Everchanging Lyrics

In the face
Of change
That's when she turned to me and said
"I'm not sure anymore"

And there
Amidst the waves and the cloudless skies
That blanket the year before
I watch my life wash ashore

Have you ever been a part of something
That you thought would never end?
And then, of course it did
Have you ever felt the weight inside you
Pulling away inside your skin?
And then something had to give

Now the lines are drawn
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone
And now that is all this is
With the reasons clear
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear
And now things will be different
There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I
Always something in this everchanging life
And there probably always will
Now that time is getting harder to come by
The same arguments are always on our mind
We've killed this slowly fading light

Now the lines are drawn
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone
And now that is all this is
With the reasons clear
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear
But now things will be different

And now something
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me
If I'm already gone


Well now something (hey)
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me (hey)
If I'm already gone
Now let's say that something (hey)
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me (hey)
If I'm already gone

Now say we make the same mistakes
We're always hanging on
Break the promises we're always leaning on
All this time spent waking up
Keep this line open to get this call from you
As you speak the words that keep me coming back to you
Now this time it's all different

Now something
Has kept me here too long
And now I'm gone

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Genius Annotation

This is the eleventh track off of Rise Against’s debut album The Unraveling which is a break up song.

Vocalist Tim McIlrath has said that this is a song about sacrifice. It depicts a man who is in a relationship where he comes to the painful realization that his feelings are unrequited, as his significant other is unsure of how she feels anymore. To provide himself with a sense of closure, he sacrifices the relationship and leaves her before his heart is broken again.

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