Relient K - Five Score and Seven Years Ago Album

Five Score and Seven Years Ago Track listing

1. "Plead the Fifth" A cappella – 1:13
2. "Come Right Out and Say It" – 3:00
3. "I Need You" – 3:18
4. "The Best Thing" – 3:28
5. "Forgiven" – 4:05
6. "Must Have Done Something Right" – 3:19
7. "Give Until There's Nothing Left" – 3:27
8. "Devastation and Reform" – 3:41
9. "I'm Taking You with Me" – 3:28
10. "Faking My Own Suicide" – 3:23
11. "Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care" – 0:13
12. "Bite My Tongue" – 3:30
13. "Up and Up" – 4:03
14. "Deathbed" Featuring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot – 11:05

Band's Websites:

Relient K Official Site
Relient K Myspace

Current Members:

Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitar, piano, trumpet, etc. (1998–present)
Matt Hoopes – guitar, backing vocals (1998–present)
Dave Douglas – drums, backing vocals (2000-present)
John Warne – bass, backing vocals (2004–present)
Jon Schneck – guitar, banjo, bells, backing vocals (2005–present)

Relient K is considered to be alternative, pop punk, and Christian rock band that was formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio. The band named themselves after guitarist Matt Hoopes' Plymouth Reliant K car. The band has received numerous awards including a Grammy nomination in 2003 for Best Rock Gospel Album and two Dove Awards.

All the members are Christians, although some fans have questioned the band being in the Christian rock genre. On the subject of this, lead singer Matt Thiessen stated in an interview:

"Our whole answer is, call us whatever you want. You can call us a Christian band, you can call us a rock and roll band. And we can go out on tour with this band, and we can go out on tour with that band. But we don't care. We're just doing what we do. We're having fun. We write about what we want to write about and, you know, most of the time, that's, you know, our hearts and our faith."

He went on to discuss how one just has to go for faith, and how he compared it to jumping off a cliff in a song ("Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)").

The band broke into the mainstream in 2004 after Capitol signed them and they released their fourth record, Mmhmm, which debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200, produced three top five hits on Christian radio and two top 20 hits on mainstream radio. Their fifth full length record, Five Score and Seven Years Ago debuted at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 64,000 copies in its first week. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 152,560 copies in the US.

My favorite songs are "Come Right Out And Say It" and "Must Have Done Something Right".

Relient K - Come Right Out And Say It Lyrics

I'd better rest my eyes
Cuz I'm growing weary of
This point you've been trying to make
So rather than imply
Why don't you just verbalize
All the things that you're trying to say

Thought things would turn out so well
But I'm beginning to see
That instead it's trouble
Into a pattern we fell
Of prolonging the inevitable

Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth
Than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
Though I'm thinking it's not what I wanna hear

I gotta check my pride
Because I was starting to think
I was starting something good
I couldn't start it this way
I was sinking in retrospect
And understanding that I misunderstood
I'd like to make up your mind
And then this decision locks up
So tight it couldn't be touched
Thought you were being so kind
But keeping your mouth sealed shut
Rather than just opening it up

Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth
Than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
Though I'm thinking it's not what I wanna hear

And I tried
To guess what goes on in your head
Cuz in your mind
I just might find
All those things you left unsaid
And I'll try to maybe not regret anything
Later on after I'm gone
You'll wish that you
Had listened to me (listened to me)

Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are gonna hurt
We're better off this way
Why don't you
Come right out and say come right out and say
What I know you're thinking anyway
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
And just what it is you're thinking

Relient K - Come Right Out And Say It Lyrics