The Journal (Hope Dies Last)

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Hey guys, let's write a song that sounds more 'progressive'. Okay. Let's get Greg involved, he can scream and stuff. Okay.

Come September

Melodic metal / rock

Come September's new home on soundclick Come September is a metal/rock/post hardcore type outfit from Providence, RI. Kevin Mattos: Vocals/Guitars Steve Micallef: Bass/Vocals John Schondek: Drums

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Rock General

Charts

Peak #371

Peak in subgenre #92

Uploaded

May 09, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

A song taken from the perspective of an old man who's lived a wasteful life, all laid out in his life's journal

Lyrics

Oh life, scribbled down in fragments left to right
events unfolding out in black and white
a screenplay of my fears and dreams and
scattered poor misfortunes that for years 
have never seen the light

it tragically lies dormant 
since some things are more important
just a scratching of some nonsense carved out
in between some ever-fading lines
this was my life

when reason fails and all hope fades
I'll guide you through, just read a page
because I've been through your darker days
I swear if you just turn a page
and if these words tell lies then
all we have is hope, and for that I'm sorry
because my hope is gone

Oh, I have never really been someone who tried
I grew content just letting things go by
excuses marching side by side while
angels on my shoulder begged me for a reason why
but I took a note of everything,
I'd wait to see what sorrow would bring
dressed in robes of solitude 
find tears whose stains these pages cannot hide

this was my life

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