Relient K - Be My Escape Lyrics

im as atheist as they come. never realized these guys were a christian group! fantastic music!

This is christian Rock?? I thought it mightve been but i had no idea..

@Bryce Skinner yes indeed!

when the time comes, you wont have too.

This takes me back to 2004 when life was just so simple. The news didn’t control us and life was a breath of fresh air. Now :( this world is ruined.

This puts a whole new twist on my homeschooling experience...😅

I’m still dyin to get outta that house.

we used to listen to this song at the beginning of our relationship almost exactly 3 years ago. it's our song, we broke up yesterday. I hope I still can fix it.. i don't want 3 amazing years to be thrown away.
but i still want to thank you relient k

I heard this in 06 ..my pregame to going to prom with my gf at the time ..dam nostalgia right now 🙏 it's now 2020

most real lyrics in a song ever

I've given up on giving up slowly,
I'm blending in so you won't even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate
This one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption
Because I know to live you must give your life away
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I'm giving up on doing this alone now
'Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there
And this life sentence that I'm serving
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I gotta get outta here
'Cause I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging You to be my escape.

I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self detained and forced to live in this mess I've made
And all I'm asking is for you to do what You can with me
But I can't ask You to give what You already gave

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I've gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I've gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I fought you for so long
I should have let you in
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
But so were you

So were you

Amazing! 👍

Try it at 1.25x speed, it’s more punky

Meaning of song

Anyone else had this play at a random spotify playlist and thought it was JoJo Part 4's opening Chase by batta?

This song still slaps after all this time

0:25 Best start in a song ever! 2019 anyone?

I remember when I was 8 years old listening to relient k while playing WoW

Aahh my teenage years! Its 2019 and listening to this still makes me so happy

❤🕆

Amen. Father be my escape💙💜💙💜

HOLY SHIT I almost forgot. Thank god i found this again.

I've given up on giving up slowly,
I'm blending in so you won't even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate

This one last bullet you mention
Is my one last shot at redemption
'Cause I know to live you must give your life away

And I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there's no way of knowing where to go
I promise I'm going

Because I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I've given up. I'm doing this alone now
'Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there

And this life sentence that I'm serving
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there's no way of knowing where to go
I promise I'm going

Because I gotta get outta here
'Cause I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I've made
And all I'm asking is for you to do what you can with me
But I can't ask you to give what you already gave

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even thoughl there's no way of knowing where to go, I promise I'm going because

I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I fought you for so long
I should have let you win
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do
Was save my own skin
But so were you

So were you

I remember hearing this song when i was little i remember hearing the lyrics we gotta get outta here

Im just.... speechless

bloodshot and bleary eyed scrolling thru the comments

You are loved, thanks for existing.

Jesus loves you bro

I remember i found this song when i was younger once and never was able to find it ever again until now.

Still the most amazing song in history

Let’s go! I am blending in so you will not even know me...

Me había olvidado lo mucho que me gustan

Wow, this was Christian rock?

omfg, que recuerdos

I'm begging You to be my ess-kah-peh

2019 ... still listening :)

Anyone in 2019? 🙌🙌🙌♥️

I love how relient k has actual words in their lyrics, its one of the main reasons I love their songs.

You must love a lot of songs then.

God was low-key hitting me with the gospel before I even knew him. I just thought it was a cool song back then lol
Also, love the ending (those last notes), on the album version!

How did you interpret it? I'm Christian too. The person he want his escape to be is Christ? Nice! Hostage of sin

@Ash I thought it was about a girl naively lol. Listening to it as an adult I can hear the gospel undertones. It's so subtle honestly I may not have known if I didn't know they were Christian

Same :) Praise Jesus

I remember watching the music video for this song with my father constantly as a little kiddo. Couldn't have been older than 8 at most.
This song quickly became the song of my childhood and I would rather no other.
Thank you, relient k, for giving me at least some good memories.

Nathan Reinitzhuber I feel you

heard this song when i got my driving license and i kept running this song and "who i am hates who ive been" all the time. i got to know my girlfriend then and my wife now. oh man, i was so in love with her am im still. thank you for all the good memories relient k!

Anyone here from ambrehhs outfits video 😂🙋

I promise I’m goin’

Every emo girl I knew in the late 2000's LOVED this song haha

7/5/2019 ?

How was Jesus trying to save his own skin?

No, the song is saying Jesus is also trying to save the singer's skin/our skin. Jesus loves us and has our best interest in mind, yet sometimes we're disobedient and end up making things worse for ourselves.

2019 and I still haven't gotten out of here.

*HHHHHHHHH GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE*

Same! Nearly 2020!

I luv this song because of the pokemon villians >:)

This song is stupid good.

How does this not have more views? All of my friends listened to this growing up. This was pretty much my anthem for my tween years.

"This life sentence that I'm serving I admit that I'm every bit deserving, but the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair."
I love this line! I keep replaying this part, because it makes me so happy! Each time I hear my smile gets bigger, and my eyes start to fill with tears.
It's the greatest thing knowing that no matter how many times I mess up, that God still loves and forgives me.
So thank you Relient K for this reminder, because sometimes I think we all need a reminder.

Faithe Hamm it was good until you had to bring religion into it :T

@Ava McCarthy Did you... listen to the song? The singer is singing to God.

Jake Hayes yeah. it could've been about anything.

@Ava McCarthy boy, its a gospel lol, that line confirms it, plus the end... Pretty much the whole song

I grew up listening to this song, so listening to it brings me back to my childhood :)

I love it. Keep it up.

This song was playing on a lullaby radio on Pandora...i am confusion but its a good song!

Eh. It's still a cool audio track these moments. It takes more than one to Tango. Go down.

I can relate to this song so much

I first heard this song when I was 11. I'm in my 20s now and I knew they were supposedly a Christian band back then and I assumed they were talking about God but now watching the video and listening to it, I'm thinking it could be about a girl, it keeps showing a picture of a girl all throughout the video and reading the lyrics it could fit that way as well because there are no explicit references to God or Jesus in this song.

Shawn D even the music video featured a girl as the “escape”

It's some thing I can't shake

Nearly died laughing when I read the lyrics and realized that it was published by a Christian group and presumably that this was meant to have a religious connotation. I legit just thought it was about depression. Sorta wish I didn't ruin it for myself, but oh well. Nicely done song regardless.

You're loved, thanks for existing. I don't know if you know this but you're precious. Even if you don't believe, doesn't change the truth that you are.

This song was so fun to play on the drums. Y’all drummers looking at this comment, try the song cause you’ll have so much fun playing the piece,

Y’all remember when this would come on Disney XD?

Almost 28 And it still puts me right back in that high school mentality. Thank you for this song, thank you for existing 💙 this was my escape!

I'm stuck inside→I'm fuckin side

I've been going crazy because I've tried so hard to remember the name of this song and the name of who singed it, but today I finally remembered some lyrics, I'm so happy right now lol ♡♡♡

Easiest way for me to get back to my Favourite Relient K songs is just by searching the Mmhmm album.

I finally did it!! Yes, I did escape and I am SO HAPPY!!

how dare the 66 people on this world hate this song because it's so damn good!

Love it!

2019, turning 24 and still enjoy listening to this!

Omg me too im 23 and turning 24 in october. I remember this song from when I was small.

Song Changed My Life 👌🏻💪🏻

Bro im 14 rn and this song is a whole bop uwu!

Same lmao

This one of my favorite songs back when I was 5th grade!!!!

Ah yes. Back before they went crazy and went hardcore with the Christian rock. Loved this album and the one after it.

Funny how this band and song have ALWAYS been right there when I needed to hear something or learn something

60 people don't want God to be their escape... anyway, i first listened in the spring of 7 so over 11 years. Can we possibly slow time down?

I'm an atheist and love this song soooooo...

Ryan Adams same

Matthew Steel why does this song have to be about god? can't we just all enjoy it

Legend of Genji

My teacher listened to this song in her younger days, didn't know y'all a Christian Band

I never knew!!!

Gahh my middle school summed up!

This used to be my favorite song like .. 12 years ago

This song is the epitome of youth group music in the early 2000s

This band still around? Nice

As old as this song is, I still don't match a religious meaning to this song. As the years went by, I began to put my own meaning to this song, and that's fine.

The meaning is up to the audience, and just as others have their own perception of the meaning, I have mine.

Same. Its their later songs that went REALLY heavy with the religious undertones. This album and the one that came out after it were good (the name escapes me atm) but all after that went super heavy with the religion.

do you make the "He" in the song reference to someone else? I'm just curious.

Own meaning? Lol
Listen again, "but the beauty of GRACE is that it makes life not fair" and lots of other lines, ita obviously a gospel, and you cant change that, no matter what you wanna think lol

Yo bro, you're loved. Thanks for existing.
Jesus loves you

EndorphinCity💖

this song inspired me to draw something ive been working on for like a week now and ive been listening to it on repeat since then. needless to say this is now the theme song of the oc im drawing lol

2018 <3

It's 2018 and I am turning 27. When I first heard this song in 2004 I was 13, literally half a lifetime away. Hearing this song again really bring me back. So much has changed and I really missed the days of being a carefree teen...

Totally.. I'm 25 and it's like where did the time go. So much has changed but it seems like it did in the blink of an eye. It's great how one song can bring back all those carefree feelings.

Im 27...same i was 13...and here i am lol..

2019 gonna be 25 -_-

@Taylor Griffing Turning 26 next month...it doesn't get better fam

sooo true...

U N D E R R A T E D

I probably half of these views lol

I used to listen to your music, I then forgot your band name after awhile....I saw a video on my recommended playlist, Relient K? I was pretty sure I knew them...When I went into your music, I started to remember that I used to listen to this music, especially the song who am I hates who I've been. I'm glad I have found them again....

This song is about a young man and his struggle in life and his need for God.

Nice observation, Captain Obvious 👍

omfg...

I THIUGHT THIS WAS ANNEW SONG BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW

Still one of my all-time favorites.

I've given up on giving up slowly,
I'm blending in so you won't even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate

This one last bullet you mention
Is my one last shot at redemption
'Cause I know to live you must give your life away

And I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there's no way of knowing where to go
I promise I'm going

Because I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I've given up. I'm doing this alone now
'Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there

And this life sentence that I'm serving
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there's no way of knowing where to go
I promise I'm going

Because I gotta get outta here
'Cause I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I've made
And all I'm asking is for you to do what you can with me
But I can't ask you to give what you already gave

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even thoughl there's no way of knowing where to go, I promise I'm going because

I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I fought you for so long
I should have let you win
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do
Was save my own skin
But so were you

So were you

*I've given up, on doing this alone now

This sounds like it could be part of a Sonic the hedgehog track

love this song. listened when I was a young teen-ager. now it's 2017 and I still love it.

Crazy good piano.

SilentSputnik lmfao. I don’t play instruments but I listed for the piano and I literally heard one single piano key being played

Kevin you didn't hear the complexity of it? Just insane.

YEHYEHYEHYEHYEH noor. Can you explain?

@BBB It is more Synth than Piano. There is some piano though

I've given up on giving up slowly,
I'm blending in so you won't even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate
This one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption
Because I know to live you must give your life away
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I'm giving up on doing this alone now
'Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there
And this life sentence that I'm serving
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I gotta get outta here
'Cause I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging You to be my escape.

I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self detained and forced to live in this mess I've made
And all I'm asking is for you to do what You can with me
But I can't ask You to give what You already gave

'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in knowing
Where to go, promise I'm going because
I've gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I've gotta get outta here
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape.

I fought you for so long
I should have let you in
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
But so were you

So were you

wow hadn't listened to this song in years haha

this mental takes me back wtf