It doesn't really matter if you lead or follow
Everybody's laughing like there's no tomorrow and even if there was
Would you still go following your friends?(following your friends)
I don't care where we went wrong
We're still singing those same sad songs
"It's my life, not your life, I'll end it when I want"

And now I'm off to save the world once again
But I don't know how I'll pull it off this time
I think I'm going to drown
Now he's off to save the world once again
But he don't know how he'll pull it off this time
I just know I'm going to drown

And it's the saddest song you'll ever hear
The most pain you will ever feel
But you grit your teeth because it don't get better than this (know this)
And you'll try to explain as the blood leaves all your veins
And you can't think of anything that you would change

Stop!
"Look and you will see" is what I think she said to me
I'm not too sure because it could have easily been a million things
But I don't know what she said
I still don't know what she said
Years passed since I've seen her face
14 years were just erased
If my life was your life, would you ever take it back?

And now I'm off to save the world once again
But i don't know how I'll pull it off this time
I think I'm going to drown
Now he's off to save the world once again
But he don't know how he'll pull it off this time
I just know I'm going to drown

Yeah you will try to explain as the blood leaves all your veins
And you can't think of anything that you would change

And now I'm off to save the world once again
But I don't know how I'll pull it off this time
I think I'm going to drown
Now he's off to save the world once again
But he don't know how he'll pull it off this time
I just know I'm going to drown

And it's the saddest song you'll ever hear
The most pain you will ever feel
But you grit your teeth because it don't get better than this (know this)
And you'll try to explain as the blood leaves all your veins
And you can't think of anything that you would change


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    "and you'll try to explain as the blood leave all your veins and you can't think of anything that you would change"

    I think that means that right before you die, you'll realize how precise life really is.

    immyworstenemy08on August 07, 2007   Link

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