Up & Down & Back Again lyrics

Song information

Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Odyssey Number Five

Lyrics

Come and rescue me from in the water deep
Careful now don't lose your aim the road ahead is clear again I haven't found it yet
You drift away so slow from in the ebb and flow
So I landed on my feet the steadiness is bittersweet
It feels the same when you're pushed out and away and into the crush

Pre chorus:
In all the hidden pleasures you find in what you're looking for
I hope that you remember that pride comes before a fall

Chorus:
And I can barely see up and down and back again
Despite what you believe I keep away from trouble
If who I am today's a sign of where I'm going I'm ready to embrace

Recreate the scene of everywhere you've been
Overcome the dreaded curse a symptom the universe
It feels the same when you're pushed out of the way and into the crush

(Repeat pre chorus)
(Repeat chorus)

If everybody knows just who you are
When your walk on role becomes a major part
Have you ever attempted to be yourself?
When everybody wants you to be someone else
Bridge

If you wanna see the things you've trapped set free
You'd better let go of what lets them be
Have you ever attempted to be yourself?
When everybody wants you to be someone else
Up and down and back again
Going up and down and back again