Biography:
The Academy Is... was a rock band which formed in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band's longest lasting lineup consisted of William Beckett (vocals, guitar), Mike Carden (guitar, vocals), Michael Chislett (guitar, keyboards), Adam Siska (bass) and Andy Mrotek (drums). The band released three albums - "Almost Here" (2005), "Santi" (2007) and "Fast Times at Barrington High" (2008) - before disbanding in 2011, several months after Chislett and Mrotek left the band.
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Other songs:
- About A Girl
- After The Last Midtown Show
- Almost Here
- Attention
- Automatic Eyes
- Beware Cougar
- Black Mamba Three In The Morning Party Mix
- Checkmarks
- Chicago
- Classifieds
- Coppertone
- Everything We Had
- Fever Acoustic
- His Girl Friday
- Im Yours Tonight
- Lax To Ohare
- Neighbors
- New York Saint In The City
- One More Weekend
- Paper Chase
- Phrase That Pays
- Pour Yourself A Drink
- Rumored Nights
- Seed
- Skeptics And True Believers
- Sleeping With Giants
- Slow Down
- Sputter
- Summer Hair Forever Young
- The Test
- Winter Passing
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kicking off covers while you sleep.
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Soon you're gonna leave, so leave us one
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more weekend.
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You've got all the friends you need,
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bad tattoos and worse IDs. You feel alive,
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do you feel alive?
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You'll go off, you'll forget,
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you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
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Do you think you're better off dead,
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bad tattoos and worse IDs. You feel alive,
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do you feel alive?
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You'll go off, you'll forget,
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you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
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How could you think the time we spent
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sleepwalking through every morning that
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we took for granted?
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You'll go off, you'll forget,
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you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
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You'll know when to move on,
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We are half alone, our hearts are leaving home.
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Somewhere hiding underneath,
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kicking off covers while you sleep,
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you feel alive.
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kicking off covers while you sleep.
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Soon you're gonna leave, so leave us one
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more weekend.
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You've got all the friends you need,
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bad tattoos and worse IDs. You feel alive,
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do you feel alive?
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You'll go off, you'll forget,
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you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
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breaking off the past.
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You'll know when to move on,
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you'll know when to take all the right chances,
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never looking back.
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Somewhere hiding underneath,
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running around these empty streets.
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Do you think you're better off dead,
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better off dead than alive in here?
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You've got all the friends you need,
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bad tattoos and worse IDs. You feel alive,
C
do you feel alive?
Am C
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You'll go off, you'll forget,
D Am
you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
C D
breaking off the past.
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You'll know when to move on,
D Am
you'll know when to take all the right chances,
C D
never looking back.
Am Em Bm C
Am
How could you think the time we spent
was all wasted
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sleepwalking through every morning that
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we took for granted?
Am
Maybe the time we spent was not wasted...
C D G
Let it go, I'll let you go.
G D Am C D
G
You'll go off, you'll forget,
D Am
you'll grow out of hanging from the edges,
C D
breaking off the past.
G
You'll know when to move on,
D Am
you'll know when to take all the right chances,
C D
never looking back.
G D
We are half alone, our hearts are leaving home.
Am C D
Now that we don't belong to anyone at all.
[x2]
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Somewhere hiding underneath,
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kicking off covers while you sleep,
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you feel alive.
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