Up To My Neck

[ken]

Berkeley Social Scene
20250318: Ken, Bryan, Geech, Glen, Sam

Verse 1
I think I’m ready to make this call
I finally have enough wherewithal
I’ve taken pills to endure it all
But they’re never enough

Pre-Chorus
Too many signs I can’t ignore
I can’t take any more

Chorus
Though I tried to see it through
I’ve become such a wreck
There’s nothing more that I can do
All this trouble’s up to my neck

Verse 2
I’ve had enough of the glam and glitz
and I don’t want any part of it
All my convictions are blown to bits
It’s really getting rough

Pre-Chorus
Too many signs I can’t ignore
I can’t take any more

Chorus
Though I tried to see it through
I’ve become such a wreck
There’s nothing more that I can do
All this trouble’s up to my neck

Bridge
No I can’t let this happen
I’m feeling dead inside
I’ve used up all my weapons
Too late to run and hide

[Heather. Redmon.]

Up To My Neck - The Hell Yeahs

I’m in trouble again you guys
I mean it comes as no surprise
Should have bargained, bartered, bought
But thanks to these intrusive thoughts
Picked away until it scarred
Red-handed, feathered, tarred
For no reward

Drummed out of society polite
My face now only shown at night
I went from business class to coach
No mothers let their child approach
Done a dirty, made a sin
Opposite of born to win
I’m in trouble again

Up to my neck, I stepped into
Got no one else to blame but you
And my reflection’s who I’m speaking to
Oh I’m a wreck and at a loss
I paid the cost to be the boss
Miss or mister consequence I’m meeting you

But come tomorrow
I’m talking in the broader sense
Can’t say exactly when
I’ll be forgiven
Like totally cool and absolved
And then I’ll do it all over again

I’m in trouble again you creeps
What I sow I guess I reap
Steal and swipe, purloin and pinch
Give me a foot, I’ll take an inch
I know exactly what I mean
My moral code is bent
I’m giving it up for Lent, ha!

Ok I guess I feel ashamed
Blessed this mess and taken blames
Wanted poster, bottom billed
Cryin’ over milk I spilled
It isn’t as bad as it seems
My whimpers turned to screams
Oh, am I causing a scene?

I’m in trouble again

[MellyP]

Up To My Neck
The Mellfire Trifecta

When I was just a boy I had a favorite dog
That leash was an extension of my arm
When I turned 17 she broke my heart by mistake
Expiring one night on the floor of the barn

It took some time to handle heavy feelings of hurt
To let myself be quiet in my mind
I tried to pretend that nothing matters that much
But I couldn’t leave her memory behind

I had to show the world how much she meant to me
Needles and ink aren’t so bad
My punctured identity (watch my colors bleed)

I used to fall in love with every woman I’d date
Prescribing only meaningful connections
And when it ended I would always get my tattoo
To celebrate our temporary perfection

I had to show the world how much they meant to me
Needles and ink aren’t so bad
It’s not sad, it’s history
I had to show the world how much they meant to me
Needles and ink aren’t so bad
My punctured identity

(I’m that great lothario
Listen to me in stereo
So far I’m just up to my neck
But I’m not done expressing yet)

[freff]

I don't wanna read the news
I tell you it's true
It just gives me the blues

So I think about you
It's nothing new
What do you want me to do

Shadows chase me every
Time I drive by
My mind is racing and I don't know why

I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck and I'm
Up to my neck

I don't wanna get up
Mornings are rough
Feel like I'm never enough

Just wanna dream about you
It's nothing new
What do you want me to do

When will time start erasing
Every bad memory
Yeah, you'll be fine but what about me

I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck and I'm
Up to my neck

I don't wanna hear the truth
Don't wanna come unglued
I just wanna be with you
I just wanna be with you

So I think about you
So I think about you
So I think about you what do you want me to do

I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck
I'm a wreck and I'm
Up to my neck