Against the Current

Released: February 4, 2016

Songwriter: Tommy English Chrissy Costanza Audra Mae Dan Gow Will Ferri

Producer: Tommy English

[Intro]
Oh, they don't hear us
Read us bedtime stories from their textbooks
Oh, try to rein us in
Blind to our intelligence

[Verse 1]
Standardization of the masses
Give us a number, fail or pass us
Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us

[Pre-Chorus]
We're about to boil over
You can't keep us down forever

[Chorus]
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this down as the day that we started something
So open the gate, open the gate
'Cause when we finally escape, finally escape
We'll be tearing through the streets
Running with the wild things

[Verse 2]
Hey, why you waiting?
Quit carving notches to count the days (one, two, three, four)
Cause they're losing power
See ‘em growing weaker by the hour

[Pre-Chorus]
We're about to boil over
You can't keep us down forever

[Chorus]
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this down as the day that we started something
So open the gate, open the gate
'Cause when we finally escape, finally escape
We'll be tearing through the streets
Running with the wild things

[Bridge]
Standardization of the masses
Give us a number, fail or pass us
(Standardization of the masses
Give us a number, fail or pass us)
Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us
(Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us)
Never ask us, never ask us

[Chorus]
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this day as the day that we started something
So open the gate, open the gate
'Cause when we finally escape, finally escape
We'll be tearing through the streets
Running with the wild things

[Instrumental Outro]

Against the Current is a Pop-Rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York, that formed in 2011. It consists of lead singer Chrissy Costanza, guitarist/backing vocalist Dan Gow, and drummer Will Ferri.

Initally, they began as a cover band, gaining popularity on YouTube. They set to release a debut EP, Infinity and an acoustic EP containing the same songs. After its unexpected success, the band applied the same formula; they released their EP Gravity and they followed it with an acoustic session with the same songs.

Against the Current’s sound fell more on the pop side of the spectrum when they were signed to Fueled By Ramen in 2015 and released their debut full album In Our Bones.

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