Tearing Up lyrics

[Toby Roktot]

Here ya go.... been a while....


Tearing up.
Toby Roktot.

(A5) You kissed me Rolled out of bed.

I started to talk-- you just (Emaj) shook your head

(A5) Lying there-- wondering what to do

You looked at me said I’m tearing up (A5) my life with you


(D) I tried to think of something that might (A5) change your mind

but (Emaj) it was our time-- to (A5) say goodbye

(D) I guess I knew-- we would (A5) end this way

But I (Emaj) hoped it wouldn’t be-- to (A5) day


Seems to me-- I’ve run out of time

Life’s too short to keep thinking-- everything is fine

So I packed my bag-- said goodbye

Walked out the door-- tearing up that part of my life


Bitter cold day suits my mood so well

How many times has someone had this story to tell

Heading down the road-- What will be will be

Leaving you is tearing up-- a big part of me


I made sure-- The dog was fed

Walking out the door-- I just shook my head

[pauley g]

My Social Uniform - Tearing Up

Maybe you already knew
As the walls closed in
I saw you from a different point of view
You stood in the doorway
Neither one of us breathing
I struggled to find the words

I didn't know how to tell the truth
And I'm tearing up 'cause the
Weight of this is the hardest part
And nothing will be the same

Could anything prepare me
For this moment
Tests of varying degree
I never dreamed
Something like this would happen
But it's me who's crying those words

I didn't know how to tell the truth
And I'm tearing up 'cause the
Weight of this is the hardest part
And nothing will be the same

I didn't know how to tell the truth
And I'm tearing up 'cause the
Weight of this is the hardest part
And nothing will be the same

Nothing will be the same

[the panna cotta army]

Tearing Up
The Pannacotta Army

You’re tearing up
Our shared commitment
Withdrawing the drug
That's in my system

I watch the scene dissolve
The storyline resolve

You’ve drawn a path
That I can't follow
This bitter pill
Is so hard to swallow

And as the silence grows
I reach for one last overdose

[thirdcatmusic]

Tearing Up - Third Cat

burning out the light
pulling off my wings
you don't believe in my right to be

tearing up everything you love
until you've got nothing left

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Tearing Up
Pigfarmer Jr

The sun's gonna rise in the morning
I gotta find a way to let it win
I spend too much damn energy
I'm too proud to let 'em see
How sad it makes me feel when the day begins

I'm living a cliche' with my drinking
And the world doesn't need another whiskey song
My soul's too tired to keep from sinking
And I can't keep myself from thinking
Maybe I've been around a little too long

I was staring at my wife as the preacher read the gospel
Now I'm tearing up my life from the bottle of a bottle
And I know how this story's gonna end
How it's gonna end

The moon seems too tired to keep shining
Too sad form watching all that we go through
I can't blame her for wanting to leave
Sneaking from the sky on an aimless breeze
I say goodbye as I watch her slip from view

I was staring at my wife as the preacher read the gospel
Now I'm tearing up my life from the bottle of a bottle
And I know how this story's gonna end
How it's gonna end

And the goodbyes that we have to say don't get any easier
If I move on I can't help but feel that I am leaving her

I was staring at my wife as the preacher read the gospel
Now I'm tearing up my life from the bottle of a bottle
And I know how this story's gonna end
How it's gonna end

[Duncan]

Tearing Up (extended jingle for myMonthyOnions.net if anyone ever starts that business)

Duncan Martin
D D Maj7 Em A7
Carpool Fridays with neighbour Dave and he’s starting to get on my nerves
D D Maj7 Em A7
He still shows up for my filthy truck and doesn’t seem to mind that I swerve
F#m Em F#m Em
I don’t have the tact to cancel our little pact. If I did, he’d still take it bad
F#m Em G A7
I don’t have the knack it’s just something that I lack, so I decide I should call up my dad

And he says
D E7 G A7
Son, cut up an onion. If you don’t have a knife that's okay
D E7 G A7
Toss the papery skin in the compost bin and commence to chewing away
Em A Em A
He’ll rather walk in the rain, you won’t have to explain
G A D
It ain’t cheating, it’s just you wreaking

D D Maj7 Em A7
It’s the seventh take with a brand new cake, and the director’s getting stressed
D D Maj7 Em A7
I’m playing the queen in a wedding scene, supposed to cry all over my dress.
F#m Em F#m Em
But my tear ducts are dry as a desert sky, I’m digging deep into my past
F#m Em G A7
Revisiting loss and heartbreak and pain, but none of it seems to last

And my dad says
D E7 G A7
Son, cut up an onion, find a blade that’s serrated and dull
D E7 G A7
So it spits out bits of allium juice in your eyes and on the walls
Em A Em A
You’ll be tearing up on the double, your nose’ll be running with bubbles
G A D
You ain’t no cheater……..it’s just theatre

Bridge:
F# Bm
Sign up now and claim your discount
F# Bm
Enter "Duncan" at the checkout
G D
Three dozen onions monthly at the front door
A D
You’ll never buy another from the store

D D Maj7 Em A7
6 o’clock and you’re coming home, I’m in bed without any clothes
D D Maj7 Em A7
Feelin’ ashamed and I’m prob’ly to blame. I don’t have anything on the stove
F#m Em F#m Em
So I’d better think quick of some little trick. I see your lights coming up the road
F#m Em G A7
So I call up my dad for a little advice and do exactly as I’m told

D E7 G A7
He says son, cut up an onion, put it into a pan
D E7 G A7
Turn it on high as she comes up the drive, and forget about the kitchen fan
Em A Em A
Suggest that she go have a shower, that’ll buy you a half an hour
G A D
It isn’t cheating…...its a bit misleading

D D Maj7 Em A7
It’s December tenth and I’m late on rent. And I’m tired from my graveyard shift
D D Maj7 Em A7
I got two little nieces and I love em to pieces but I can’t afford no fancy gifts
F#m Em F#m Em
I got a fortnight left until Christmas, and the post office running slow
F#m Em G A7
Well I ring up my dad so I won’t go mad and he tells me of what he knows


D E7 G A7
He says son, bisect an onion, along a longitudinal plane
D E7 G A7
Dismantle the layers and draw a few hairs, maybe pants for their squat little frames
Em A Em A
Matroyshka dolls on a budget, who could ever begrudge it
G A D
It’s not cheating…and youth is fleeting

[king_arthur]

Tearing up
As a consequence of breaking up
As a consequence of waking up
To discover she doesn't
Have to live with this bad love anymore.

She's meditating on
What's been going on
It doesn't seem like she should
Have to live that way
But there are still
Lots of secrets she won't say.

(chorus)

She takes the plunge into
Things she wouldn't do
Under normal circumstances
But there she goes
'Cause there are still
Stories that nobody knows.

She doesn't know
How far she can fly
On these broken wings
In this stormy sky.

(instrumental - intro + verse)

(chorus) (outro)

There may be a couple last-minute lyric changes that didn't get fixed here, but this is close...

[lichenthroat]

Tearing Up
Lichen Throat

I got a parking ticket,
And I’m gonna rip it in half.
I’ll show them where they can stick it,
And have myself an evil laugh.
Tearing up, tearing up,
Putting it to the man.
Tearing up, tearing up,
Doing it because I can.

Come to my lease-breaking party.
We’re going to break the walls down.
The landlord can’t outsmart me,
And I’ll turn by back on this town.
Tearing up, tearing up,
Sticking it to the man.
Tearing up, tearing up,
Doing it because I can.

Tearing it up (x4)

Ripping pages out of the bible
That my momma once gave to me.
Lucifer’s got a new rival.
Gotta show everybody I’m free.
Yeah, I’m free,
Yeah, I’m free. Right?
Tearing up, tearing up,
Nothing left to destroy.
Tearing up, tearing up,
No one left to annoy.

[rone rivendale]

Tearing Up by Rone Rivendale

Verse 1:
Are you the one
Or just the one right now
I'm so unsure
Heart is full of doubt

Chorus:
Tearing up
Tearing down
Lift me up
Let me down

Verse 2:
I'm full of bliss
But wrecked with pain
Mind confused
Can not explain

Chorus:

Bridge:

Chorus:

[mholland]

Tearing Up - Night Sky

You got tales from yesterday yeah I don’t mind
It’s ok if you leave them here
Floating in the atmosphere
They ain’t causing any harm
Might set off a smoke alarm
I am dancing now for thrills
No one cares about your fire drills
Understand I’m trying to be kind

I’m tearing up the protocols you left behind
Banishing the know it alls
Singing songs to Santa Claus
I’m taking it from the top
That other shoe already dropped
When you left me here for dead
I was so far up ahead
I’m not angry I’m just out of time

Tearing up not starting over
Tearing up not starting over
You think you are the ventriloquist
Darling that’s ridiculous
Tearing up not starting over
Tearing up not starting over
What happens when your mama
Sells out to big pharma
Tearing up not starting over
Tearing up not starting over
This ain’t about depravity
Talking bout mortality
Tearing up not starting over
Tearing up not starting over

[sleepysilverdoor]

Phlub
A few days ago my adopted secondary hometown was hit by a tornado
7 Zulu, can't see nothing but when the sky glows from a transformer blow
Massive potential dissipates into the atmosphere gone in a Nikon flash
Metaphorical casualties, literal power grid east northeast down Nash
Drop the ball let the milky squall mix with squid secretions screamin
Starlight, blacklight mixed with two benjamins 7/10 on a double meanin
If it weren't for the name what used to be Judy's castle would not be standing
Doppler left hook high z high v cannonballs not withstanding
Everybody in the immediate vicinity appears to be dazed and confused
Gaze and peruse, man I need a box of tissues I can use
Strap my belt to the bar, enjoy the strobing fews
Death friction build electrostatic change, the heavens blown a fuse

Shred social strata like allium bulbs before clearing up, I'm tearing up
Hilltop image of my town being plowed down. Tearing up, it's tearing up.
I used to get my fat from the calf but now it's all torn up, and I'm tearing up
Fancy car palace bit by the void and it's shearing up, tearing up

In 2015 I went on a lovely vacation to the mountains
Then in 2016 that cabin was burnt down in a forest fire
In 2017 my old apartment in Corpus Christi was hit by Hurricane Harvey
and it did a lot of damage to the facility
And then in 2021 my old neighborhood in Kentucky was hit
by an EF-2 tornado with debris strewn everywhere.
I don't know why these natural disasters keep affecting places
that are sentimental to me, but it doesn't make me feel good



Obviously inspired by the KY tornados last week. The most pronounced scenes of destruction that keep being shown on the news were mostly along my old bike commute, and quite a few businesses that I used to frequent with friends got slammed super hard. It's been surreal. My wife's old family home took some damage from it but as far as I know it wasn't too bad. Fortunately all my friends are okay and accounted for.

[Stiles]

Tearing Up
Dave Stiles and The Breakthroughs

They’re burning down London Town
cause that’s what they do
They're acting as wind up toys
for you know who

Stop listening to your television
and listen to your soul
Look at me, I’m a human being
and I’m tearing up

They’re taking your rights away
yeah, one by one
And nobody does a thing
Cause they just wanna have fun

Stop listening to your politicians
And listen to your heart
Look at me, I’m a human being
And I’m tearing up

(Sample: Del Bigtree Speech)

They’ve given their game away
Now, everybody can see
We’ll never be safe again
Until we’re set free

Let’s help out future generations
And teach our children well
Look at us, we’re human beings
And I’m tearing up