Hands Up Songtext
von Soltero

Everybody knows, so everyone says
It′s built on your bones, stacked on your stones
And everybody tries to mean it for real
Like who do you trust and what do you steal?
And how many pour in this, can I really feel?

(Everybody knows) You put away all your poems
(So everyone says) And you buried the box
(Everybody knows) The day that you were rejected
(Everybody knows) From the school of hard knocks
(Everybody knows) And I took a permanent marker
(So everyone says) To my deepest desires
(Everybody knows) I took a look inside
(Everybody knows) And I cut all of the wires


Hands up, we go back to the questions
Gave up on a better direction
Hands up, we go back to the scene
I often wonder what the answers mean

(Everybody knows) There's a place in the sky
(So everyone says) Where the Canadians go
(Everybody knows) They got a password that I
(Everybody knows) I don′t think I'll ever know
(Everybody knows) So keep a place in the corner
(So everyone says) Where we can stay for a while
(Everybody knows) Just keep your hands in your lap
(Everybody knows) Don't give a smile, don′t give a smile


Hands up, we go back to the questions
Gave up on a better direction
Hands up, no, it never ends
Would you go country before all your friends?
Hands up, we go back to the questions
Gave up on another election
Hands up, with your heart on your sleeve
Oh, life before death
Oh yeah, oh yeah, I believe