I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I made this bed
I choose to lie in it
Live with my regrets
Sleep with what I said
Could this be the end
I'm standing on the edge of everything I wanted now
I was afraid
I was afraid
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
Separate my soul with all the things we shared
I'm falling to pieces
Now say a prayer for me (Say a prayer for me)
When you go to bed ('cause)
I'm in need of your faith now
I was afraid
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just re-set and live in happiness
Instead of out regrets, We would salvage everything
We don't have to walk away
Pray for me now, I'm in need of faith
Pray for me now, I'm in need
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I feared
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just re-set and live in happiness
Instead of out regrets, We'd salvage everything
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I failed
It's easier to walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
I choose to lie in it
Live with my regrets
Sleep with what I said
Could this be the end
I'm standing on the edge of everything I wanted now
I was afraid
I was afraid
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
Separate my soul with all the things we shared
I'm falling to pieces
Now say a prayer for me (Say a prayer for me)
When you go to bed ('cause)
I'm in need of your faith now
I was afraid
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just re-set and live in happiness
Instead of out regrets, We would salvage everything
We don't have to walk away
Pray for me now, I'm in need of faith
Pray for me now, I'm in need
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I feared
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just re-set and live in happiness
Instead of out regrets, We'd salvage everything
Maybe I'm just scared to face the things I failed
It's easier to walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
Lyrics submitted by PnkRckPrncss
Walk Away (Maybe) Lyrics as written by Joel Madden Benji Madden
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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amazing song, so much better then anything they've done so far...not like it would be that hard to do something better then young and the hopeless..that cd= crap.
i havent heard it yet and i really want to how the heck have u heard it?
this cd is queer. too much pop! not worth buying..........maybe burn it off a friend; but dont buy!
WOO HOO im the first person to put a comment! ok, this song is amazin. yea its slower and a bit popier but its got sooo much feeling in it. their whole new album has heaps more emotion than the others. this song rox my sox and shoes
perhaps this song is sang as if its from their dad's point of view. you know, their dad walked out on them then maybe this song is written by them to show that they finally understand why he walked out.
only 2 people wrote in here? I'm gonna make it 3! xxasswipe, #1: great name, lol #2: I never actually thought of it from their dad's point of view. I've always thought of it as how some people always think it's easier to run away than actually do something in a situation.
i dunno i think that if this song was about their dad it would be a bit more... hmmm i dunno wat word to use cause hateful would be WAY too strong
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the lyrics are wrong it bugs me that there wrong even in the cd jacket u can tell if u try to sing along with the song while reading the cd jacket lyrics luv the song
yeah... my dad walked out on my family when i was little... but when i listen to this song, it's like this is him sayin this to me and my brother... idk. it's good even if it's only talking about facing your fears. gc rocks!!!