sittin here dumb i say this
still hope the lord
forgive me of my sins

ten years ago went down by the lake
i wring my sweet love and buried her in the lake
oh i close my eyes and still see her face
i'd give my soul to take back that day

hello again
it's been too long
hello again
too long
hello again
it's been too long
too long too long
hello again
you know you got
what it is i want
anyway im gon'
take it back
hello again heaven
you know
hello again

and here i go again
so over and over
i'm gonna see your face
here i go and say
but over and over
i'm gonna see your face
blown away
on that day
you're sinkin

i am not worth the flesh on my bones
i am a waste of the air in my lungs
run far from me he'll always say
that not a soul is flowing through my veins

hello
hello again
it's been too long
hello again
too long too long
i know you got
what it is i want
anyway i'm gon'
take it back
hello again
it's been too long
too long you know
hello
and no more rain on
raid it you go riding too long

take it out again
then over and over
i'm gonna see your face
if it'll help me stay awake
then over and over i'm gonna see her face
blown away
on that day
every long while

i ought
rain on
i ought to got
you know you know
rain on
lay back

over and over and roll away
over and over i'm gonna be here
there you go away
and over and over i'm gonna see her face
blown away
on that day
every lying

still on me drive still on me way
i'm gonna turn back to you again
whether i may well grow old in jail
i must go out to tell my dark tale

play on
play on
raining rain on
stay out of me
stay out of me
hold on again
stay out the day
hold on
rain
hey hey
the soul lying



Lyrics submitted by jfleming40

Track duration: 03:56


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    General Comment:sorry to break it to you guys but this song is about the green river killer. dave had just moved to seattle when the police arrested a man they thought to be the killer and he wrote a song about it...cross reference with antsmarching.org
    Flag btheathenson September 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the song is about a man losing a love. she is in a lake where he visits demanding her return

    Im going to take her back again..he is speaking of retreiving this lost love from "death" which is represented by the lakes possession and by being in the lake.

    this can referr to simply losing someone who was lost in a relationship due to an indifference. the interesting part is the loss that stored in the "lake".

    everyone ends up after death in a lake of fire waiting to be delivered from deaths grip by a flaming messenger..thats daves logo isnt it..the fire dancer.

    this is a tale of a lost love and the retreival of and seeing that love restored...on that day
    Flag Me2on February 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about Dave's friend who committed suicide. He talks about her face being blown away, which represents shooting herself.
    Flag MPicardo5on January 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I may be wrong but i heard somewhere this is about his dead sister and the man (her husband) who killed her.


    once i heard that i thought about it and it makes sense. every part of it.
    Flag ltlovesdmbon January 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I have read about this song on many boards and thread - and I know people have claimed that on Sirrius Dave made mention of the song being about a repentant man, etc.

    However, thinking outside of the box, could the song be about Dave and Julia Grey? Julia Grey being the girl Dave asked to marry and she declined each time. Julia also being the girl who told the horrable lie that is the basis of the song Halloween.

    The lyrics are very metaphorical, especially in the A Weekend at the Rocks version. Take a look:

    [The intro]
    "She was my one and only, she was my one true love...now she's gone"

    "Ten years ago down by the lake I saw my sweat love a watery grave. " Could be a metaphor for 10 years ago I let her go, made an attempt to forget about her. And, if I am not mistaken, Julia told the "lie" about 10 years ago.

    He can still close his eyes and see her face, he give his soul to take back that day (to make it never happen).

    Maybe Dave saw Julia again not so long ago, realized he still has some feelings for her; albeit, he has moved on with his life. Realizing that he still has feelings that he wished he didn't he writes, "You have what I want and I am going to take it from you anyway I can".

    Again, reading into the song a bit - but that part of the fun.
    Flag msf004on January 21, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Repentant man who killled his lover. Now he`s saying hello to the returning flashes of when he killed her and how he regrets. Not really sure about what Dave intended with "Hello again you know you got it what i want
    anyway you know i'm gonna take it from you" though. Whats been taken and who`s got it?
    Flag DancingHegvikon November 12, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:these are not the album lyrics, they are kinda a cluster of the ones used on the 04 tour, but i don't recall the actual ones, it's been awhile since i listened to stand up but i do know the first part

    Sin i have done my share of it
    still hope the lord forgive me my sins

    Ten years ago down by the lake
    i saw my sweet love, her watery grave
    i close my eyes still see her face
    i'd give my soul to take back that day

    Hello again, it's been too long
    Too long too long, hello again
    you know you've got what it is i want
    anyway i'm gonna take it from you
    Hello again you know you got it what i want
    anyway you know i'm gonna take it from you

    then i can't remember the rest, as i said, it's been awhile
    Flag LordNikonon October 23, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I read in Blender magazine, a reporter who chatted with Dave said this was about a repentent man who killed his lover.
    Flag Johnnyboyon July 20, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:To figure it out just read the lyrics. It's about a regretful guy who is recollecting the murder of his wife (or perhaps lover) and sinking her in a lake. It makes so much more sense that way. About the green river killer that antsmarching.com posted, i haven't read. But Antsmarching.com is very valid source. It may easily be about the green river killer however, i'm simply boiling the lyrics down. Sillybunny makes an interesting (and a bit confusing) tie to the album. I can believe that too seeing how stand up is one of two albums that flows so much (or is so connected rather)
    Flag Daveallroundon July 19, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Still in the fantasy (see Dreamgirl and other Stand Up songs) I'll say the guy in the story overturned the dreamgirl's applecart BIG TIME to the extent that she took off and refused to return. But after a time, she returned. Hello again. She's back but she still has her angel and the guy mentions that her angel has what he wants--the dreamgirl, and the guys knows there's no way he's going to wrench her angel off of her. And the guy can't forget that day or her face because he felt really bad about whatever he did to upset her and obviously she brought it up a few times herself because it was awful! and she never really understood why this happened.
    Flag sillybunnyon June 17, 2005   Link

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