Wasted Words by As I Lay Dying Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There are days when sorrow seems never-ending
Like the countless roads upon which I've driven
The price of attachment in pursuit of dreams
That I so often can't seem to remember
Yet there are days when beauty cannot be contained
It even crawls out from under ordinary things
[Pre-Chorus]
A foreigner, no place to go
Holding on, making the most
Of what little time I have
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret
I will not leave wishing I had done things differently
[Verse 2]
The moments I treasure are seldom the ones that I planned for
And if I knew where pain hid I might still let it go
So when the audience has run toward the latest drift
It will be my time to face the life that I have set
[Pre-Chorus]
A foreigner in my own home
Holding on, no place to go
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret, regret
All the wasted words
[Bridge]
Some days the line between peace and pain
Seems more like a blur, but I know with certainty
I can't leave wishing, I cannot leave
I can't leave wishing I'd done things differently
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret, regret
All the wasted words
There are days when sorrow seems never-ending
Like the countless roads upon which I've driven
The price of attachment in pursuit of dreams
That I so often can't seem to remember
Yet there are days when beauty cannot be contained
It even crawls out from under ordinary things
[Pre-Chorus]
A foreigner, no place to go
Holding on, making the most
Of what little time I have
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret
I will not leave wishing I had done things differently
[Verse 2]
The moments I treasure are seldom the ones that I planned for
And if I knew where pain hid I might still let it go
So when the audience has run toward the latest drift
It will be my time to face the life that I have set
[Pre-Chorus]
A foreigner in my own home
Holding on, no place to go
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret, regret
All the wasted words
[Bridge]
Some days the line between peace and pain
Seems more like a blur, but I know with certainty
I can't leave wishing, I cannot leave
I can't leave wishing I'd done things differently
[Chorus]
All the wasted words I said
In all the cities that I left
The last act of our precious play
Must not close with regret, regret
All the wasted words