Escape the Fate – The Day I Left The Womb

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  General Comment:This song seems like it's from personal experience and about some of the hardships the writer/singer went through. ex: his mother leaving, his brother on drugs, and his dad having to raise them on his own. It's a message to his mother who abandoned them, telling her you had a responsibility and you walked out on your family, we're fine though. Dad raised us into the men you couldn't.

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  mother,where are you today
  you took a piece of me the day you went away
  no recollection nor the smell of your perfume
  i took a piece of you the day i left the womb
  
  brother,put your needels down
  the best thing for you is to leave this awful town
  pretty soon youll have kids to feed
  if you see mother,tell her i can sing
  
  please dont worry,i am doing fine
  your much to busy,to even find the time
  so use your chemicals and take this to your grave
  the boys you left,are men you didnt raise!
  
  and daddy!
  how are you today
  you must be proud of the boys that you have raised
  your withered heart and everything its seen
  your cuts and callisus
  you had kids to feed,you had kids to feed
  
  please dont worry i am doing fine
  your much to busy to even find the time
  so use your chemicals and take this to your grave
  the boys you left are men you didnt raise!

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  Song Meaning:the meaning of this song is that this song is basicaly really really personal for ronnie.his mom left him when he was little and his dad wasnt the best but he still loved him.then i think his brother left also when ronnie got older so yea

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  General Comment:Mother, where are you today?
  You took a piece of me the day you went away
  No recollection or the smell of your perfume
  I took a piece of you the day I left the womb
  
  ronnies mothe left him and his brother when they where so young they cant remember her
  
  
  Brother, put your needles down
  The best thing for you is to leave this aweful town
  Pretty soon, you'll have kids to feed
  
  ronnies brother is one herion and ronnie dosent want him to be like him?
  
  Please don't worry I am doing fine
  You're much too busy to even find the time
  So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
  The boys you left are men you didn't raise
  
  ronnie doesnt want anyone to worry because he is doing fine?
  
  
  And daddy, how are you today?
  You must be proud of the boys that you have raised
  Your withered heart, and everything its seen
  Your cuts and calluses; you had kids to feed
  
  his father is the only one who ever took care of ronnie and his brother?
  
  
  
  
  

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  General Comment:It's either "I did say" or "I can say". "I can sing" makes so sense to what the chorus means. He's telling his brother and father that if they see his mom to tell her that he doesn't forgive her for leaving the family. And even if she did care about him, it's too late because she wasn't there when they needed her.

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  My Opinion:I really love this song. :D
  This really shows how amazing Escape The Fate is vocally. It's so emotional and deep.
  I can't really relate completely, but a few of the situations were somewhat similar of what I went through and what Ronnie went through.
  My mother didn't leave, but my father did die when I was really young. And since then, I've been through a lot of shit.
  So, this song is kind of Ronnie's way of saying that he's okay. And I'm in the process of writing a song to let the world know that I, too, am okay.

  Flag liveforthemomentnowx407on August 20, 2010   Link

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    Ronnie Radke's song writing has so many levels it's amazing. He can go from writing a poppy song like "Situations" to something heavy and abstract like "My Apocalypse" then to this beautiful acoustic song. So heartfelt. I can't really relate to it, yet somehow I can. I feel empathy for him.

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  Memory:this just reminds me of my mother
  she keeps leaving
  when she's not here, its complicated, its only me, father, and little bro
  but when she is here..there never seems to be a good day
  she broke my family..just her raising her voice makes my brother yell in fear.

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  General Comment:Ronnie sounds amazing in this song. But he especially made me cry when he sang "If you see mother, tell her I can sing"

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    Me too! Wow, I never thought that anyone else would think that, cause it's not really a sad line, yet this is the line that made me cry too!
    
    I think it's cause it emphasises how much his mom leaving affected him. It's like she's too busy to care that he's following his dreams.

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  General Comment:I looked up the lyrics on the bands site, and it does say "if you see mother, tell her i can sing."
  
  I think it would make more sense if it was "tell her i can say" because the chorus is him talking to his mother. "the boys you left are men you didnt raise" proves this.
  
  However, it does make sense both ways.
  

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    I think "Tell her I can sing" makes more sense. He became a famous singer, and he would like his mother to know that he is worth more than what she thought.

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  Lyric Correction:The Day I Left The Womb
  Escape The Fate:
  Mother, where are you today?
  You took a piece of me the day you went away,
  No recollection nor the smell of your perfume,
  I took a piece of you the day I left the womb.
  
  Brother, put your needles down.
  The best thing for you is to leave this awful town.
  Pretty soon, you'll have kids to feed.
  If you see mother, tell her I can sing.
  
  [Chorus:]
  Please don't worry, I am doing fine.
  You're much too busy, to even find the time,
  So use your chemicals and take this to your grave,
  The boys you left are men you didn't raise.
  
  And daddy, how are you today?
  You must be proud of the boys that you have raised.
  Your withered heart, and everything its seen,
  Your guts and calloused hands, you had kids to feed.
  You had kids to feed.
  
  [Chorus:]
  Please don't worry, I am doing fine.
  You're much too busy, to even find the time,
  So use your chemicals and take this to your grave,
  The boys you left are men you didn't raise.
  
  
  seriously how do you get "give and go's" out of chemicals
  and if u play the song in a slower speed you can also hear that ronnie sings "Your guts and calloused hands"
  

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