A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy Album Lyrics

F*ck yeah!

Remember way back when? They said this life was a dream.
Well it still is, I never wanna wake.
Standing in my backyard at our old practice space
Hard to hold back the tears from streaming down my face.

That was then, this is now.
You can't run before you go learn how, and you won't.

This is our corner of the world,
Where we can come to be ignored.
This is our point where we return.
This is where I came from.
This is where I came from.

Remember way back when? This place seemed bigger to me.
Learned how to play guitar, and made my mom watch me.
We always knew back then, just where I'd be right now.
We never questioned it, was more like when and how.

That was then, this is now.
You can't run before you go learn how, and you won't.

This is our corner of the world,
Where we can come to be ignored.
This is our point where we return.
This is where I came from.
This is what made us who we became.
Where they know me, not just my name.
There's not another place the same,
This is where I came from.
This is where I came from.

Yeah!

You had another thing coming if you were sleeping on us.
Same old voices in my ear saying enough is enough.
Well, I'm saying me and all my friends don't need you around.
[x2]

Oh oh oh, this is where I came from, I'm right back at it again.
Oh oh oh, this is where I came from
Oh oh oh, this is where I came from, I'm right back at it again.
Oh oh oh, this is where I came from

This is what made us who we became.
Where they know me, not just my name.
There's not another place the same,
This is where I came from.
This is where I came from.

We're coming out swinging!

Started out in the spring of 2003.
Never went to school, nobody talked to me.
'cept to tell me all the things I couldn't do.
Don't wanna hear about it.
Got with my guys packed into all our cars.
Hit all the nearest scenes, and every local bar.
and played a show a night 'til it'd made me sick.

So here I am.
I'm right back at it again.
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school
I ain't here to make no friends."
And I'll say, "Hey (hey),
I'm right back at it again."
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school,
I ain't here to make no friends."

We left home with no kinda back up plan,
And everyone we knew that we couldn't stand
Said, "If you can't make it here you won't make it there."
Don't wanna hear about it.
Spent most of our time sleeping on hard wood floors.
People's living rooms, in any open door.
We played a show a night 'til it all made sense.

So here I am.
I'm right back at it again.
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school
I ain't here to make no friends."
And I'll say, "Hey (hey),
I'm right back at it again."
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school,
I ain't here to make no friends."

Don't wanna hear about it,
Don't wanna hear about it yet!

So here I am.
I'm right back at it again.
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school
I ain't here to make no friends."
And I'll say, "Hey (hey),
I'm right back at it again."
Just like I've always said,
"If you're too cool for school,
I ain't here to make no..."

Brace for impact!

Don't wanna hear about it!
Don't wanna hear about it!

Bitch.

You wanna take, take, take, take, take it away from me.
Take it away from me.
You can't wait, wait, wait, wait, wait till I'm stumbling.
Go get carried away.

Go!

And the fear sets in, in an instant.
Too much of myself gets exposed.
This is where I go at my weakest,
When I don't have to be scared to tell the truth.

Tend to do my best when everything goes wrong.
That's why sad songs make me happy, 'cause I don't have to feel alone.

You wanna take, take, take, take, take it away from me.
Take it away from me.
You can't wait, wait, wait, wait, wait till I'm stumbling.
No, you've got me wrong.
Oh the nights are long with no one else around.
You wanna take, take, take, take, take it away from me.
Go get carried away.

It's never what you've done, it's what you've done lately.
Who cares what you're saying, if no one's listening.
You don't have to like me, but you're gonna respect me.
I that came from nothing, leave hope in my wake.

I got no regrets, but have my days with doubt.
To those left in sadness I'll be the one to lead you out.

You wanna take, take, take, take, take it away from me.
Take it away from me.
You can't wait, wait, wait, wait, wait till I'm stumbling.
No, you've got me wrong.
Oh the nights are long with no one else around.
You wanna take, take, take, take, take it away from me.
Go get carried away.

[2x]
I reserve my right to feel uncomfortable reserve my right to be afraid.
I make mistakes and I am humbled every step of the way.
I want to be a better person. I wanna know the master plan.
Cast your stones, cast your judgement, you don't make me who I am.

God help those who help themselves, and forget about everyone else.
You lost your nerve, you missed the point.
God help those with open hands, may they never feel burden again.
Yeah I'll stand up for those who can't.
I'll close the distance.

Let me find the way that I can make do
Without circumstance, without follow through
A man in desperation can't trust a troubled mind
I'm building an empire, say I'm wrong
I don't mind if it's all against one
No room for weakness, I'll be gone forever

Dear mother, as this noose is placed around my neck
I'm reflecting on these past few years I spent trying to forget
I'm regretting all this time spent half the world away
What will the children sing, what will the children sing,
When I'm dead and buried?
(Dead and buried)

(I can't fight it)
I've slipped through the cracks

I hold nothing back

Dear mother, as this noose is placed around my neck
I'm reflecting on these past few years I spent trying to forget
I'm regretting all this time spent half the world away
What will the children sing, what will the children sing,
When I'm dead and buried?
(Dead and buried)
Never thought it'd be easy 'cause it's not if it's worth to have
It'll pass you by you have a choice, be your own person, have your own voice

So let's set it off!

Dear mother, as this noose is placed around my neck
I'm reflecting on these past few years I spent trying to forget
I'm regretting all this time spent half the world away
What will the children sing, what will the children sing,
When I'm dead and buried?

(Dead and buried)

What'd you expect from me?
It's not my fault you'll never be happy.
Just cause you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong,
Our days were numbered and we knew it all along.
Can't you let things be?
Now all that's left is misunderstandings.
Spent my nights wishing I was gone.
My dad was right, we will never get along.

So I'm done, cause things could never be the same.
This is the last time, this is the last time you'll ever burden me.

I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
Stretched myself out way too far,
Now I can see you for who you are.
I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
It's all finally making sense,
You took what's left of my innocence. Oh no,
I can't believe you got the best of me.

Can't you act your age?
Is it that hard to say what you're thinking?
Lately my life's moving way too fast
You'd drag me down if I'd let you hold me back.
What a mess you've made,
And you hide from it at the bars you frequent.
Blamed myself avoiding time this cost,
But looking back you only learn from what you lost.

So I'm done, cause things could never be the same.
This is the last time, this is the last time you'll ever burden me.

I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
Stretched myself out way too far,
Now I can see you for who you are.
I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
It's all finally making sense,
You took what's left of my innocence. Oh no,
I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe you got the best of me.

I will never be the one you want, no I will never be the one you want. (Oh-oh oh-oh)
Finally come to terms that I can't stop, no not this time. (Ye-yeah)
[x2]

I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
Stretched myself out way too far,
Now I can see you for who you are.
I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe I trusted every word you said.
It's all finally making sense,
You took what's left of my innocence. Oh no,
I can't believe you got the best of me.
I can't believe you got the best of me.

As I look round this make shift moving house
I'm searching for whatever's left of me
It's on the ground in a box that reads lost and found.
It's lost and found.

She said, just let it go.
She said, it's all you've ever known.

And I'm, I'm already gone
I'm already something to someone that I don't know.
When will I know?
And I'm, I'm out making rounds
On every side of town
That I've been through, that I know.
To find my reason to come back home.

I've worked it out you'll always bring me down.
From here on out I'm doing things for me.
I'm impatient now. I'm not the type for life alone,
I need someone.

She said, just let it go.
She said, it's all you've ever known.

And I'm, I'm already gone
I'm already something to someone that I don't know.
When will I know?
And I'm, I'm out making rounds
On every side of town
That I've been through, that I know.
To find my reason to come back home.

[2x]
With everything that sets me back,
I push back harder to clear the way.
There's not a thing that I regret,
Can't live my life in yesterday.

Life in yesterday.

And I'm, I'm already gone
I'm already something to someone that I don't know.
When will I know?
And I'm, I'm out making rounds
On every side of town
That I've been through, that I know.
To find my reason to come back home.

I've been feeling like everything is for nothing
In fact I've never felt so god damn small
Always searching for the bright side to find the strength for when I fall
I'm still believing that life has a meaning
Can't cope with thinking that there's not
I'm so divided that I try to hide it
It's the only real thing that I've got!

So when the world outside can't see what's wrong and right
People can't understand the reasons that we fight
Something's gotta give

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

You can call this a warning
It's a warning that we're drowning in our malcontent
Tear me down like a cancer, what's your answer?
We're different and it makes you sick
There is a sadness here, on every corner
It's in our hearts, dear God
Don't wanna trouble you much
But we all need to know when enough is enough

So when the world outside can't see what's wrong and right
People can't understand the reasons that we fight (reasons that we fight)
Something's gotta give

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

You only get one chance and that's one too much
What's the world gonna say when I call your bluff, punk?

Bow your head

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

Violence, give me violence
'Cause they say we're the worthless ones
Substance, give me substance
Heavy lies the crown as I cut you down

When the curtain falls it rolls, unwraps, reminds me
The person that I am.
I'm still afraid, ashamed, of what's behind me,
But you gave me the strength to stand.

Sh-sh-sh-shake it off go get the things you want.
I'll bottle the shame (bottle the shame).
Just sh-sh-shake it off, and no one will ever know (won't know).

I'm a slave to all these voices in my head,
And I'm afraid, I'm afraid of what they've said.
I'm a slave.

Sometimes when no one's left to listen I'll sit and argue with myself.
Say all the things I wish to tell you, without hurting someone else.
Sh-sh-sh-shake it off go get the things you want.
I'll bottle the shame (bottle the shame).
Just sh-sh-shake it off, and no one will ever know (won't know).

I'm a slave to all these voices in my head,
And I'm afraid, I'm afraid of what they've said.
I'm a slave to all these voices in my head,
And I'm afraid they'll walk with me until my end.

Stop!

Hey you, when'd ya get so cold? (when'd ya get so cold?)
Hey you, just do what you're told, do what you're told.
Hey you, you're gonna be a star.
As long as you'll let us we'll make you the person that you aren't.

Yeah!

I'm a slave to all these voices in my head,
And I'm afraid, I'm afraid of what they've said.
I'm a slave (I'm a slave) to all these voices in my head,
And I'm afraid (I'm afraid) they'll walk with me until my end.

Sh-sh-sh-shake it off go get the things you want.
I'll bottle the shame (bottle the shame).

You've got secrets, oh yeah,
And I've got a weakness for them.
No this ain't the time or place to show your face,
Cause you know that I can't stand
The need to get even. Tonight,
When everything ya say won't come out right.
So I'll try to save some face, and take my space
Till the times right, cause we'll need it.

So I surrender, I can't forget her.
Will you remember? The truth,
Cause they won't even want me to.

Wish you would read this, oh yeah,
And knew that I mean it. I did.
Yeah I could fill every page with all my ways
That I tried to understand.
Wished things could be different. Alright,
Well it ain't for the lack of how I tried.
So let's go our separate ways, and count the days
As we get by. Cause we'll get by.

So I surrender, I can't forget her.
Will you remember? The truth,
Cause they won't even want me to.

So I surrender, I can't forget her.
Will you remember? The truth

This'll drag on and on and on,
Where I'm the only one who's wrong.
It's always something, it's always something
With me and you.
[x2]

So I surrender
So I surrender

So I surrender, I can't forget her.
Will you remember? The truth,
Cause they won't even want me to.
They won't even want me to (I, I surrender)
They won't even want me to (I, I surrender)
(I, I surrender)
So I surrender.

Life lessons learned the hard way.

Four people waited in a random white unmarked van.
Parked outside your hotel high rise garage.
To use a tire iron to break the bones inside your legs.
Too bad you never came outside, that's all right,
'Cause in the end you'll get wrecked.
Yeah, in the end, you'll get wrecked.

I heard a little girl killed herself today, that blood's on your hands.
It's on your hands, when everyone knows your face, nothing's safe.
You'll live your life as a f*cking target.

You've earned my disgust.
You've earned my disgust.

I took some time away
For understanding of what brought us here today
Oh, you'll be the end of me

I'm never happy like we were happy
I'm never sad like we were sad
Oh, you'll be the end of me

You know me all too well
And I can't suppress the memories
You're gone and I can tell
That I've lost more than you'll ever see

Don't say that it's not fair
That you're not the person you wanna be
'Cause Oh, you'll be the end of me

I know I wasn't perfect, but I kept trying
Till I forgot why I stayed
Oh, you'll be the end of me

Yeah we lost all meaning
We lost the magic
So good luck to you on your way
Oh, you'll be the end of me

You know me all too well
And I can't suppress the memories
You're gone and I can tell
That I've lost more than you'll ever see

Don't say that it's not fair
That you're not the person you wanna be
'Cause oh, you'll be the end of me (you'll be the end of me)

I get it, no, I get it
Gave more than I took back, oh well (took back, oh well)
I get it, no, I get it
Can't help those who don't wanna be helped

You know me all too well
And I can't suppress the memories
You're gone and I can tell
That I've lost more than you'll ever see

Don't say that it's not fair
That you're not the person you wanna be
'Cause Oh, you'll be the end of me
You'll be the end of me...

You're all about you, and it's my fast track to an early grave.
Just need to see this through
Do you even sleep at night?
Where does your conscience run to hide?

I gotta get out, I gotta get out.
Why can't you just do what's right by me?
I gotta get out, I gotta get out.
It can't get much harder, harder to breathe.

The room keeps spinning faster, I'm drifting off to sleep.
Hope it's seen beyond these walls you're suffocating me.
Why can't you see what three little words have done to me?
I never knew I was alone, you turned your back, you broke this home.
Took me so long to find the answers, and your reasons why.
I just wanted things to be alright, or at least for just tonight.

How's living a lie?
You never could face me,
And you hide behind fake personalities
Because deep down you're scared.
So weak beyond compare.

I gotta get out, I gotta get out.
Why can't we just go our separate ways?
I gotta get out, I gotta get out.
It won't be much farther, I'm counting the days.

The room keeps spinning faster, I'm drifting off to sleep.
Hope it's seen beyond these walls, you're suffocating me.
Why can't you see what three little words have done to me?
I never knew I was alone, you turned your back, you broke this home.
Took me so long to find the answers, and your reasons why.
I just wanted things to be alright, or at least for just tonight.

My friends still stand behind me.
We stuck together through all we lost.
Even when your worst surrounds me, you'll never get the best of us.

Why can't you see what three little words have done to me?
I never knew I was alone, you turned your back, you broke this home.
Took me so long to find the answers, and your reasons why.
I just wanted things to be alright, or at least for just tonight

No f*cking respect.

All hail the thief forever trying to separate you and me.
All hail the thief forever trying to separate
No f*cking respect.

I'd never wish any of this on anyone or anything.
Aw come on, you gotta try and look at things like me.
I never needed anything I got,
I never keep anything I have, what do I have?
Mostly things that'll never last.

Then I think back...

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family cause they could never understand.
I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am cause where I've been.
Cause where I've been.

They wonder why I hide myself from everyone,
from everything, man come on.
You wouldn't last a day as me.
Everyone loves me for my past, but they always hate me in the present.
Why can't you just meet me somewhere in the middle?

It's in the hardest times we grow the most.

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family cause they could never understand.
I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am cause where I've been.
Cause where I've been.

Speeding up, to slow down.
Side glances around this crowd all at me.
There must be something I can't see, so tell me.
Hold me up, help me out.
As I circle around what makes me happy.
There isn't one place that I can be without leaving.
This is my life.

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family, they could never understand.
They don't understand.
They don't understand.

I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am.
I remember the coast of California.
I remember trucks stops cross the land.
Never kept too many idols cause we were busy being them.
I remember waking up in Georgia. I remember quitting my last job.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I was, where I've been.
Cause where I've been.