Taking Back Sunday

Genre: Rock, Alternative, Punk

LSI Rank: 125 (+27) history

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Song score

Rhythm	9.5
Melody	9.5
Instruments	9.5
Lyrics	9.7
Vocal	9.7
This song has been reviewed 63 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.

Song video: video corrected on 21-04-2009

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Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Make Damn Sure
Artist	Taking Back Sunday
Album	Louder Now (2006) , Track 3
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Rank	3,255 (-293) history
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Song lyrics

Send "Make Damn Sure" ringtones to your cell

You've got this new head filled up with smoke. 
And I got my veins all tangled close, 
To the jukebox bars you frequent. 
The safest place to hide. 
A long night spent with your most obvious weakness. 
You start shaking at the thought. 
You are everything I want. 
'Cause you are everything I'm not. 

And we lay, we lay together just not, 
Too close, too close. (How close is close enough?) 
We lay, we lay together just not, 
Too close, too close. 

I just wanna break you down so badly. 
Well I trip over everything you say. 
I just wanna break you down so badly. 
In the worst way. 

My inarticulate store bought hangover hobby kit. 
It talks (Ta-a-alks), it says, "You, oh, you are so cool." 
Scissor shaped across the bed, you are red, violent red. 
You hollow out my hungry eyes. 
You hollow out my hungry eyes. 

And we lay, we lay together just not, 
Too close, too close. (How close is close enough?) 
We lay, we lay together just not, 
Too close, too close. 

I just wanna break you down so badly. 
Well I trip over everything you say. 
Well I just wanna break you down so badly. 
In the worst way. 

I just wanna break you down so badly. 
Well I trip over everything you say. 
I just wanna break you down so badly. 
In the worst way. (Worst way.) 

I'm gonna make damn sure that you can't ever leave. 
No, you won't ever get too far from me. 
You won't ever get too far from me. 
I'll make damn sure that you can't ever leave. 
No, you won't ever get too far from me. 
You won't ever get too far from me. 
You won't ever get too far from me. (Ever get too far...) 
You won't ever get too far... 

I just wanna break you down so badly. 
Well I trip over everything you say. 
Well I just wanna break you down so badly. 
In the worst way. (Worst way.) 

I'm gonna make damn sure. 
I just wanna break you down so badly. 
I just wanna break you down so badly. (Damn sure.) 
In the worst way. (Worst way.)

Send "Make Damn Sure" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by daytimexdrama on 21-02-2006

lyrics corrected by multiple people on 09-04-2009

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21-02-2006 15:28 Penitration
359 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Hahah I think its my fave TBS song, I love at the start how he inhails and it sounds like hes doing the whole song in the one breath.. (I know thats not the aim, but thats what it sounds like to me )
24-02-2006 22:56 yEllOwCaRdrOx03
10 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is pretty typical TBS but i can't get enough of it still...ahhh gosh i love them. i'm excited times 1987491823 to get the new albummm! does anyone else just love how they sing things in the background while their singing the main song? cause i dooo. how close is close enough?
24-02-2006 22:58 yEllOwCaRdrOx03
10 posts	while *they're singing the main song...(haha sorry i have to correct myself when i spell things wrong or it bugs me)
25-02-2006 00:04 Razzie
219 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song rocks, but then again, i lobe most of TBS's songs so yeah.....
26-02-2006 17:44 MisterKing
9,665 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Good to know that TBS haven't changed much. I was expecting something better, actually. But it's still good and I'm sure it'll grow on me and I'll love it just like the other two albums.
28-02-2006 11:13 Jamisonparker56
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I'm lovin' it! TBS never lets you down. am i right or am i right?
01-03-2006 19:51 Gabeth
40 posts	I really like this song and I'm really excited for the new album April 25th! =)
02-03-2006 22:26 crack_frm_kg
21 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal they are one of my third fav band out of thousands and this new song is ok. not great not good. i like it when he says a long night spent with your obvious weaknesses shakin at the thought that u are everything i want. but any new underground music is good.
06-03-2006 08:32 xbloodxtearsx
103 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal new TBS- FUCKING GOOD SHIT.
06-03-2006 09:18 MISHAtTheDisco
322 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I cant comment. no word is good enough. hehe have you guys heard the other songs? the album is one fucking awesome album. youll all be very happy when you BUY the album. hehe seeing them in 5 days time cant wait.
08-03-2006 02:10 PunkRawkFreak05
51 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal ok first off.... great song second.... does anyone know tbs's obsession with the number 152? its on all of their albums -tell all your friends its on the cover (exit 152) -where you want to be its on the back (exit 152) -and louder now its on the cover ($1.52) if anyone could tell me id appreciate it o and im dissapointed with the name, the name is actually in the lyrics
28-03-2006 07:51 ryPod
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Taking Back Sunday have actually changed a lot over the past few years. Tell All Your Friends is a lot different than the other two albums. It's not the WORST thing ever. They're still good, but Tell All Your Friends will always be one of my favorite albums. This song is great, one of my favorite songs on the new album. This is why they'll probably always be my favorite band.
01-04-2006 10:06 freshprince077
38 posts	cant wait till the 25th...
02-04-2006 01:49 xbloodxtearsx
103 posts	when they performed this at the concert it was amazing. adam is so hot ♥
05-04-2006 22:21 bookspotch
35 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal 3 this song
05-04-2006 22:22 bookspotch
35 posts	grrrr my heart turned out wrong
07-04-2006 22:19 Dashboard_day
19 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I would never be able to tell this is taking back sunday if I randomly heard it. NOT!! All of taking back sunday's music sounds the same. Haha, however, all of their music is amazing! So it's all good the same. Yeah... I make a lot of sense... What I'm trying to say is taking back sunday's new cd comes out a day before my birthday! WOO!
11-04-2006 21:30 LiveLifeAgain
28 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal well now, here's something. TBS eh? now I've always loved them...and this is one of few bands that i love the majority of all the songs they make...they kinda stick on ya...though I've felt that this song is nothing sure to be new...it sticks like the rest of them...and that in itself, is sure success :tears: "...I'm gonna make damn, sure, that you can't ever leave." ----> ... anyway...[offtopic] hi everbody!
12-04-2006 00:48 freshprince077
38 posts	i was the first to hear this song...when they played it to us in london... so dont try it...
12-04-2006 22:11 lambofgod83
447 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal great song
17-04-2006 11:03 one_that_bleeds
14 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal as TBS emphasise this song is one word but ahh well I love this song their new album has gotten really good reviews even comparing it to the greatness of 'Master of Puppets' which is really somethin. Love this song one of the best things about TBS are their lyrics and they're just shining on this song, plus Adams voice is amazing he does it perfectly live. Cant wait to see these guys at Give It a Name and in May at their own gig too
21-04-2006 03:27 JoelzBaby
26 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song is great. One of my favorites from TBS. I love the part when it's like "You are everything I want, cause you are everything I'm not" Love this song
21-04-2006 11:17 hearts_shatter
100 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal x3.
22-04-2006 11:46 SweetChildren
3 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is awesome but has anyone listened to the lyrics?! its like poetry!!!!!!!!!! shit its like just the first line is so deep lol!!!! [/i]youve got this new head filled up with smoke and ive got my veins all tangled close[i].................wow. just that has like loads of signaficant meanings..........like head filled up with smoke is like shes really angry and the veins all tangled up means that he was drinking and hes got alchahol in his blood stream because later it talks about him spending ages in a bar..............the whole things just so profound no wonder he had to take a big breath before he started singing..........and its not only this tbs song thats like that its all of them ............theyre so good! i also love youre so last summer taking back sunday are definatly a great band!!!!!!! I GIVE THEM 10/10 !!!!!!!
22-04-2006 12:02 soojeysoosh
3,869 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I really like it, intelligent lyrics, great guitars. And it's like it's got a Taking Back Sunday mark on it, I mean you can easily understand it's them. Good new album