Boys Like Girls is a pop rock/power pop band that formed in Andover, Massachusetts, United States in 2005. Influenced by contemporary emo and pop punk groups, they're perhaps best known for their hit song "The Great Escape". Currently on hiatus, the band consists of Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (guitar, vocals), Morgan Dorr (bass), and John Keefe (drums). The group's original bassist, Bryan Donahue, left the band in 2011.
As of February 2011, the band announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1: F#mE Found my way to the highway I don't D wanna tell you the state I'm in F#m I've had too much to smoke too ED much to drink where have I been F#mE It feels like the stars are getting D closer and the sky is closing in F#mED And I don't know where to begin
Refrain 1: EF#m We're all looking D for something EF#mD To take away the pain
Chorus: AA/C#D Me and you and my medi---cation (Making the best of it) AA/C#D Love is just a chemical cre--ation (Will it be permanent?) F#m Synthetic sensation ED Me you and my medication
Verse 2: F#mE The way back to the right track D maybe you can help me find the door F#mE Is it too much to ask too much D too fast too much to ignore F#mE It feels like your bodys getting D closer but you seem so far away F#mED Medicine make it ok
(Repeat Refrain 1 and chorus)
Bridge: A Can you feel it? Do you feel it? Coming down F#m You gotta get up Can you get up Off the ground A Can you hear it? Can you hear D me screaming? A Can you feel it? Do you feel it? Coming down F#m You gotta get up Can you get up Off the ground A I wanna hear it Wanna hear D you breathing
Refrain 2: EF#m Were all addicted D to something EF#mD That takes away the pain