And I was stuck in minor chords
I'd been here once before
With environmental echoes
By your baggage on my floor
So get over here
Lets grab ourselves another beer
To drink untill tomorrow to forget that we're still alive.

We're drinking to forget
And it always breathes regrets
As dissolusion faces upon friends that we seldom met
I do believe that my
self-constructed alibi
Is cracking under pressure whilst i'm breaking on the inside

I'm sick of making sure
I'm sick of sitting with my hands strapped and falling on my back
And telling people I know
More than they needed to know
And this song is more, than a self indulgant rant, its closure for the times that have let you down
you know I need you around

Well I'm still here, long overdue, but it seems like coming alive for pastures new

So this ones for the friends
If not so for themselves
and this new lifes directing us
It reminds me in a town
That made us feel at home
We broke our backs on floors of stone
but I'd rather wake there any day
than wake up here alone.

Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba

So this ones for the friends
If not so for themselves
and this new lifes directing us
It reminds me in a town
That made us feel at home
We broke our backs on floors of stone
but I'd rather wake there any day
than wake up here alone.

Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba
Ba da ba ba ba


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The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part One) song meanings
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    what no comments?!

    I love this song. its beautiful!

    lyrics are wrong. grr. but still.

    laurarockson October 14, 2006   Link
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    pure amazing liike. love this band. :)

    bleeding_em0on November 06, 2006   Link
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    I love this song, though some of the lyrics are wrong. eve

    molko_ruleson December 22, 2006   Link
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    these lyrics are the lyrics to part 1.

    frazzlefaceon January 01, 2007   Link
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    i miss the bah-bah-bah's. i have a low-quality version with them, and then i got the cd, and they were gone! but this song is brilliant.

    strangelysiriuson January 04, 2007   Link
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    beautiful.

    norwegian_woodon December 28, 2007   Link
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    This song is even more amazing live, It's one of my favourites ever! I love Sam! Even though a lot of people say he's all just sticking issues and propoganda in our faces, at least he's actually doing something about it.. unlike everybody else!

    RoseSapphoon February 15, 2008   Link
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    Bum this song. It's even more amazing live to be honest, but yeah it's so good!

    VANESSAAon July 26, 2010   Link

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