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1. Shaken with the “e-n” so I’m shaking with the “i-n-g.”
Not as voluntary as I’d like it to be.
I’m shaking my head even when I try to agree.
My faith in liars shaken when I caught ’em lying to me.
Don’t come crying to me, when you can’t keep your hand steady.
When your knees are knocking while you’re trying to stand up at the ready.
Ready or not, you get the shakes when you’re scared stupid.
When you know it’s foolish but someone dared you to do it.
I shake with the chills, and I shake with a fever.
I shake with hypothermia and shake with a seizure.
I shiver in the dark, I can feel my skin crawl.
Shake from overstimulation, shaking from withdrawal.
I wanna pull the trigger but it isn’t so simple
When every time I raise my weapon I begin to tremble
With fear, with rage, never with intent.
Now shake it like you shouldn’t shake an infant.

Chorus: When pieces of what you thought you knew
Are strewn about in front of you,
You get shaken (shaken), shaken (shaken).
Composed for the moment but you can’t maintain it.
I can see the vigilant watch you’re keeping,
But doubt seeps in when you’re finally sleeping.
You get shaken (shaken), shaken (shaken).
Cracks appear in unsound foundations.

2. If I can’t quit twitchin’ in the next couple minutes
Then yeah, I suppose there’s probably trouble, I admit it.
Daily concerns leave me shaken not stirred
And the shakiest beast gets forsaken by the herd.
Shaken to the core, don’t mistake it for fidgeting.
Is it me or is every light flickering?
Knew a girl who blamed the shaking on my low blood sugar
Till I reached out, grabbed her by the shoulders, and I shook her.
I was always planning on standing and delivering
But when I took the stage, my voice began quivering.
Didn’t take long to succumb to the tremors.
Unconditional surrender is the last thing I remember.
Spasmin’, scrabbling for traction, categories rattlin’
Stammering, heart hammering, panickin’.
I huddle under covers with my stomach flutterin’.
I start sputterin’, stutterin’, I start shudderin’.

Chorus

Bridge: Somebody tell me how many fingers I am holding up.
I see at least a couple dozen, and I know that can’t be right.
Woke up shook up, and I couldn’t shake it off.
Too shaken to run, too shaken to fight.
Unrest settles in your heart and leaves you unsettled,
If you can’t shake it loose, it’ll shake you.
If you’re no great shakes at keeping it together,
You’ll be shaking be like a leaf, you’ll be shaking in your boots.

3. There’s a chance from a distance the shaking could be mistaken for a dance.
Any rhythm detected is pure happenstance.
I need a Good Samaritan to restrain me
Humanely sedate me, last resort: brain me.
Hyperventilating, I’m a bundle of nerves.
Trying to explain it but I jumble the words.
Speech slurred, vision blurred, see me pitching a fit,
But my own body won’t give permission to quit.
Folks are repulsed when I start convulsin’
Like shows of no control are so revoltin’.
Holdin’ to the hope that someday I can lie still.
When to shake or not is subject to my will.
On the brink of success, but I’m getting too jittery.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Even though my legs are jelly, gotta push on.
I’m shaking the bush, boss, I’m shaking the bush—gone!

Chorus

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from The Free Refill, released August 7, 2011
The Mispronouncer handled the drum and keyboard aspects of the beat. He also wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals.
Alex Braun played the guitar and the bass guitar.

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