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Rhythm 9.9
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Vocal 9.9
This song has been reviewed 63 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic Lyrics

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TitleNew American Classic
ArtistTaking Back Sunday
AlbumWhere You Want To Be (2004) , Track 6
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Song lyrics
"We've got to get better," I said, "It's all in your head." 
We could live through these letters or forget it all together. 
See the months they don't matter it's the days I can't take. 
When the hours move to minutes and I'm seconds away. 


Just ask the question come untie the knot. 
Say you won't care. 
Say you won't care. 
Retrace the steps as if we forgot. 
Say you won't care.
Say you won't care.
Try to avoid it but there's not a doubt.
And there's one thing I can do nothing about.

When all that we need is just a reaction,
It's too much to ask for when there's no attraction anymore.
If chasing our dreams is just a distraction,
I'll want to remember when I know that I can't go back.

So just ask the question, come untie the knot.
Say you won't care.
Say you won't care.
Retrace the steps as if we forgot.
Say you won't care.
Say you won't care.
Try to avoid it, (Try to aviod it.)
But there's not a doubt. 
And there's one thing I can do nothing... 
There's one thing I can do nothing... 
There's one thing I can do nothing about. 

(Musical Break)
 
(Suddenly.)
Just ask the question, (Just ask the question.)
Come untie the knot. 
Say you won't care. (Care.)
Say you won't care. (Care.) 
Retrace the steps, (Retrace the steps.)
As if we forgot. 
Say you won't care. (Care.)
Say you won't care. (Care.) 
Try to avoid it, (Try to aviod it.)
But there's not a doubt. 
And there's one thing I can do nothing.... 
There's one thing I can do nothing... 
There's one thing I can do nothing about. 
lyrics corrected by sephora, Linn on 05-11-2006




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21-07-2004 05:23AdamsBestBet is offline AdamsBestBet 

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omg its so sad. but its still good
21-07-2004 11:59FOBpunk22 is offline FOBpunk22 

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this is my favorite song off the new cd, thats why i wrote the lyrics out, i was suprized i was the first one to do it, but please if you think any of the lyrics are wrong tell me! i love TBS
21-07-2004 14:43cede12 is offline cede12 

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Very very pretty, this is deffinately a new TBS, and im still trying to decide which is better (new or old) right now i think its a tie
21-07-2004 17:25BNOBNTBSDC is offline BNOBNTBSDC 

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I think TBS is so amazing and this song shows it so easily and I dont really think its that sad...its more just emotional not really sad???? if you get that???
22-07-2004 20:56HerAddiction is offline HerAddiction 

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I've been listening to Where You Want To Be on MTV's The Leak ever since they released it. New American Classic is one that I keep listening to over and over. It's an absolutley beautiful song that shows a different side of Taking Back Sunday...I'm even considering it as possibly my favorite song from the entire album.
25-07-2004 03:01takenbackthurs is offline takenbackthurs 

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[b]I love this song. The new album kicks. Adam's fricken hotttttttt and then, hearing him sing a 'ballad' is awesome. The whole orchestrated idea is really sweet. Can't wait for the new album.....3 days!
25-07-2004 17:30TbS_RoCkS is offline TbS_RoCkS 

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I was just wondering if anyone knows what the lyrics mean?
25-07-2004 19:09smily_ky is offline smily_ky 

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well in reply to the person who posted the lyrics...i'm pretty sure all of it is righ except...

in the fourth , uhh paragraph i guess, down in the phrase 'retrace the steps as if you forgot' i'm pretty sure it should be 'retrace the steps as if WE forgot'

and also the first time they say "And there’s one things I can do nothing about" it should be thing but nothing big

i don't know if all of that made sense but ya....thanks for posting the lyrics though!!
28-07-2004 19:28burnsumbutter is offline burnsumbutter 

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i dont see the new side at all except for they went acoustic on this song. it you listen to any songs on the old cd its real emotional too. they just slowed this song down. when they did cute w/o the E acoustic it seemed a lot more emotional then the electric version. same with you're so last summer. that's just the way it goes. im not trying to take anything away from it, it is a great song probably my favorite on the cd but yea
29-07-2004 19:00BNOBNTBSDC is offline BNOBNTBSDC 

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ya...I love this song so much i think it means a girl is gonna break up with him and he doesnt want to be he knows he cant help it. cuz hes like theres one thing I can do nothing about.

Also hes like come untie the knot say you wont care...so that makes me think he knows shes getting ready to break it off and he doesnt really want to but he knows he has no control thus revealing the line: Theres one thing I can do nothing about

I dont know maybe im wrong but its just a guess!
30-07-2004 04:03Lariene is offline Lariene 

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Freakin awesome song. Dude...I am in love with this song. TBS is incredible.
30-07-2004 04:05hurleysk8r05 is offline hurleysk8r05 

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Favourite on the cd.
30-07-2004 15:42aflackoh6 is offline aflackoh6 

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I second that.
30-07-2004 21:27ursolastsum3r is offline ursolastsum3r 

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im a big TBS fan but i dont understand the lyrics in this song other wize itz an awesome song
31-07-2004 08:26sjscott91 is offline sjscott91 

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I think this song, like many of the other songs on the album, has to do with John Nolan's departure from the band, allegedly do to lead singer Adam Lazzara's drug use/addiction. I think the opening line "You've got to get better / it's all in your head" is supposed to be John's approach to Adam's addiction. He's telling him it's all mental and that he can get over it. The next section of the song dealing with the units of time focuses on how hard it is for Adam to keep clean day by day. I think the "say you won't care" refers to Adam wishing that John would either overlook a relapse, or perhaps his drug use all together. "Retrace the steps..." could possibly have something to do with the steps to overcoming an addiction.

I can also see the possibility of the song also referring to a lost love, however. But, initially when I heard the song, my initial impression was that it dealt with the departure of half the band.
31-07-2004 20:31scottsss is offline scottsss 

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this is alittle off topic ..what is the real reason for the breakup..cause i have heard alot of rumors

and taking back sunday is amazing
02-08-2004 02:58BrandNew88AFI02 is offline BrandNew88AFI02 

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Favourite on the cd.

I third that.
02-08-2004 21:14punk rock chick is offline punk rock chick 

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hey, jus wanna add that this is one of my fav songs on the album aswell, its a really movin song, its not that u c a totally different side 2 them its jus that its been put out in a way that we only hear now and again....... TBS rule, i mean there lyrics are so powerful, it doesnt matter if u understand wat the lyrics mean to them, u add them to how ur feelin and wiv a bit of imagination u can decide 4 ur self wat they mean..
on another subject i heard that adam was cheatin on johns sister while they were on tour n there was a huge thing about it, i think i read it in kerrang!!! BY THE WAY I THINK THAT ADAM IS WELL HOT AND HAS A TOTALLY UNIQUE WAY WHEN HES PERFORMIN LIVE!!!!
03-08-2004 03:14xxnolett1ngg0xx is offline xxnolett1ngg0xx 

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I LOVE THIS SONG SOOOO EFFIN MUCHHHH!!!! javascript:emoticon(' ')


javascript:emoticon(' ') all hail taking back sunday!
03-08-2004 03:15xxnolett1ngg0xx is offline xxnolett1ngg0xx 

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I LOVE THIS SONG SOOOO EFFIN MUCHHHH!!!!


all hail taking back sunday!
03-08-2004 22:08heyromantica is offline heyromantica 

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This song is so incredible. I love how they went slow with it. I guess whoever said it was only because it's acoustic was right, and it just sounds sad because of that... but it's still beautiful. It's a different sound for them, because they don't do slow songs alot, unless they do an acoustic version. Either way... it's awesome. Also, whatever the person said about the song being about John Nolan, seems to fit actually, but I dunno. I guess we can never be sure. Beautiful music. Beautiful lyrics. Hot voice. Great song.
03-08-2004 22:10tom_harris4 is offline tom_harris4 

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What an amazing song, a bit a different from other tbs songs. And I love it
04-08-2004 01:26frogurt is offline frogurt 

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I really do adore taking back sunday. I'm jealous of anyone who has seen them in concert because i haven't. i get filled with so much emotion when i listen to their songs and lyrics and just how they sing and i get swept up in a song so easily i don't know how i'd feel if i saw them in concert...i think i'd die.
they are such a great band to listen to. [offtopic] i don't ever watch mtv mainly because to me a lot of the music on there doesn't have much meaning (rap n' stuff that has a lot to do with sex and nonesense) and i love tbs so much simply because i think theres meaning behind what they sing its not just nonesense. so praise to them for being true artists.
04-08-2004 05:39iNs0mNiAc_aNgEL is offline iNs0mNiAc_aNgEL 

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tbs rocks... this song.. i dont even have the words.. i fell in love with it the first time i heard it.. kinda makes me want to cry.. but i dont cry soo.. yea tbs.. the whole album's awesome!
06-08-2004 13:39Wendy_clear182 is offline Wendy_clear182 

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This is the kinda song i hurt people for if they talk while it's playing. This song is amazing, and TBS have outdone my expectations with 'Where you want to be'. i love them!

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