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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Cursive
Cursive
Performer
Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher
Vocals
Megan Siebe
Megan Siebe
Cello
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens
Guitar
Matt Maginn
Matt Maginn
Bass
Patrick Newbery
Patrick Newbery
Trumpet
Clint Schnase
Clint Schnase
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher
Songwriter
Megan Siebe
Megan Siebe
Songwriter
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens
Songwriter
Matt Maginn
Matt Maginn
Songwriter
Patrick Newbery
Patrick Newbery
Songwriter
Clint Schnase
Clint Schnase
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Throw a cause at the wall, if it sticks, then you run with it
If you choose from the news, be alert of its timeliness
You don't need a song to come out about some outdated scandal, come and gone
Just cling to basic clichés of fundamental wrongs
[Chorus]
Or make it up as you go along
[Verse 2]
If it works to be hurt, you could be a piece of shit
Leave your house and your spouse like a great escape artist
You don't need your family to read the agony you've inflicted on yourself
The more you push 'em away, the more you'll sell
Ain't that the reason you write your hangdog and forthright songs?
[Chorus]
You make 'em up as you go along
You make 'em up as you go along
You make 'em up as you go along
[Verse 3]
Now you're out on your own, all alone with your hurtful words
All the pain you've attained, you applied to a second verse
No one wants to listen to sins regurgitated on colored wax again
You played your best cards when you were young and insolent
[Bridge]
So, here we are
Stumbled on a bridge
Looking for a scar you haven't exploited
Oh, I can't go on
[Chorus]
Make it up as you go along
Make it up as you go along
Make it up as you go along-long-long-long
Make it up as you go along-long
[Outro]
Endings lend poignancy
That's really all I want
Make it up as you go along-long-long-long
Written by: Clint Schnase, Matt Maginn, Megan Siebe, Patrick Newbery, Ted Stevens, Tim Kasher
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