My eyes can't believe what they have seen
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories
Oh doctor, doctor
I must have gotten this sick somehow
I'm going to ask you a series of questions
And I want them answered on the spot
Right now

"Is it serious?"
"I'm afraid it is"
"Am I gonna die?"
"Well son
Death is gonna catch up to all one day
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours"
Some things I may have taken for granted again and again
Well here's what was said then

Hold your head high, heavy heart

So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it
When will we make it
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big
Planning

I never tried to make the best of my time
When I thought that I had plenty of it
Is this serious?
I don't know what to think
Is it all a lie?
Well one thing is for sure
I'm taken back to the glory days when
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say
Now my life is one big make it or break it

Hold your head high, heavy heart
And save your strength for the morning after

So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it
When will we make it
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big

So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it
When will we make it
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big
Planning

Hold your head high, heavy heart
And save your strength for the morning after

So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it
When will we make it
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big

So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it
When will we make it
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big
Planning


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    The above poster needs to get laid.

    OSLon March 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    hmmm maybe I was wrong... maybe this is my fave... I Am Loving This Album!!... This song could be about Living Life To The Fullest??

    ADimeADexteron February 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    hmmm maybe I was wrong... maybe this is my fave... I Am Loving This Album!!... This song could be about Living Life To The Fullest??

    ADimeADexteron February 03, 2005   Link
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    Man I hate when that happens, Ill hit the back button and it will repost.. =/

    ADimeADexteron February 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    this song is about someone who always had big dreams but always put off pursuing them, then they learned they were fatally ill, and would never be able to fulfill their dreams the moral of the story: (clique but...) live everyday like its your last

    MySensesHavFailed35on April 14, 2005   Link
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    ahh sorry *cliché

    MySensesHavFailed35on May 17, 2005   Link
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    This whole album resembles their rise to the top, and those lyrics are dead wrong. "SAVE YOUR STRENGTH FOR THE MORNING AFTER" and he doesn't sing that until the second pre-chorus.

    therookieloton June 13, 2005   Link
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    this person above seems angry at my simple mistake... i submitted these lyrics a month before the cd came out, i had nothing to go by except my ears.

    Seanieon July 02, 2005   Link
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    this person above seems angry at my simple mistake... i submitted these lyrics a month before the cd came out, i had nothing to go by except my ears.

    Seanieon July 02, 2005   Link
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    one correction to this.. that i'm sure if you guys give it a listen .. you'll hear... the line where he sings "when we were kids.." is actually "when we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say" just happens to be my favorite line in the whole song..

    sjm1221on July 28, 2005   Link

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