Life hurts so bad
Don't want you sad
Just look back to
Good times we had
I'd give my soul for you I know
Want to hold you before I go
Before I go

I need you to know
I'm still alive in you
It's my time to go
Don't stay up late
I'm not afraid

And I don't want your heart to break
I know I've seen what's been unseen
Live fast, die young
It's part of me
(It's my time now)
Before I go

(It's my time now)
My soul is on it's way
(It's my time now)
I need you to know
Before I go


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    This song is about their friend Scott who killed himself. The song is written in a reversed person tense, taking the expression through the eyes of Scott (not Russo) and the pain he went through, what he was feeling right before he killed himself. The build this song has is extraordinary, I can feel the pain every time in Scott's hollers, Rob's and Steve's haunting backing vocals, with Wade's frantic mystical earthy drumming - the song is amazing.

    Don't say what the song is about unless you honestly know. It's not about Russo's son. I didn't even know he had a son. In any case, whether he does or not, I heard Russo talk about this song before they played it for the first time live. Stop talking out of your asses. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I seriously mean it. Don't say shit you don't know is true. How would you like it if I told you your mother had just killed herself but I really didn't know what I was talking about? Yeah, you wouldn't like that, so shut up unless you have something good to say. If you honestly believed this song was about Russo's supposed son then whatever, I'm sorry. Let's just do our best at posting truth. This site is amazing, let's make it the best site with the best content as it can have and be.

    UL - Wade = UL

    sacrifice_for_life1on March 22, 2005   Link

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