The stars will cry
The blackest tears tonight
And this is the moment that I live for
I can smell the ocean air
And here I am
Pouring my heart onto these rooftops
Just a ghost to the world
That's exactly
Exactly what I need

From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day

For a second I wish the tide
Would swallow every inch of this city
As you gasp for air tonight
I'd scream this song right in your face
If you were here
Swear I won't miss a beat
'Cause I never
Never have before

From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying

For a second I wish the tide
Would swallow every inch of this city
As you gasp for air tonight

From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day

From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day

From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
Our dying day
Of our dying


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Anthem of Our Dying Day Lyrics as written by Dan Marsala Adam Russell

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    My Interpretation

    This song is about general suicide.

    apathetichoeon July 19, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    why the hell hasn't anyone said anything about this song?

    antwoineon June 17, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    well i think then song is pretty self explanatory.

    ITs very rad, and story of the year is the best unkept secret

    xSELFReliANCExon June 17, 2003   Link
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    Story of the Year kicks ass! and so does this song, i really want to see them at the warped tour 03, but i'm poor and i don't have n e money =(, but for sure i'm gonna pick up the cd

    12_Omega_21on June 18, 2003   Link
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    General Comment

    fu*k that! you cant just say i cant not go to warped tour cause of no money, i'm shur it wont be that hard to scrounge 20 dollars or so,, and there alot of creative ideas to get in ask some bands if they need help or whatever/

    xSELFReliANCExon June 19, 2003   Link
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    SOTY is probably one of the best bands out there right now, i can just about garautee that they'll be HUGE within a year, john feldman produced their album AMAZINGLY compared the the "big blue monkey" EP which in my opinion wasnt all that great, but i love these guys....

    Scuzzyon June 24, 2003   Link
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    Very kickass song. Good to see that this band is starting to become more well-known, but that was inevitable since they decided to tour with Linkin Park, Hoobastank, and POD (wasn't it those bands?). Oh well. I can't say they deserve all the credit they get though. Anyway, yeah, I've felt like I can relate to this song a lot of times. Reminds me of being sick of everything and especially being sick of the painful feelings that you seem to always feel from a certain person. Perhaps because you've been abandoned by this person and left in a place you hate being in.

    Aerionon April 09, 2004   Link
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    hhmm thats what my old account was... (12_Omega_21) well like i said.. warped tour 03.. how i wanted to see em... we i did, it was pretty cool, i was right infront of the stage, no one really know who they were at the time, but i got some good pictures of em.. haha n e ways, awesome song

    thienosauruson April 22, 2004   Link
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    General Comment

    story of the year is a pretty good band but most of their songs sound same and they have to scream every two lines no matter what..but they still very good. x)

    kathyy_xPon May 08, 2004   Link
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    <3 The stars will cry the blackest tears tonight, and this is the moment that i live for, i can smell the ocean air. Here i am pouring my heart on to these roof tops, just a ghost, to the world.

    mmmAFIon May 12, 2004   Link

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