This can't be so all over
An end of my time i wasted
So much of my mind is racing
To the point of no return

Drown my sorrows flood my soul
By tomorrow i'll be cold
(push it all away,push it all away)
Now i'm hollow and alone
Take the shadow
Almost gone
(push it all away,push it all away)

Life can be so much colder
And i'll ever love a faceless
Lost inside replacements
Fill the void and
Roam the earth

Drown my sorrows flood my soul
By tomorrow i'll be cold
(push it all away,so cold)
Now i'm hollow and alone
Take the shadow
Almost gone

(raise the stakes what have we got to lose
no choice in sight where's our right to choose
you can't catch a break so take what you can
just ignore the blame you don't understand
cracked picture frames blood stains on the mattress
ashes to ashes - gas cans and matches
bourbon buries all the memories
anything to wash it all away)

Drown my sorrows flood my soul
By tomorrow i'll be cold
(push it all away,push it all away,push it all away)
Now i'm hollow and alone
raise your arrow way to run

(raise the stakes what have we got to lose
no choice in sight where's our right to choose
you can't catch a break so take what you can
just ignore the blame you don't understand
cracked picture frames blood stains on the mattress
ashes to ashes - gas cans and matches
bourbon buries all the memories
anything to wash it all away)

So all over
(wash it all away)


Lyrics submitted by king nothing2

Almost Gone Lyrics as written by Steve R. Felton Dave J. Felton

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  • +1
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    This most likely has something to do with drinking, as apparent in the lyrics.

    king nothing2on April 15, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    It's about drinking away a very bad memory In JMann's Screaming id gives a vague reference to murder of some kind I think

    Just ignore the blame you don't understand. Cracked picture frames, bloodstains on the mattress Ashes to ashes, gas, cans and matches.

    BurningScaron June 07, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    J-MANn is reffering to his first. (Blood stains on the mattress.) He can't believe that their relationship is over. And yes, he is trying to drink away her memory.

    oKySPon September 29, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    it sounds strangely similar to destroyer of senses in a strange way...

    pigbenis666on November 13, 2004   Link
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    my opinion is that j mann is reflecting on a past relationship and is drinking it all away....but i also think hes burning the house as a result of pain....but not certain.

    Murder_Your_Makeron July 24, 2005   Link
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    General Comment

    I see this as someone drinking away the bad memories but im not sure if it's a relationship or what

    Diabolu$on July 29, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Yeah drinking away the memory of a lost love makes sense. but could the reference to the burning just be a metaphor to something eles maybe something bigger?

    Jmann666on May 07, 2007   Link
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    call me crazy but it almost sounds like somebody or j mann whatever, is drinking away the pains of a relationship and contemplating suicide. hence the broken picture frames he held in his hand when he shoots himself on his matress. and the arguement with himself;

    this can't be (No choice in sight, where's our right to choose? You can't catch a break so take what you can)

    (anything to wash it all away!) = suicide.

    love the band. love this song

    Piznipyon July 12, 2008   Link

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