Biography:
Metric is an indie rock/New Wave band formed in 1998 in Toronto, Canada. The band members are Emily Haines (vocals, synths, guitar, tambourine), James Shaw (guitar, synths, theremin, backing vocals), Josh Winstead (bass, synths, backing vocals) and Joules Scott-Key (drums). The band name was inspired after a sound called "Metric" that was programmed by Shaw on his keyboard. They were based at various times at Toronto, Montreal, London, NYC and LA.
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Other songs:
- Black Sheep
- Blindness
- Breathing Underwater
- Calculation Theme
- Collect Call
- Combat Baby
- Doctor Blind
- Don't Think Twice It's Alright
- Gimme Sympathy
- Gold Guns Girls
- Help I'm Alive
- List
- Live It Out
- Lost Kitten
- Love Is A Place
- Raw Sugar
- Satellite Mind
- Synthetica
- The Shade
- Too Little Too Late
- Twilight Galaxy
- All Yours
- Anticipate
- Art Of Doubt
- Artificial Nocturne
- Blind Valentine
- Calculation
- Cascades
- Celebrate
- Clone
- Dark Saturday
- Dead Disco
- Dont Think Twice Its Alright
- Dreams So Real
- Dressed To Suppress
- Eclipse All Yours
- Empty
- Ending Start
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
- For Kicks
- Fortunes
- Gimmie Sympathy
- Give Me Sympathy
- Glass Ceiling
- Grow Up And Blow Away
- Help Im Alive
- Hustle Rose
- Iou
- Lie Lie Lie
- Live It Out Acoustic
- London Halflife
- No Lights On The Horizon
- Now Or Never Now
- On A Slow Night
- On The Sly
- Other Side
- Risk
- Seven Rules
- Siamese Cities
- Sick Muse
- Soft Rock Star
- Speed The Collapse
- Strange Weather
- Sugar Mountain
- The Gates
- The Governess
- The Police And The Private
- The Twist
- The Wanderlust
- Too Bad So Sad
- Waves
- Wet Blanket
- White Gold
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
[Verse 1]
Gadd9
There was no way out
G Esus2 E5
The only way out was to give in
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
When there's no way out, the only way out is to give in
Cmaj7/G D/E
How I love to...
Cmaj7/G D/E
How I love to...
Cmaj7/G D/E Em
How I love to give in
[Verse 2]
Gadd9
Here, no one sleeps
G Esus2 E5
One lays up while the other lies down
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Where no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down
Cmaj7/G D/E Cmaj7/G D/E
Ask the line on your face what the line on your hand meant
Cmaj7/G D/E Em
We, we couldn't see what was coming
[Instrumental]
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
[Chorus]
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your hips, move your feet
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your hips, move your feet
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
[Solo]
Em
[Bridge]
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island now
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
A C G C B
A C G C B
A C G C B
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
[Outro]
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Sickness was fixing me some
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Coughed out my heart in the last stall
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Now that the damage is done
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
I never miss it at all
Cmaj7/G D/E
Cmaj7/G D/E
Cmaj7/G D/E
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
[Verse 1]
Gadd9
There was no way out
G Esus2 E5
The only way out was to give in
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
When there's no way out, the only way out is to give in
Cmaj7/G D/E
How I love to...
Cmaj7/G D/E
How I love to...
Cmaj7/G D/E Em
How I love to give in
[Verse 2]
Gadd9
Here, no one sleeps
G Esus2 E5
One lays up while the other lies down
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Where no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down
Cmaj7/G D/E Cmaj7/G D/E
Ask the line on your face what the line on your hand meant
Cmaj7/G D/E Em
We, we couldn't see what was coming
[Instrumental]
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
[Chorus]
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your hips, move your feet
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your hips, move your feet
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
F F/E F F/E F F/E F F/E A C G C B
Shake your head, it's empty
[Solo]
Em
[Bridge]
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island
A C G C B
I'm so glad that I'm an island now
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
Pa pa da da
A C G C B
A C G C B
A C G C B
A C G C B
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
[Outro]
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Sickness was fixing me some
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Coughed out my heart in the last stall
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
Now that the damage is done
Gadd9 G Esus2 E5
I never miss it at all
Cmaj7/G D/E
Cmaj7/G D/E
Cmaj7/G D/E
MfÖ
Mgmt
Mi Amigo Invenci (...)
Mi Sobrino Memo
Mia