Name: All the Way Up
Duration: P00H03M15S
Description: Nothing much to say for this one! I have to give a tip of the hat to Jens Lekman's song "A Postcard to Nina" which ends with the repeated refrain "don't let anyone stand in your way." That meant something to me when I heard it in real life, and it's certainly the inspiration for the chorus here. Maybe I wish I had soaked in that message more thoroughly when I was younger.

Boy on the Wall - All the Way Up

from SpinTunes #13 - Round 2 by Spintunes

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Nothing much to say for this one! I have to give a tip of the hat to Jens Lekman's song "A Postcard to Nina" which ends with the repeated refrain "don't let anyone stand in your way." That meant something to me when I heard it in real life, and it's certainly the inspiration for the chorus here. Maybe I wish I had soaked in that message more thoroughly when I was younger.

lyrics

All The Way Up

Brian, listen, I am writing you this letter
Cuz reminiscing I think life coulda been better
I mean, don’t worry, things are going fine
But let’s interrogate the storyline

You go to school, you’re good at writing papers
But look at all the stuff you’re putting off for later
You’re a musician with pernicious inhibition
You’re just wondering and wishing but I’m asking you to listen:

　　Don’t let anybody stand in your way
　　Least of all yourself, least of all today
　　Listen don’t let anybody turn your spirit down
　　You gotta amplify the sound, yeah turn it all the waaaay up

I’m sorry if I’m coming down a little strong here,
But 2017 has kinda been a long year,
I think about you, all the things you won’t do,
Instead of living in fear I wanna help you break through

But you middle class white boys thriving in the nineties
Are bound for the white noise of existential crises
You need a mission not yr parent’s permission
So forgive the repetition but I’m asking you to listen:

　　Chorus

If I had a time machine I’d bring you here to 2017,
And show you everything will turn out fine, just fine

Yeah if I had a time machine, I’d take you back to when we were fifteen,
And turn you loose to redesign, to realign,
to redefine, I'd go back in time to redesign it all

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from SpinTunes #13 - Round 2, released July 17, 2017

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