It kills me not to know this
But I've all but just forgotten
What the colour of her eyes were
And her scars or how she got them
As the telling signs of age rain down
A single tear is dropping
Through the valleys of an aging face
That this world has forgotten

There is no reconciliation
That will put me in my place
And there is no time like the present
To drink these draining seconds
But seldom do these words ring true
When I'm constantly failing you
Walls that we just can't break through
Until we disappear

So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
'Cause I don't know

That's when she said
"I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you
While there's still something left to save"
That's when I told her, "I love you girl (Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!)
But I'm not the answer
For the questions that you still have"
Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!

And the day pressed on like crushing weights
For no man does it ever wait
Like memories of dying days
That deafen us like hurricanes
Bathed in flames we held the brand
Uncurled the fingers in your hand
Pressed into the flesh like sand
Now do you understand?

So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
'Cause I don't know

That's when she said
"I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you
While there's still something left to save"
That's when I told her, "I love you girl (Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!)
But I'm not the answer
For the questions that you still have"
Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!

One thousand miles away
There's nothing left to say
But so much left that I don't know
We never had a choice
This world is too much noise
It takes me under
It takes me under once again

I don't hate you
I don't hate you, no

So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
'Cause I don't know

That's when she said
"I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you
While there's still something left to save"
That's when I told her, "I love you girl (Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!)
But I'm not the answer
For the questions that you still have"
Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!
I don't hate you
I don't hate you
(Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!)
I don't hate you
I don't hate you, no
Whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh!

Comments (9)

  • Anonymous
    this song is about the earth and how we don't realize what we are doing to it.
  • Anonymous
    ok... whoever wrote the last quote is a tree huggin hippie. It's obviously a love song.
  • Anonymous
    take it easy on him... maybe he thought he was commenting on the lyrics for Collapse(Post Amerika). Lol
  • Anonymous
    its bout love and how the ppl in the song are not ment for each other... its quite obvious///_*
  • Anonymous
    It is about earth, Rise Against is a highly symbolic band and the girl is earth. The scars are caused by man, and she is hurting. Days move along and tribulation happens and its a struggle one against the other, and its not out of hate, but out of apathy.
  • Anonymous
    The ppl talking about it being earth are correct. Rise against has a great way to put it to connect with ppl who other wise wouldnt understand. Hints the ppl who think it is a love song, but it could be taken that way if it must.
  • Lily Osborne
    hmm, to me it says that the boy needs to be saved & the girl is fed up with trying to save him, she still loves him, but she'd done trying to save him.
  • Arthur Salinas
    I think its that she wants to be there for him but he knows he's not good for her
  • Lily Osborne
    yea. F**k that brought back shitt./: