As Life Passes You By

5 Days Ahead As Life Passes You By Lyrics
1.Caller #5

Alone in this room I sit. My radio sings to me in songs of
regret. What friends do I have? It's convienient when they go
out. It's me they forget. Nice guys finish first. That's the
biggest lie I ever heard. You shoot me down before I even
breathe. I hope you get what you deserve. Leave me alone. You
never cared about me.
So why should I care about you? And don't think I'm crawling
back to your door. (I never wanted any more.) You'll never see
these dreaming eyes again. Why don't you just keep digging?
(Inside yourself)
Somewhere beyond this pile of fantasies you'll discover
something that's real. Walking alone through these cold and
bitter streets is better than this feeling. Walking alone, on my
own. Remember everything I've said up to this point. I'm through
wasting all my words on you. I'm through with you.


2.Another Wasted Year

Toast your glass up high to the new year. I'll pray for better
days. Hold your lover tight and tell your lie.
In 3 months you won't remember his name. 12 months, a crush I
couldn't kill. I said one thing, now I'm wiping tears from my
eyes. Your damn right I feel stupid. Retarded schoolboy crush.
Dreaming about you every night. What should I tell her? It
doesn't matter now. What should I tell her? It was all just a
waste of time. What should I say? It doesn't matter anymore it
all faded away. I'll tape up my heart. One minute, you didn't
care and ripped it all apart. I sat by the phone all night.
Waiting and praying to hear your voice.
Another day I killed myself over you. It's just not worth it.
(I'm over you this time I know that it is just not worth it.)
This year's the last one that I'll waste on you. I never
promised that I would always be your fool.
It's just a waste of time.


3.Remember Me

I remember that smile on your face. You moved so far away. Still
I whisper your name. I sent you a postcard. Lyrics to our
favorite songs. You said you never saw it. And I'm fading
farther away from you.
(Fading so far away.) I fly to your satelite sending signals to
you. (You're still too far away.) Empty space, you're nowhere to
be found. Whatever road I take seems endless. You're never
there. Am I gone? Will you be there again? Am I gone? I wish in
your heart you'd remember me.


4.Burn This Scrapbook

Burn. I'm falling apart. You don't understand. Why should I
care? I knew it would all end. The memories still run vivid in
my mind. I wish I could hear those sounds of laughter everything
falls apart right before my eyes. This light has faded away. All
I see is this dark cloud. And the ghosts of friendships past
have faded to nothing. How poetic the snow falls on a day where
everything we had was erased. Here I lay bleeding out my pain.
(Falling asleep from a razorblade) It never heals. It never
heals.


5.Goodnight New Brunswick

It's all so sudden how I find myself here. With you cradled in
my arms; So afraid my shouting heart will wake you. I lie here
admiring this gift. The one I don't deserve but I have wanted
forever; And thank fate for this moment. The hardest part of my
day is leaving you, so thank you for this night. So close your
eyes and dream of me. Say everything you're too scared to say.
Leave worry to the waking world and know that I'm here to keep
you safe. Morning comes so quickly these nights, so I keep this
time with me. Replaying it over and over. Every detail, every
gentle sigh. And as you leave to begin the new day, please think
of me.
Know that even though we're so far apart, my thoughts are still
with you. Just promise me, that you'll stay by my side. It's
just so hard, the night's so dark sometimes. Here with you it
all just seems to slip so far away. (I'll be there with you to
make the darkness slip so far away.) I'll close my eyes and
dream of you until the stars all fade. So close your eyes. Dream
of me. Just promise me you'll be there. (I promise you I'll be
there.)


6.Famous Last Words

I'm done. This time I'm over you. I'm sick of playing all your
games. This rollercoaster ride has left me dizzy and I want to
leave before I lose my chance to escape this same old song and
dance. I guess it couldn't hurt to take one more ride. You had
told me you'd made up your mind. And I was so sure that this
time
I was over you, the mistake of my life. It's the last time and
after this my heart is dead. But I will probably turn and run
right back again. "You're a fool boy and I don't want your
love," she said. (A stupid boy) So let me know if this all
really is the end. Quit playing with my head. Your bouts with my
heart have left me so
Battered, bleeding, bruised and sore that I can't continue
keeping score of who did what this time. When will I ever
realize that I'm not over you, the mistake of my life? So start
the engine up again one last time.
We'll take the road we have before. Til you forget about the boy
you left here. Who never knows just what's in store. So tell me
what you think about, when we're all alone? I just can't read
you. Why do you always leave? (It's so useless, it's so useless)
I know it'd be much better if you were replaced with someone I
don't have to chase. I'm never over you the mistake of my life.
I know I always need you. So many times I've seen this through
again. I'm never over you. No hope for me tomorrow. It's time to
end my sorrow once again. I'm getting (never) over you.


7.So Much For Plan A

I'm giving up. Never gave up on anything before in my life.
Congratulations. Because of you I'm believing love is a lie. You
tell a girl the truth, that you're falling for her and she rips
out your heart, and throws it on her shelf and you never get it
back. It's too much for me (I'm giving up) Too many times I've
had to stitch up the wounds. I'm taking myself off the field.
You'll never hear me say I love you. I remember the time you
were impatiently waiting for me to kiss you. And I was nervous
cause I didn't know what you would do. Would you lean over and
use me? Get what you wanted and dispose of me? (Or would our
love finally be real?) Or would love finally be real? And we'd
live together happily. Fat chance. Sometimes I still think about
you. Remember those fun times we had. And those holidays of hell
you put me through, run constantly through my head. Thank you
for rejection left under my tree. My New Year's resolution is to
never date another girl. Another girl like you. Never date
another girl like you. I'm throwing in the towel. I'm giving up.
Never again. You'll never hear me say I love you. So much for
plan A.


8.Market East

These tracks never seemed so lonely. Looking through drawers of
faded ticket stubs. Many memories of fun nights brought down by
pictures of you and I on the train together, which only seemed
to stop when we kissed. Call me weak but it's hard to get off
this express train of thought that doesn't stop to think about
the bad times, but only the good. And I wish you were on this
car with me, but you got off awhile back.
And I haven't seen you since. And these tracks never seemed so
lonely. And it's like I've got a million miles to go before I
can get over you, and everything you do. Someday this train will
finally derail;
Leaving my heart dead and you forgotten. Until then I'll be
riding alone. I'll be riding alone. (To where I never know) I'll
be riding alone.


9.When You Cry

Highschool crush so true. I wish I could have told you. I've
waited too long. I finally did one night. I asked you to dance
and you laughed in my face. Then to make it worse, on went the
lights. When your heart breaks I'll be there to laugh in your
face, like you did to me. When you're moping down the stairs
I'll be there to push you. Maybe you'll land on your head. I
hope that your heart breaks every time someone looks at you. I
hope you always feel how I felt that night when you made me
lower than the dirt on your shoes. I heard you wanted to
apologize, but two words don't wipe out six years. And I never
will let you forget it. And every night I hope you cry out your
eyes. Every time I saw you, I felt nauseous. And I still do.
Every time you cry, it makes my day. I hope you're crying right
now. (Every time it makes my day.)


10.Valentine

You say those words to me, but do you know what they mean? Or is
it just because? Yesterday you were normal, today you're oh so
happy. What the hell is going on? You tell me this is a special
day and I don't really care. You want me to tell you everything.
There's a secret I gotta share. I don't wanna be your valentine.
I'd rather bleed until I die. I don't care if you cry or not.
Cause I'll still be the same. Why can't you understand? I don't
wanna be your valentine. It makes no sense to tell someone you
love them just because it's Valentine's Day. I'd rather hang out
with my friends and bomb couples with Chiclets til they ran
away. You tell me this is a special day and I don't really care.
You want me to tell you everything. There's a secret I gotta
share. Call me anti-love. (I won't be there to find.) Call me a
stupid jerk.
(Don't even waste your time to try and figure out what you can
do to change my mind.) Try everything you can. It's never gonna
work. You can kiss me under the stars. Say I'm always in your
heart. It's not gonna change a single thing. You can kiss me
under the stars. Say I'm always in your heart. You'll still hear
me say I don't wanna be your valentine...


11.One Second Late

Sun rises on another gloomy day. Again I'm dressed in black,
it's not healthy to feel this way. Constant fear running through
my head. Dreams turn to nightmares I wake in a pool of tears.
And everyday I feel I'm losing you. Please wait. (So I hold it
inside and I will not let you go now.) I'm not ready to say
goodbye now. Please stay. You're slipping through my fingers
again. I watch another frail piece of you wither away.
I try to sleep. Is this only a dream? I pray this is only a
dream. I pray this is only a dream. Is this the part where we
say goodbye? I'll try to hold it in. It's just so hard.


12.Afraid to Say This

The arrow's struck my heart again. I picked a rose and bled
misery away. I stepped into the light just to see a glimpse of
you. It feels like I'm in a movie, as the orchestra plays you
in. Slow motion when you flip your hair. That shine in your
eyes, it melts me. I wish I could say this all to you, but my
heart jumps in my throat when you look my way. My spine crawls
out of my back. There's so much I wish I could say but I'm
afraid. Take this rose and stop the bleeding. My broken heart is
on my sleeve. And I don't wanna live in regret and let you get
away. Take this rose and stop the bleeding. My broken heart is
on my sleeve.
You can make it all better. All it needs is just one kiss. I
wish I could reach out and your hand would find its way to mine.
Touch my lips and soothe my wounds. Remove this cross I've
carried so long. You cry and wish there was someone for you. I
wish I could tell you. Never say you don't look pretty. Whoever
told you that lie is jealous of you. (Take this rose)


13.My Best Friends

I'll try to live through this; Please watch over me. You were
always there for me when I needed a shoulder to cry on.
Childhood can be so cruel. Thank god I had you. They say you
should remember them the way they were and never cry, but that's
easier said than done. I tried, but too many times I've seen
people leave in a box. So I can't cry, I have to be strong. Days
go by, I wish I could see you again. To lose a friend; The
world's so unfair. Sometimes I think about what may have been,
if that phone didn't ring. Would people have wept over me, like
they wept over you? What would become of mom and dad, to lose
their only son?
Would school even notice I was gone? I am gone, I am gone. Where
are all my best friends? They left me alone again. Struck down,
I never had my chance to say goodbye. I never said thank you.
Who needed love? I had you. But now you've faded away, like the
pictures I hang on my wall. I'll remember you. I'll remember
you.