If you died tomorrow, would you be happy with today?
If I'd be gone tomorrow is there something else you'd say?
If the world were ending would you finally change?
If destiny existed, would you look my way?
There's so many "ifs" in a life like this
So many "maybes" in a world gone crazy
While it's all goin' down and you're all runnin' round
It's easy to forget that this is life and you're livin' it
Don't take it for granted, don't say you'll do it later
Don't coast by when you could be doin' greater things
Scream at the rain, and laugh at the lightning
Never give up and find a fight worth fighting
Say "I love you" to the ones you love
You don't want to wonder if you said it enough
Kiss like you mean it, and cry all the harder
Whatever you do know that once you're dead
There's no one to say the things you left unsaid
It's easy to say you'll do it on some other day
Easy to run instead of trying to be brave
But if you had to tell the truth, what would you say?
If you had the chance, would you show your face?
Chorus
What if you could know the day you'd die?
Would you confess everything to Jesus Christ?
Do you think you won't be crying at the end of your life
over regrets you can't forget even though you tried?
Chorus
Well there was ice on the road of my last dark night
and last I remember there were bright headlights
I head the crunch of the metal and a piercing cry
I saw the blood and knew it was mine
I took my last breath under a starry night
And the life shuddered out of me as I died
As I got cold, I saw my life
And all I could think was that I wouldn't have another try
There were so many "ifs" in the life I missed
So many "maybes" in a world gone crazy
While it was all goin' down and I was all runnin' 'round
It was easy to forget that that was life and I was missin' it
I took it for granted, I said I'd do it later
I coasted by when I coulda been doin' greater things
So scream at the rain and laugh at the lightning
Never give up and find a fight worth fighting
I didn't say "I love you" to the ones I loved
And now I wonder if I said it enough
Oh kiss like you mean it, and cry all the harder
Search the stars when your heart starts to wander
But listen to me because now I'm dead
and there's no one to say the things I left unsaid
2 comments:
So, I think I stumbled onto your blog originally from a Google search for lyrics from a song. I've had your site up for about a week now, just curious to see new entries you write. I realize I don't know you, but I find your last several posts dark, thought provoking, and intriguing. Where are you finding your inspiration as of late?
I went back and read my last few posts, and you're right they are dark. The last two were actually written during my year at college. Being away from home and from my family was hard, and I drew inspiration from that for "Alone". "Regrets" is something of a prequel to "Nothing Left Unsaid" because some of my greatest regrets have been remaining silent when I should have spoken up.
Writing, for me, is a way of dealing with particularly strong emotions. Hence, my notebooks of lyrics are often angry, sad, desperate, heartbroken, yearning etc. I usually don't have trouble expressing my happiness to people, but sometimes when I've left something unsaid for years, I put it in a song instead to get it out. If I'm too chicken to say it to someone's face, it might end up here. That's the great irony I think of "Nothing Left Unsaid"- that it stems from me leaving so much unsaid.
Anyway, the question was "Where are you finding your inspiration as of late?" and I've rather run on answering that question. But the inspiration is my actual life, actual events that have happened to me that inspired a thought, an idea, a story, and eventually these songs. Thanks for your interest!
I notice you don't have a public blog or profile. How do you express yourself?
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