We Get In The Way

Never On The Test - punk - 3:07

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Song Background/Inspiration

Somewhere in the pitch decks, the case for replacing people boiled down to a quiet insult: humans just get in the way. We Get in the Way grabs that line and turns it into a battle cry. Yes - we get in the way. We are the pause before the cliff, the second-guess that caught the error, the reason the bridge is still standing and the plane still flies. The song is built on the invisible save - the thousand disasters that never happened because somebody said not yet, the ones nobody will ever know to be grateful for. It is loud, defiant, and proud: a whole room shouting an insult back as a badge of honor.

Lyrics

They said we slow it down Said we just get in the way Too much asking why Too much making 'em wait Well the bridge that's still standing And the plane that still flies Had somebody in the way Asking"are you sure?" twice So go on, call it friction Call it drag, call it delay That word you spit like poison? We'll wear it proud today We get in the way! We're the catch before the fall The"wait" before the wall The reason it still stands at all We get in the way! Put a hand up, hold the line Read the room, read the sign Thank the ones who made you stop in time We get in the way A thousand things went right 'Cause somebody said"not yet" A thousand quiet saves You will never know you met The machine never flinches Never doubts, never blinks And that's exactly why You still need the ones who think So go on, call it friction Call it drag, call it delay That word you spit like poison? We'll wear it proud today We get in the way! We're the catch before the fall The"wait" before the wall The reason it still stands at all We get in the way! Put a hand up, hold the line Read the room, read the sign Thank the ones who made you stop in time We get in the way Frictionless is fine Till the friction's what you need The hand that grabs the wheel The voice that says"take heed" You can smooth it all away Run it faster than the rest But the bump that saved your life Was the one you tried to second-guess We get in the way! We're the catch before the fall The"wait" before the wall The reason it still stands at all We get in the way! Put a hand up, hold the line Read the room, read the sign Thank the ones who made you stop in time We get in the way! We get in the way! We get in the way..