So far from me stands a man known as disease
He's shaking all the hands
Of the people that he meets
And now you just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye

Since you left she's a mess
She regrets all the things
That she could have said but
We fall asleep, never think about anything
We wake to the sound of a phone
As it hits the ground and oh
You just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye

And oh at the wake, at the wake
I will turn to see a face
Just a face, just a face
That's surrounded by a name
What a name, what a name
And you never want to change
What you gave, what you gave
Never want to let go

So surround me
I need anything and you you're everything
I want to live like I did before all this hit
To sleep in your arms to think
We'll never fall apart and oh
You know it's, you know it's such a drag
To live your life for a heart attack
To never get a second chance to say goodbye
To say goodbye I'll never get to try
You just don't see me anymore
Oh I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye


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At the Wake Lyrics as written by Nathaniel Thomas Wilson

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    I see this song as being about him losing his father and then feeling like because of his mourning he's grown distant from his girlfriend and doesn't think that she understands what's happening to him and she wants to leave because he's not really there anymore. But, he's saying, "You don't get it. I've lost so much." And then there's the verse about, "I want to live like we did before all this hit: to sleep in your arms, to think we'll never fall apart." Basically, the death of his father also triggered the deterioration of his relationship with this girl.

    brokenrecordson September 11, 2005   Link

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