Is This It

Album: Is This It (2001)
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  • Can't you see I'm trying?
    I don't even like it
    I just lied to
    Get to your apartment
    Now I'm staying
    Here just for a while
    I can't think 'cause
    I'm just way too tired

    He gets to me
    In the wrong way to see
    I want it and it wants me
    So I just call it on my knees

    Can't you see I'm trying?
    I don't even like it
    I just lied to
    Stay here for a while
    Now I'm tryin'
    Too hard and I'm fallin'
    So high up, go Writer/s: Julian Casablancas
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • German from Medellin, ColumbiaJared Followill of Kings of Leon notes that the album was one of the main reasons that he wanted to get into a band; he states, "The title track was one of the first basslines I learned ... I was just 15 at the time."
  • Sarah from Yuba City, CaReally, no comments?? Wow, this is an amazing song. Very sad. I like how they opened their debut album with such an emotional tune. Is This It has to be one of the greatest albums ever :)
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