Beat Surrender

Album: Snap! (1982)
Charted: 1
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  • Beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender

    All the things that I care about (are packed into one punch)
    All the things that I'm not sure about (are sorted out at once)
    And as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end
    That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names

    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender

    All the things that I shout about (but never act upon)
    All the courage and the dreams that I have (but seem to wait so long)
    My doubt is cast aside, watch phonies run to hide
    The dignified don't even enter in the game

    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender

    And if you feel there's no passion
    No quality sensation
    Seize the young determination
    Show the fakers you ain't foolin'
    You'll see me come runnin'
    To the sound of your strummin'
    Fill my heart with joy and gladness
    I've lived too long in shadows of sadness

    My doubt is cast aside, watch phonies run to hide
    The dignified don't even enter in the game

    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender
    Come on boy, come on girl
    Succumb to the beat surrender... Writer/s: PAUL JOHN WELLER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Paul Von Rictoffen from NottinghamThe song was drawing on comparisons between The German 6th army that surrendered at Stalingrad and The Jams own endings, its a song to say "The buzzards are circling and we're doomed"
  • Mark from Cromer, Norfolk, UkAs with "Going Underground", initial copies came with a free 7" EP, this one featuring "Move On Up" (which had been going down well during their live gigs), "Stoned Out Of My Mind" and "War". A 12" edition featured all 5 tracks from the double pack.
  • Mark from Maesteg, United KingdomThis song was weller saying that even though the jam are splitting dont forget the "ethic" that the jam set hence the lines "bulls--t is bulls--t it goes by different names" and "if you feel theres no passion , no quality sensation seek a new determination show the fakers you aint fooling you'll see me come running to the sound of your snoring".
  • Myla from San Diego, CaMy most favorite song of the Jam! The movie, Billy Elliot, could have used this song instead of Town Called Malice, but I guess both songs are good.
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