Sleater-Kinney - Get Up Lyrics






And when the body finally starts to let go
Let it all go at once
Not piece by piece.
But like a whole bucket of stars
Dumped into the universe.

Whoooh! Watch it go!
Good-bye small hands, good-bye small heart
Good-bye small head
My soul is climbing tree trunks
And swinging from every branch

They're calling on me
They're calling on me
They're calling on me
(I am fine)

They're calling on me
They're calling on me
They're calling on me
(I'm not fine)

Do you think I'm an animal? Am I not?
Do you like fur
(I'm alright)
Do you wanna come over
Are we captive only for a short time
(I'm not right)

Is there splendor, I'm not ashamed
Desire shoots through me like birds singing
(The way you move no ocean's waves were ever as fluid)

They're calling on me
They're calling on me
They're calling on me
(I am fine)

They're calling on me
They're calling on me
They're calling on me
(I'm not fine)

I hit the mark
I target moon, I target sky, I target sun
Fall down on the world
Fall down on the world
Fall down on the world before it falls on you

Like beggars, like dogs
Like whores, us all
(I'm alright)
Like beggars, like dogs
Like stars, us all
(I'm not right)

Shoot straight for my heart
(And when you were near no sky was ever quite so clear)
Shoot straight for my heart

Like stars, so small
Like us when we fall
(I am fine)
Like beggars, like whores
Like lovers

Oh, get up too far
Oh, get up too far

Like stars above
Look down so far
Like stars above
Look down at us all





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  1. E.... M....

    This song. Fuck. So good. So, so good. Goodbye small hands, goodbye Janet.

  2. m.... ....

    jesus christ man, this is the sleater-kinney for me.

  3. J.... B....

    This is always the hottest cut at every party

  4. A.... G....

    This is one of those bands that should've gotten more recognition but didn't

  5. v.... ....

    Everyone in this video looks like they haven't showered in days. But that's indie life I guess

  6. K.... C....

    just realized thats carrie brownstone from portlandia lmao

  7. T.... O....

    If this song isn't sung at my funeral in myremembrance (with a live band, but the audience singing it on the way out of the service), than i will haunt each and every single person i've ever known....and not in a fun way

  8. t.... ....

    @1:06 when I want my gf to go down on me

  9. S.... ....

    Thank you YouTube recommendation

  10. K.... M....

    20 years later and this is still the song I request to play at my funeral wherever that may be. Put me in one of those eco burial pods and give myself back to the earth

    K.... M....

    EXACTLY!

  11. W.... ....

    Not just Sleater-Kinney's best video, this is one of the best music videos ever.

  12. N.... P....

    I was young to this...

  13. D.... G....

    Goodbye small hands - 2020

    D.... G....

    MAGA2020

    D.... G....

    More like MaTGA 2020. Make Trump Go Away.

    D.... G....

    Goodbye large cock

    D.... G....

    Welcome big cock

  14. f.... l....

    agreed Conan

  15. P.... K....

    Really great guitar intro but the discordant harmony when the second guitar comes in it just hurts me a bit

  16. J.... S....

    Video looks like it was written & directed by Mark Borchardt. 😉😂

  17. D.... N....

    Dinosaur Jr. and The Breeders had a child.

  18. s.... ....

    Sleater's pièce de résistance. A masterwork of build-build-build and resolve.
    Emotional and powerfully exultant.
    Sublime.

  19. S.... i....

    ❤❤✊👈

  20. A.... H....

    me blasting this in my ears LETS GO LESBAINS

  21. A.... H....

    And when the body finally starts to let go
    Let it all go at once
    Not piece by piece.
    But like a whole bucket of stars
    Dumped into the universe.

    Whoooh! Watch it go!
    Good-bye small hands, good-bye small heart
    Good-bye small head
    My soul is climbing tree trunks
    And swinging from every branch

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I am fine)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I'm not fine)

    Do you think I'm an animal? Am I not?
    Do you like fur
    (I'm alright)
    Do you wanna come over
    Are we captive only for a short time
    (I'm not right)

    Is there splendor, I'm not ashamed
    Desire shoots through me like birds singing
    (The way you move no ocean's waves were ever as fluid)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I am fine)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I'm not fine)

    I hit the mark
    I target moon, I target sky, I target sun
    Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world before it falls on you

    Like beggars, like dogs
    Like whores, us all
    (I'm alright)
    Like beggars, like dogs
    Like stars, us all
    (I'm not right)

    Shoot straight for my heart
    (And when you were near no sky was ever quite so clear)
    Shoot straight for my heart

    Like stars, so small
    Like us when we fall
    (I am fine)
    Like beggars, like whores
    Like lovers

    Oh, get up too far
    Oh, get up too far

    Like stars above
    Look down so far
    Like stars above
    Look down at us all

  22. K.... ....

    Am I the only one here cause it was mentioned in the Lumberjanes novelization?

  23. S.... A....

    My favorite jam of theirs
    Where are the fans at?
    November 2018

  24. E.... ....

    this some makes me feel some kinda way, i love it so much <3

  25. c.... ....

    9/10 times. I resent the bridge in a rock song. This is not one of those times. So lovely.

  26. d.... ....

    Thank God for Sub Pop, K Recs, KRS, Matador, Merge, 4ad and all the other great indie labels of the 80s and 90s.

    d.... ....

    YES!! 🙏🙌

    d.... ....

    Don't forget Righteous Babe.

  27. M.... M....

    This album was played over and over in a difficult time in my life. I got through it.

  28. b.... m....

    300,000 of these views are from me 😇

  29. E.... I....

    que chevere video. me encanta esta banda.

  30. K.... H....

    God i love the Northwest. True talent comes from my region

  31. J.... T....

    I love the instrumentation in this trax, but I'm gonna have to stop listening to it after all. I just realized that this whole track is about satan......
    Forget that mess!
    ALL PRAISE TO THE POWER OF ABRAHAM ISSAC AND JACOB IN THE NAME OF HIS SON JESUS!!

    J.... T....

    Hail satan, eat babies, amen. Everyone’s goin’ to hell!

  32. T.... ....

    Must be good if it's a Lumberjanes favorite.

  33. W.... I....

    And when the body finally starts to let go
    Let it all go at once
    Not piece by piece.
    But like a whole bucket of stars
    Dumped into the universe.

    Whoooh! Watch it go!
    Good-bye small hands, good-bye small heart
    Good-bye small head
    My soul is climbing tree trunks
    And swinging from every branch

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I am fine)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I'm not fine)

    Do you think I'm an animal? Am I not?
    Do you like fur
    (I'm alright)
    Do you wanna come over
    Are we captive only for a short time
    (I'm not right)

    Is there splendor, I'm not ashamed
    Desire shoots through me like birds singing
    (The way you move no ocean's waves were ever as fluid)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I am fine)

    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    They're calling on me
    (I'm not fine)

    I hit the mark
    I target moon, I target sky, I target sun
    Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world before it falls on you

    Like beggars, like dogs
    Like whores, us all
    (I'm alright)
    Like beggars, like dogs
    Like stars, us all
    (I'm not right)

    Shoot straight for my heart
    (And when you were near no sky was ever quite so clear)
    Shoot straight for my heart

    Like stars, so small
    Like us when we fall
    (I am fine)
    Like beggars, like whores
    Like lovers

    Oh, get up too far
    Oh, get up too far

    Like stars above
    Look down so far
    Like stars above
    Look down at us all

  34. E.... S....

    RIP Ed Siemienkowicz. Thank you for introducing me to all the coolest people, songs, art, movies and music. Love always! ❤️

  35. S.... F....

    I hit the mark. I target moon, I target sky, I target sun

  36. O.... G....

    'Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world
    Fall down on the world before it falls on you'

  37. M.... T....

    My favorite sleater Kinney song

  38. S.... M....

    This music video's story line was inspired by the Canadian film "Exotica" (1994) directed by Atom Egoyan. Man becomes obsessed with a stripper who was part of a volunteer search party to help find his missing & presumed dead daughter. He's obsessed & feels a strong connection with her for 2 reasons, because she's the one who found the body & she used to be his daughters babysitter.

  39. r.... k....

    the intro's guitar riff just...... im glad i found this band.

  40. P.... J....

    Is this the music video that Miranda July directed?

    P.... J....

    Paulina Jose yup!

  41. M.... L....

    I voted for Trump. This song. Sorry I'm a bad man. I love this music.

  42. l.... ....

    Some songs just hit you instantly

  43. t.... ....

    This song gives me the chills. Its that good. Upbeat drums and vocals hit you in the gut and the heart.

  44. _.... b....

    fall down on the world

  45. M.... S....

    is this song related to Mia Zapata's murder and rape?

  46. P.... B....

    Try getting hold of a 7" single. very very rare

  47. P.... ....

    Love it = fresh air

  48. R.... B....

    I am 70 years old and I love this music and lyrics, I hope many young girls watch this and become inspired to speak out. Thanks Carrie for all you do.

  49. j.... l....

    sound advice brought me here.

  50. D.... H....

    so true for me I had so much respect for the indie laber kill rock stars even though Ive always consider matador records and sub pop far above rubies but this ladies teached me how to really enjoy music this song from their memorable lp the hot rock will always get me through this he he

    D.... H....

    Not Human

    D.... H....

    I personally preferred Matador and Sub-Pop myself as well, the former of which Sleater Kinney is now on.

  51. b.... t....

    This song is incredible, I can't believe I've never listened to it before

    b.... t....

    Its my first time to. Relaxing in the afternoon to some Sleater Kinney. This is so dreamy.

  52. N.... t....

    i feel like watching x files for the first time...

  53. B.... ....

    The economy, the economy, the economy! Oh oh oh oh...

  54. B.... T....

    Fantastic guitar rifts.  This song rocks my old bones.

  55. E.... ....

    Does Janet Weiss ever write or sing in this band?

    E.... ....

    Yeah, she does some backing vocals, and she helps arrange the songs.

    E.... ....

    Not anymore

  56. E.... W....

    Gratitude... selfless music

  57. J.... V....

    THIS SONG. <3

    J.... V....

    +Jacqueline Valencia YASSSSSSS

  58. S.... ....

    This reminds me so much of heavens to Betsy! Corins voice hasn't changed!

  59. N.... J....

    magic sounds

  60. i.... p....

    somebody knows where are those space/universe videos from?

  61. J.... C....

    janet <3

  62. R.... A....

    Muito Foda

  63. N.... O....

    Sleater-Kinney 有名みたいだぞ。

    N.... O....

    ANTONY BATISTA、thank you very much.

    N.... O....

    Claudio Policano,thank you very much.

  64. a.... b....

    Find a boy

  65. S.... S....

    This kind of sounds like a Sonic Youth song. 

    S.... S....

    @Satiric Satyr King   It is. The beginning is from Tunic (Song for Karen). The Sonic Youth song about Karen Carpenter.

    S.... S....

    +Satiric Satyr King i was just thinking the same thing!!!! the monologuing totally has some whispers of kim in it.

    S.... S....

    +Leah Espinosa Genius

    S.... S....

    Yeah, it's very "Washing Machine" in that respect.

    S.... S....

    sounds a lot like Patti Smith and the song Tunic by Sonic Youth

  66. w.... ....

    Sleator - Kinney Rocks !!!

  67. m.... d....

    Can't get enough of it! So thankful they are reunited and touring!

  68. D.... H....

    they only played stuff from their lp all hands on the bad one plus midway through the show someone got up on stage and got his ass kicked out from the show hope someone who was there can attest to this

  69. D.... H....

    do u think im an animal am i not
    do u wanna come over love that part but hate they did not played this at the metro in september 2000 when i saw them live

  70. J.... 3....

    I edited together a video for "All hands on the bad one." Check it out.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EcdSxgIK-g

  71. c.... ....

    Possibly the best rock drummer in riot girl history ???

    c.... ....

    @CarlaAzar umm how about THE best drummer being female ain’t got nothing to do with it

    c.... ....

    Janet's one of the best drummers ever

    c.... ....

    However, this song is awful.

    c.... ....

    @Zero Cool why do you think so? This is one of my favorites because it sounds so upbeat for a song about sexual obsession.

  72. t.... ....

    I think that it would be nice if they could at least include one "non-white" woman in that "march of womanhood"....

    t.... ....

    If you do an "open" call in China you will get a homogeneity that belies the intent of diversity. The point is "open" is relative to where and how wide the caller informs the eligible public she is looking for. 

    t.... ....

    +ElodyTamTam fascist language? you social justice warriors are pathetic.

    t.... ....

    +Stringer Bell Yo String!

    t.... ....

    So many uncultured over sensitive white folks wanting to speak on behalf of "non-whites" when they probably can't even count how many non-white people are in there lives on 2 fingers. Get over yourselves. It's a great video. You're looking for something wrong to point a finger at when all you have to do is look in the mirror.

    t.... ....

    I want to believe that this is a well-fashioned troll post, and that you weren't actively looking to be offended.

  73. L.... F....

    I really believe this is a love song.

  74. u.... ....

    Love Sleater-Kinney!
    Many thanks #Subpop  

  75. C.... ....

    another one of those songs that is WAAAAAAYYY UNDERRATED. This song gives me freaking chills.

    C.... ....

    fuckin andrew wk ;-D He never got the credit he deserved

    C.... ....

    It sounds horrible.

    C.... ....

    Not underrated for those of us with good taste. But yeah if I imagine what your friends listen to it probably is underrated huh?😂😂👊

  76. l.... ....

    Aaah HQ

  77. s.... ....

    finally a properly mastered version of the video :)

  78. M.... O....

    My fav sleater-kinney song

  79. M.... Z....

    Never heard before,Great

  80. L.... V....

    Great band!