Out From Under

Album: Make Yourself (1999)
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  • To resist is to piss in the wind
    Anyone who does will end up smelling
    Knowing this, why do I defy?
    'Cause my inner voice is yelling
    There is a fist pressing against
    Anyone who thinks something compelling
    Our intuit we're taught to deny
    And our soul we're told is for selling

    Get out from under them
    Resist and multiply
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky
    Get out from under them
    Resist, unlearn, defy
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky

    To resist is to piss in the wind
    Anyone who does will end up smelling
    Knowing this, why do I defy?
    Because my inner voice is yelling
    There is a fist pressing against
    Anyone who thinks something compelling
    Our intuit we're taught to deny
    And our soul we're told is for selling

    Get out from under them
    Resist and multiply
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky
    Get out from under them
    Resist, unlearn, defy
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky

    See the sky (see the sky), see the sky (see the sky), see the sky (see the sky)
    Resist and multiply (resist and multiply)
    Resist and multiply

    Get out from under them
    Resist and multiply
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky
    Get out from under them
    Resist, unlearn, defy
    Get out from under precipice and see the sky
    See the sky, see the sky, see the sky Writer/s: Alex Katunich, Brandon Boyd, Chris Kilmore, José Pasillas II, Michael Einziger
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • Derek from Ruston, LaI think the song is about opening your eyes and seeing the world in all its depravity, and resisting and defying this wrong. Also about getting back to the basics. Unlearn.
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