah, Yeah, (Yeah!)
Something shared with me again, But I'm not buying it, I'm not buying it
My wound goes deeper than the skin, There's no hiding it, So I'm not trying it
My hope runs underneath it all, The day that I'll be home,
It won't be long, I belong, Somewhere past the setting sun, Find me free, find me strong, Somewhere back where I belong
Yeah, Yeah, (Somewhere past the setting sun!)
Yeah, Yeah, (Yeah!)
Yeah, Yeah, (Going back where we belong!)
Yeah, Yeah, (I'll find you,) (The setting sun!)
Let the weak say I am strong, and it won't be long, Let the right say I was wrong, and it won't be wrong, Let us find where we belong, Beyond the setting sun, Beyond the setting sun
Yeah, Yeah,
It won't be long, I belong, Somewhere past the setting sun, Find me free, find me strong, Somewhere back where I belong