Bayside - Boy Lyrics

First bayside album i ever heard, My favourite bayside album

Lyrics

He can't make sense of this
He's just too normal
This place is too scary
He's so scared that he'll miss
It keeps him in hiding
And restless and wanting

What if for one minute
He's given a chance
And he does something brilliant
But he'd rather not know
Cause walls protect him
His bedroom's a prison

Now is your chance boy just ignore
The dreadful things they say
Go on, give up, you'll never win,
No crying now, they're watching him
His blood will boil, the kids will sing
Learn to drown before you learn to swim.

If he took his time to prepare,
Stepped out of his shell
Blows an addiction
Such a comforting place,
A common mistake,
A dry wishing well.

Now is your chance boy just ignore
The dreadful things they say
Go on, give up, you'll never win,
No crying now, they're watching him
His blood will boil, the kids will sing
Learn to drown before you learn to swim.
So go on, give up, you'll never win

Oh what a mistake
He is charcoal within
He could never direct by them
He stands on the stage
With a grin
But he drops on his knees
And is waiting for anything he can believe in
He's lost, he just wants to be ordinary

Now is your chance boy just ignore
The dreadful things they say
Go on, give up, you'll never win
No crying now, they're watching him
His blood will boil, the kids will sing.
Learn to drown before you learn to swim.

Go on, give up, you'll never win
No crying now, they're watching him
His blood will boil, the kids will sing.
Learn to drown before you learn to swim.

Go on, give up, you'll never win
No crying now, they're watching him
His blood will boil, the kids will sing.
Learn to drown before you learn to swim.

Go on, give up, you'll never win
No crying now, they're watching him

Go on, give up, you'll never win.

This fucking song!

This song is so good. like genuinely. its amazing.

The ending of this song is the very definition of "feels". Every time I listen to it I replay them playing it live last year.

Warp tour!!! These guys rocked

MiNt RobbA They still Rock!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

One of the best albums on earth....just saying

the chorus makes me feel...nice

you should

There are some good rap artists out there...To name a few who don't rap about bitches and drugs, there's Lupe Fiasco, Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Nas, and a lot more. Don't hate an entire genre just because the most popular are bad.

lol did you mean to reply to someone cause this seems a little out of context

i hate rap

My favorite bayside song it's sick sick sick!

why is lil wayne being mentioned on a bayside comment

I love this lil wayne, jay-z and love 2pac. I'm saying there's nothing wrong with that.

save 2pac, he is fucked anyway, but man he was god and sincere about what he did

Kermit. 2:59

hahaha yes!

fuck you.

Oh, no, opinions!

It took me forever to find this song I'm glad I did :3

I found Bayside through Jawbreaker and I can't stop listening to them. As far as lil wayne and all the whatnot, just drop it like it's hot. If I don't like an "artist" I don't listen to them. Just listen to cool stuff! It's easier than you think.

when I saw he said fuck tupac, I thought a shitstorm would ensue and people would put him on blast. But hey, you answered appropriately with what you think without calling him retarded or an idiot. this is how youtube comments should be haha.

This is the most played song on my ipod. And it always will be...

Guys, there's no need to shit on Beatrice, Candice, Denise, and Ethyl just because you like Amanda.

@pointingirl
2009, I think.

@JFrattiniCox1177 right , there is a such thing as good rap people

@pointingirl 08 i think.

@Iliveinabox666 I was gonna thumbs up until I saw 2pac on that list..

this song was on a warped tour demo cd, does anyone know what year warped that cd was? :o

stimulus package by Victory Records

@ThePidgeottosNest
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Tupac was good.

first fell in love with the acoustic album and have been diehard since. LOVE this band and their music

"learn to drown before you learn to swim" that's gonna be my new motto =D

Just checking up on you to see how that motto treated you before i make it mine lol.

I love the almost.. tango feel to this.

@reachforthesky000 Perhaps they've bounced back from his death, but dammit he was a wonderful drummer, and I wouldn't at all say I prefer their new drummer.

i fucking love this song

@reachforthesky000 They didn't exactly take the good out of it, they did in a sense. But they used it, the anger from his death to push their music to a completely new level.

@XEmoElmo thats cool that u like the song but hottopic fails lmao

i was listenin to this in hot topic and i automaticlly needed to listen to this song again

beatz <333

... i just jizzed lil :p

this song sounds exactly like tetris

@ThePidgeottosNest fuck lil wayne. jay-z and pac are alright tho

Bayside is very unique band indeed..i feel as if every song has its own style. It's brilliant

@Allonblack24 It kinda sounds like Hating Every Minute doesn't it?

i've listened to this song so much. love it!

RIP OFF OF THE TRIO

they kind of sound like weezer

wow.. i stopped listening to bayside for a bit and they put out a new album..

Well, Victory was in charge of getting the CD artwork printed.

Yes Bayside approves the artwork itself, but the label gets the printing done for the band. So either Anthony submitted incorrect lyrics, or the person in charge of the art department fucked up.

I know that from time to time, the lyrics are reprinted incorrectly in CD inserts. I've seen it multiple times in Bayside albums actually. Fucking Victory Records.

im pretty sure positivelion is right, "blows an addiction" wouldnt make sense with the rest of the song

yeah i think the same

"alones an adiction" sounds and makes more sense

i love this song

isnt it "Alones an addiction" at 1:34 cuz every lyrics site says its "blows an addiction" but that doesnt make sense and it doesnt sound like hes saying that at all

dudee, thanks for posting their whole album ! (:

Says the one who wants to have sex with Kevin Jonas

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! i luv this song so much, my uncle got me on them now im like addicted to them...ILY uncle Zach!!!!
i got a new ipod thing (and at that time i had never heard of the band or song) so he totally downloaded it oin there and after this song i fell IN-LOVE with them!!!
I luv the part where they say: his blood will boil, the kids will song "LEARN TO DROWN BEFORE YOU LEARN TO SWIM!!!"
but besidez that my fav part of the whole song (BTW best song by bayside) is from: 2:37- 3:50!!!

And that is the best come back you can come up with? Repeating mindless phrases over and over?

And this is why i don't bother reasoning with the likes of people like you, You're all narrow-minded idiots. I did not say I am gay, yet you assume I am because i show compassion for living human beings. I also did not state that I was a democrat, yet you also assumed it. You people are the reason the world is in turmoil and war, not because of minorities, but because of narrow-minded majorities who think they are right in everything.

britney spears is better

britney spears is better

was walking wounded the one with don't call me peanut on it? thats my favorite album. i think thats they're self-titled though.

God, commenting system fails or I fail. I love this song to death and I do not deem it What the hell? quality. Sorry.

What the hell?

awesome song

my second favrite song on this album favorite no one understands, i love this band!

My favorite band ever, been waiting for this for two years, they've grown up way much, yes this is Bayside at it's best because the members are their best and they use their past to make themselves and their influence stronger, they didn't used to do that.....much.

ahh i love this song!!!