Got to Get Up
Rise to Radiance: Embrace Life's Triumph in Siouxsie's Anthem
Lyrics
Got to get up, get into life, got to get up, get into life
Emphasizes the urgency to start living and participating actively in life.
Got to get up and live this life, got to get up and win this life
Stresses the importance of living life fully and triumphing over its challenges.
No more looking down, look up
Encouragement to stop feeling down or despondent and instead, look ahead with positivity.
Skyward up your eyes, devour the sun now
Metaphorically instructs to gaze upward, to aspire for higher goals or positivity, to seek enlightenment.
Got to, got to get up now, so get up
Reiterates the need to rise and take action immediately.
Gonna shake my bones gonna shed my skin
Expresses the desire for personal transformation and renewal.
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
Intending to discard negative aspects or burdens.
I'm gonna shake my bones, gonna shed my skin
Repeats the aspiration for personal change and shedding of past troubles.
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
Emphasizes the desire to rid oneself of negative aspects or problems.
'Cause I've been here too long, now I'm up
Expresses a feeling of stagnation and the need for change or progress.
Skyward up this song, devour the sun now
Similar to line 4, calls for looking up to new opportunities or perspectives.
I've got to, got to get up now, oh, so get up
Reiterates the urgency to rise and act without delay.
Bad luck you say, it's just not your day
Dismisses the concept of bad luck and encourages taking control of one's fate.
But you've got to reach out, grab your destiny
Emphasizes seizing one's opportunities or future.
Kick up the dust, kick up a storm
Encourages creating change or a significant impact.
Kick out the past and take control
Advises leaving past troubles behind and gaining authority over one's life.
There's no-one else, it's up to you
Underlines personal responsibility for one's life choices.
Are you gonna wake up or cry boo hoo?
Poses a rhetorical question asking if one will wake up to the reality or continue lamenting.
No one else but you can rise up
Asserts the sole responsibility of the individual to uplift themselves.
You know what to do, got to get up
Reiterates the necessity to take action and rise above current circumstances.
No more looking down, look up
Repeats the advice to look forward and embrace positivity.
Come and claim your crown, got to get up, got to get up
Invites one to assert themselves and claim their deserved success or recognition.
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