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Shine by The Used

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The Used

Shine

Release date: 25th March 2012

From Vulnerable
Track 5
4:04
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About This Track

'Shine' by The Used is an alternative track from the album 'Vulnerable' (2012). The lyrics stage a fraught, half-awake address, with the speaker feeling trapped and slow to surface from darkness, checking whether morning is even real. There is a recurring sense of being stuck in a hostile place, like quicksand, alongside the determination to fight clear, to keep moving, and to avoid total blacking out. The vocal urgency is built into the repeated call of “Come on!”.

"Shine" is a track by The Used, from the album Vulnerable, released 25th March 2012. The track is 4:04 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Used.

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Lyrics

Shine

Come on! Come on!

How long was I sleeping? did you wake me? didn't feel like all that long.
Do I see the morning? no it can't be happen to me.

I've been stuck in the quicksand, more the pavement colours black and white too long
I could black out completely, but I made me, make my way back slowly.

It's my time to shine, do it my way cuz it's my time baby
It's my time to burn, start a fire, be the one and only
I said it
I meant it
I never will forget it
Change never happens by itself
It's my time to burn, my time to shine.
Time to make it for myself.

How long was I buried? couldn't find me, laid to rest, my heart beats on.
Kept track of the symptoms, could've killed me but you will see
I'm not broken, I could be. yeah you would be but my heart is much too strong
Never thought it was easy, but I made me, I made me slowly...

It's my time to shine, do it my way cuz it's my time baby
It's my time to burn, start a fire, be the one and only
I said it
I meant it
I never will forget it
Change never happens by itself
It's my time to burn, my time to shine.
Time to make it for myself.

Don't be sad, I know you well. it's just the way it has to be.
I could never stay the same.
It's always high, always low, and almost never in between.
There is no one left to blame.
I can't stay.
I have to change.

It's my time to shine, do it my way. it's my time baby
It's my time to burn, start a fire, be the one and only
I said it
I meant it
I never will forget it
Change never happens by itself
It's my time to burn, my time to shine.
Time to make it for myself.

Make a choice, shut up shut up.
Do it your way, shut up shut up.

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Track details

From Vulnerable

4:042012
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Album
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
The Used
26th March 2012
Track number
5
Release year
2012
  1. 1I Come Alive
    3:16
  2. 2This Fire
    3:15
  3. 3Hands and Faces
    3:26
  4. 4Put Me Out
    4:02

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