The Legend of Chin (1997)
Switchfoot debuted with The Legend of Chin, titled after lead singer Jon Foreman’s best friend in high school, Willis Chin.
My Favorite Songs: Concrete Girl, Ode to Chin, You, Chem 6a
With blankness staring back at me
And screaming from the pages
I feel the fear of apathy
Gripping me, pushing me
On top of everything
In the corner with a view
I turn off the fluorescent tubes
This is the bomb that I’ve been waiting for
Looking for
You finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
Yes you finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
With nothingness on top of me
And bleeding from my folder
Who can stop the emptiness
Don’t let it take me over
I’ve been sinking down
Further into nothinng
I’ve been waiting long
Longer than for some things
This is the bomb that I’ve been waiting for
Living for
You finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
Yes you finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
And you finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
Yes you finally lit the fuse that’s in my head
Nothing but a chemical in my head
It’s nothing but laziness
Cause I don’t wanna read the book
I’ll watch the movie
Cause it’s not me
I’m just like everybody else my age
I think I’d rather play around
And I think I’d rather watch TV
Cause I don’t wanna face my fears
I’ll watch the movie
Cause it’s not me
I’m just like everybody else
I’m just like everybody else
Because I don’t wanna be here
I don’t wanna see this now
It’s all wrong but it’s alright
And I don’t wanna be here
I don’t wanna study now
It’s all wrong but it’s alright
I don’t know what love is
And I don’t know who I am
And if I ever want to find out
I’ll watch the movie
Cause it’s not me
I’m just like everybody else my age
I don’t wanna change the world
And I don’t wanna be someone
I don’t wanna write the book
I’ll watch the movie
Cause it’s not me
I’m just like everybody else
I’m just like everybody else
I don’t wanna be here
I don’t wanna see this now
It’s all wrong but it’s alright
I don’t wanna be here
I don’t wanna study now
It’s all wrong but it’s alright
It’s in her head
It’s in her mind
She can’t believe it
Can’t believe she’s running out of time
And any hold
That she can find
Something to lean on
Everybody fails her
Half the time
Nothing to be
She’s already been
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
She lights her candle 6 am
Starting a new one
Every new one just hits her
Just the same
Just like clockwork
She climbs down
Into her bottle
No one down there cares
To know her name
She’s underwater
Nowhere now
Underwater upside down
The rising tide won’t
Find her now
She’s lost and found
Underwater
She’s underwater
But she won’t drown
She can’t believe it
And everyone she meets
Feels just the same
It takes all day
To get to tonight
What makes the sun set
And what makes it go back
To where it came
She’s underwater
Nowhere now
She’s underwater
Upside down
The rising tide won’t
Find her now
She’s lost and found
Now she’s upside down
Now she’s six feet down
Underwater
Underwater
Underwater
Underwater
Nothing more
That there’s nothing more
Nothing more
That there’s nothing more
Nothing here’s the same
It’s all a dream
Life on the movie screen
And I’m sitting on the edge of my seat
I can’t tell what happens next
Just what I’ve seen
I don’t know what it means
But I’m holding on the edge of my seat
Cause I can’t forget your name
Forget your name
Yeah I can’t forget your name
I know I can’t forget you, girl
I promise
Sit back buckle in and hold on tight
A roller coaster ride
And I’m holding on the edge of my seat
And I can’t now for sure
Cause I just landed on your shore
But I think you got nothing but
Another thing coming
If you think there’s nothing more
That there’s nothing more
It’s a long way from Miami to LA
It’s a long long way from yesterday
To where I am today
It’s a long way from my thoughts
To what I say
It’s a long long way from paradise
To where I am today
All that’s in my head
Is in Your hands
It’s a long way from the moon up to the sun
It’s a longer road ahead of me
The road that I’ve begun
Stop to think of
All the times I’ve lost
Start to think of all the
Bridges that I’ve burned
That must be crossed
Over, over, over
Take me over
I’ve been poison
I’ve been rain
I’ve been fooled again
I’ve seen ashes
Shine like chrome
Someday I’ll see home
Home, home
It’s a long way
From the shadows in my cave
Up to Your reality
To watch the sunlight taking over
Over, over, over
Take me over
I’ve been poison
I’ve been rain
I’ve been fooled again
I’ve seen ashes
Shine like chrome
Someday I’ll see home
Home, home
Everything I know
Tells me she’s everything
That I could hope for
Everything I know
Tells me I can’t let her walk away
I took my time to find the words
I hope she’d feel the same
Cause I want someone to share my smile
To share the pain
To be there when the sea turns gray
To share the joy
For better or worse
And I thought that it might have been her
I thought that it might have been her
Wonder if she knows
The way I saw her soul
Light up my life
Wonder if she knows
The pain I feel tonight
Bleeding thoughts
Cracking boulder
Don’t fall over
Fake your laughter
Burn the tear
Sing it louder
Twist and shout
Way up here
We stand on shoulders
Growing colder
Laugh or cry
I won’t mind
Sing it louder
Twist and shout
Immovable shadows
The concrete girl
They’ll rock your world to nothing
Catch your breath
Like four-leaf clover
Hand it over
Scream to no one
Take your time
Sing it louder
Twist and shout
Nothing to run from
Is worse than something
And all your fears of nothing
And they’re swimming
Around and around again, again
The concrete girl
Concrete girl
Don’t fall down
Don’t fall down my concrete girl
Don’t stop thinking
Don’t stop feeling now
One step away from where we were
And one step back to nothing
And we’re standing on top of our hopes and fears
And we’re fighting for words now
Concrete girl
And we’re swimming around again, again
And we’re swimming around now
Concrete girl
Concrete girl
Don’t fall down
In this broken world around you
Concrete girl
Don’t fall down
Don’t fall down my concrete girl
Concrete girl
Don’t fall down
In this concrete world around you
Concrete girl
Don’t fall down
Don’t break down my concrete girl
Life and love and why
Child, adult, then die
All of your hoping
And all of your searching
For what?
Ask me for what am I living
Or what gives me strength
That I’m willing to die for
Take away from me
This monstrosity
Cause my futile thinking’s
Not gonna solve nothing tonight
Ask me for what I’m living
Or what gives me strength
That I’m willing to die for
Could it be this
Could this be bliss
Could it be all that
I ever had missed
Could it be true
Can life be new
And can I be used
Can I be used
Give me a reason
For life and for death
A reason for drowning
While I hold my breath
Something to laugh at
A reason to cry
With everyone hopeless
And hoping for something
To hope for
Yeah with something to hope for
Could it be true
Can life be new
Could it be all that I am
Is in You
Could it be this
Could this be bliss
Can it be You
Can it be You
There’s always something
In the way
There’s always something
Getting through
But it’s not me
It’s You, it’s You
Sometimes ignorance rings true
But hope is not in what I know
It’s not in me… me
It’s in You, it’s in You
It’s all I know
It’s all I know
It’s all I know
I find peace when I’m confused
I find hope when I’m let down
Not in me… me
In You, it’s in You
I hope to lose myself for good
I hope to find it in the end
Not in me… me
In You, in You, in You
It’s all I know
It’s all I know
It’s all I know
In You, in You
It’s in You, it’s in You
There’s always something in the way
There’s always something getting through
But it’s not me
It’s You, it’s You, it’s You
What’s your direction?
Tell me what’s wrong
Tell me what’s right
What’s your direction?
Think about somebody else for the night
Life’s more than girls
God’s more than worlds
You’re more than this
So what’s your direction
And where are you now
Grow, grow where you are
Anchor your roots underneath
Doubt your doubts
And believe your beliefs
What’s your direction
What matters most
What should you know
What’s your direction
All that you’ve been
Makes who you are now
Cause I’ve been ashamed
I’ve been a fool
You know I’ve backed down
When I lose direction I pray to be found
Grow, grow where you are
Anchor your roots underneath
Doubt your doubts
And believe your beliefs
Don’t be there
Cause I’m on my way
And I’m already gone over
And I’m on my way
I can’t recall myself
How I went down
Did I get shot
Or shoot myself
I’m down here
And you’re way up there
But that doesn’t hurt badly
But it stings right here
And I won’t pretend there’s nothing there
You’ll be around and I’ll be square
Don’t be alarmed if I’m not there
You’ll be around and I’ll be square
If you’re a rose
Then I’m the thorn
That’s in your side
And does it hurt badly
Cause it burns right here
I’d like to say hello
I’d like to say I care
I’d like to let you know
That nothing here’s the same with me
Nothing here’s the same
Don’t be around
Don’t be there