Get Up

Album: Attention Attention (2018)
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  • Get up, get up
    Get up, get up
    Get up, get up
    Get up, get up, get up, get up

    I know you're clinging to the light of day
    To tell you everything's a-okay
    And medication don't do much
    Yeah, it just numbs the brain

    Guess you might say I'm a little intense
    I'm on the bright side of being hell-bent
    So, take it from me, you're not the only one
    Who can't see straight (can't see straight)

    If you were ever in doubt
    Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
    Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
    But you gotta try
    And I'm calling out

    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    What's taking so long?
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Stop stalling, I'm calling out
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    Ain't nothing wrong
    'Cause I believe you can be whatever
    And I agree you can do much better, trust me

    (Trust me)

    Everybody wants to sing their song
    So, Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"
    Ain't nothing normal when it comes to you and me
    I'd rather twist myself in knots than watch you give up on your dreams

    If you were ever in doubt
    Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
    Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
    But you gotta try
    So I'm calling out

    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    What's taking so long?
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Stop stalling, I'm calling out
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    Ain't nothing wrong
    'Cause I believe you can be whatever
    And I agree you can do much better, trust me

    Yeah, I don't know why I never talk about it
    I guess that's probably part of the problem
    Yeah, sometimes you're wrong, sometimes you're right
    Just gotta keep moving
    Yeah, I'm just gonna keep moving
    Today, tomorrow, gonna get

    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    What's taking so long?
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Stop stalling, I'm calling out
    Get up, get up
    Get a move on
    Get up, get up
    Ain't nothing wrong
    'Cause I believe you can be whatever
    And I agree you can do much better, trust me

    Get up, get up
    Get up, get up, get up, get up Writer/s: Brent Smith, Eric Bass
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Erik from TexasI have struggled with Bi-polar and depression for 30 years. I discovered this song and it spoke to me immediately. I now have my partner in life to walk with me on this journey. I absolutely anyone can do whatever and much better!
  • Denise from Austintown OhioSaw u guys last nite in Canfield totally amazing powerful lyrics u guys rock !!!
  • April West from KentuckyMy youngest daughter was murdered on November 28th, 2020. It happened in my house and then I woke up to find her in her bedroom. This song really does make me feel lifted up and I can use that right now. I'm not okay and I don't if I will be
  • AnonymousThis song actually came out just in time for me.. I lost my boyfriend to a (accidental I think) drug overdose in october. Then my daughters dad whom i was married to for 25 years died 11 days ago on January 10.. Two days after my daughters 15th birthday. The song "get up"... Makes me cry and yet hopeful.. Sometimes I think that they are singing right to me.. This song has moved me so much that I've posted it on FB three times and urged my friends to listen to it. Shinedown and the people who are linked to them still continue to speak to me with everything thing they touch. Shinedown is quickly becoming my favorite group..
  • Debra from TexasI think get up at s awesome I have family members who struggle with depression. I see what they go through a f your song gives hope keep boi.h shinedown
  • Izaiah Perkins from Madison Mainei love shineedown. i consider them one of the greatest bands of all time. i want to hear more of their songs in the future.
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