One-X

Three Days Grace

Do you think about
Everything you've been through?
You never thought you'd be so depressed
Are you wondering
Is it life or death?
Do you think that there's no one like you?

We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one

The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?
I need to figure out who's behind me

We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one

The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?

We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one

We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (crowd)
(We stand) we stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (we stand)
We stand above the crowd

(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd
(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd

We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd


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    It's actually about being around heaps of people but you still feel like your the odd one out like you have an x on you.

    It's for all the people that feel alone even when they have friends, family, people to talk to yet this depression clouds their vision so they can't see help that is being offered, i feel it's a very deep song and can relate to it in many ways.

    Being a teen i do have mood swings, and have been diagnosed with chronic depression so it's easy to understand the "we get knocked down, we get back up, and we stand above the crowd." for me its the depression kicks in, i take my meds and get back into a better mood and sometimes i can feel like im on top of the world.

    Aussiestevoon June 15, 2006   Link

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