This Is All Now

Album: Taking Back Sunday (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This track from Long Island rockers Taking Back Sunday self-titled fifth studio album finds vocalist Adam Lazzara singing in the chorus, "This is all I ever ask from you / The only thing you couldn't do / Tell me the whole truth." "The lyrics went through three or four different drafts, just to get everything straight and make sure that we were getting our idea across," he told Spin magazine. "There's a couple lines in that song that are definitely a little uncomfortable to sing."
  • Taking Back Sunday marked the return of original members John Nolan (guitarist) and Shaun Cooper (bass player) after they exited the group in 2003 and some fans have interpreted the lyrics as a sign that all is not well between Lazzara and Nolan. However, the singer explained they aren't aimed at his colleague. He told Spin: "It's not so much our relationship as it's about our relationship with faith and growing up in and out of the church and everything like that. Seeing that some of those lines are so harsh, it was good to get that out and it makes for a really personal tune for the both of us."

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  • I'm The Bass Player from Usa I thought Adam said that John wrote the Lyrics to this song.
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