As I Lay Dying
Wasted Words
[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