Hold my hands yes hold them close so tightly
For so long I have felt this fear
Take deep breaths
Don't give up here just yet
You swear your ending's somewhere near
I was there pulling into my driveway
Running straight to the front door as to see
Her tell my family he had
Stopped intake long before looking up

Coming from every angle a thousand things
Running through my head
Didn't expect it now no, not now
Why? It's so soon
Yet I'm still poised and offering
As I tread the living room

Oh, you held me higher
Than I thought that I could climb
I'd just say no i'd just say no

Guilty me i treated you like shit
And you were all I ever wanted in me
I owe you it too
Because I missed my last chance to say
That I love you

I caught a glimpse of his legs
Collapsed in black leaning over the sleeves
A place that I used to call home
(Call my home) in that street
That house where I came from guilty me
I treated you like shit
And you were all I ever wanted in me
I owe you it too
Because I missed my last chance to say
That I love you

Hold my hands yes hold them close so tightly
For so long I have felt this fear
Take deep breaths
Don't give up here just yet
You swear your ending's somewhere near
I was there pulling into my driveway
Running straight to the front door as to see
Her tell my family he had
Stopped intake long before

Guilty me i treated you like shit
And you were all I ever wanted in me
I owe you it too
Because I missed my last chance to say
That I love you


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    I think I'ts about a guys ghost its a rad song + BAND.

    chon123456on August 24, 2010   Link
  • 0
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    it's about his dad.

    sqlxon October 27, 2010   Link
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    yeaa sglx is right. his dad died

    PortraitOfAngelson December 11, 2010   Link
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    Sounds like his dad might have committed suicide.

    rockmedjentlyon December 20, 2010   Link
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    His dad did pass. Pretty sure intake refers to his air intake...

    Z4CK4RYon February 09, 2011   Link
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    His dad did not kill himself. It is about his father passing away though

    PortraitOfAngelson February 21, 2011   Link
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    im pretty sure this song is about his dad dying from a heart attack. "Running straight to the front door as to see her tell my family he had stopped intake long before" describes how he ran into his house to find out his father's lungs had stopped intaking air and he had passed away and he never had the chance to say that he loved him. Not to mention that after that line it continues "After that, coming from every angle, a thousand things running through my head" shows that it was a huge event in his life

    Eisenhornon April 25, 2012   Link

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