Lyric discussion by I_am_a_cyborg 

Cover art for If I Leave lyrics by A Day to Remember

I think it's about a person who had so much hardships and lost a friend who was holding them to earth, maybe through a fight. In the beginning I was up front "Nothing to think about, you'd always hear me out We made a pact and never gave up When everything would change, we always stayed the same Something went wrong along the way You come around and there's nothing left to say." They were best friends but got in a huge argument.

"It's like we're strangers anyway, what more could you ask of me It's been a long time coming, but everyones gonna hear me now." The main person is thinking about what was said.

"If I leave, bet you'll wish I'd stayed Make you regret all the things you said to me You know that time can't help us now, If I leave this, if I leave this way." I'm kinda thinking that his friend said for him to kill himself ("If I leave, if I leave this way.")

"I've always been a man of action, Never let anything keep ahold of me Can always tell when something's missing, Like I knew everything except for you and me I can't make you want to stay, God knows I've tried but this broke under our weight. I still gave it everything. I guess I'll never catch my break." He's gonna try and catch his break.

"If I leave, bet you'll wish I'd stayed Make you regret all the things you said to me You know that time can't help us now, You know that time can't help us now, If I leave, I'll still move away, And try to right all the wrongs we've ever made Won't let your problems weight me down If I leave this, if I leave this way." He's talking to his friend, saying "Hey, bye. You're right. But your problems with me aren't gonna weigh me down."

"Never thought you'd be the last one standing Never thought that we would come this far You'll always be there looking over my shoulder Come to terms with exactly what we are." Thinking they wouldn't be friends with each other for this long and then saying what they thought.

"Never thought you'd be the last one standing Never thought that we would come this far You'll always be there looking over my shoulder Come to terms with exactly what we are." ^

"If I leave, bet you'll wish I'd stayed Make you regret all the things you said to me You know that time can't help us now, You know that time can't help us now, If I leave, I'll still move away, And try to right all the wrongs we've ever made Won't let your problems weight me down If I leave this, if I leave this way.

"Never thought you'd be the last one standing Never thought that we would come this far You'll always be there looking over my shoulder If I leave this, if I leave this way."