Taking Back Sunday comenzó en noviembre de 1999 tomando como referencia a bandas de hardcore punk como Lifetime y Endpoint y el emo que creó Sunny Day Real Estate. Sin embargo, su primer material no vería la luz hasta 2001, año en que lanzan su primer EP autotitulado Taking Back Sunday, al que le seguiría Lullaby EP. Después, la banda estaría de gira por el país con bandas ya consagradas como At the Drive-In y Alkaline Trio. Durante los comienzos, y en los años siguientes, la banda sufrió cambios en su formación.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Verse 1: C# The nicest man Fm I ever met C# Was more malicious G# than malcontent C# Yeah, he taught me how Bbm to hold my tongue C# And wait to strike til FmEb their backs were turned
Refrain 1: C#Cm And you slither away like FmG# the snake that you are C#Cm Yeah, you slither away FmF# like the snake that you are
Chorus 1: C# And all I ever did G# was look up to you C# And if all I ever FmC#Fm did was let let you down EbFm Ain't nothing stopping me now
Interlude: C#-G#-Fm-G#-
Verse 2: C# The vanities fell FmC# correctly beneath G# The receding part of his twenties C#Bbm Was capital M-E (I couldn't subscribe) C#Fm Was capital M-E (but you Eb can't say I didn't try)
Refrain 2: C#Cm You say what you want FmG# (maybe I didn't get my way) C#Cm So you say what you want FmF# (maybe I didn't get my way) But I got I got away
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge: Bbm Was it everything you hoped for? C# Was it all of that and Bbm more? Too much too soon? Fm Or too good to be true? Eb Was it everything you hoped for? Was it all of that and more?
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: Bbm And all I ever did G# was look up to you C# And if all I ever FmC#Fm did was let let you down EbFmC#(hold) Ain't nothing stopping me now