You come to me with
Scars on your wrist.
You tell me this will be the last night
Feeling like this.

I just came to say good bye
Didn't want you to see me cry
I'm fine

But I know it's a lie

[Chorus]
This is the last night
You'll spend alone
Look me in the eyes
So I know you know
I'm everywhere
You want me to be

The last night
You'll spend alone
I'll wrap you in my arms
And I won't let go
I'm everything
You need me to be

Your parents say
Everything is your fault
But they don't know you like I know you
They don't know you at all

I'm so sick of when they say
"Its just a phase you'll be ok
You're fine"

But I know it's a lie

[Chorus]

(The last night
Away from me)

The night is so long when
Everything's wrong
If you give me your hand
I will help you hold on

Tonight
Tonight

[Chorus]

I won't let you say goodbye
And I'll be your reason why
The last night
Away from me
Away from me



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Track duration: 04:03

"The Last Night" as written by Brian Howes, John Cooper

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    General Comment:To me this isnt one about god. to me this is an oath to never abandon someone. one of my friends was just like the girl in the song. but i showed her this song and i swore to her i would never abandon her, that i would always stay by her side. I know skillet is a christian band. I'm an atheist, but i can still listen to and identify with their songs. it one thing i love about skillet. They are a christian band who a) knows how to rock and b) dont try to push anything onto you. this is definitely one of their deeper songs compared to whispers in the dark or monster. but its one i identify with heart and soul. not many christian bands can do that for an atheist. but skillet does it. and i love that. this is my absolute favorite song by skillet.

    These are just my thoughts. im not saying "this is the way it is and you cant persuade me otherwise.": if you see it differently, then thats the beauty of words. you can write avout one thing and someone can hear it or read it, and they could see it as something completely different.
    Flag ThorgrimZzon March 15, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:To me this isnt one about god. to me this is an oath to never abandon someone. one of my friends was just like the girl in the song. but i showed her this song and i swore to her i would never abandon her, that i would always stay by her side. I know skillet is a christian band. I'm an atheist, but i can still listen to and identify with their songs. it one thing i love about skillet. They are a christian band who a) knows how to rock and b) dont try to push anything onto you. this is definitely one of their deeper songs compared to whispers in the dark or monster. but its one i identify with heart and soul. not many christian bands can do that for an atheist. but skillet does it. and i love that. this is my absolute favorite song by skillet.

    These are just my thoughts. im not saying "this is the way it is and you cant persuade me otherwise.": if you see it differently, then thats the beauty of words. you can write avout one thing and someone can hear it or read it, and they could see it as something completely different.
    Flag ThorgrimZzon March 15, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:To me this isnt one about god. to me this is an oath to never abandon someone. one of my friends was just like the girl in the song. but i showed her this song and i swore to her i would never abandon her, that i would always stay by her side. I know skillet is a christian band. I'm an atheist, but i can still listen to and identify with their songs. it one thing i love about skillet. They are a christian band who a) knows how to rock and b) dont try to push anything onto you. this is definitely one of their deeper songs compared to whispers in the dark or monster. but its one i identify with heart and soul. not many christian bands can do that for an atheist. but skillet does it. and i love that. this is my absolute favorite song by skillet.

    These are just my thoughts. im not saying "this is the way it is and you cant persuade me otherwise.": if you see it differently, then thats the beauty of words. you can write avout one thing and someone can hear it or read it, and they could see it as something completely different.
    Flag ThorgrimZzon March 15, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:i like to dumb things down so yeah... its just easier for me and probaly for most people to XP this is obviousaly a reltionship kind of song maybe in the emo romance genre i dont know but this is my opinon/interperation and instead of saying he/she or him/her im just going to say he/him because i mean the lead singer is a male so it would make sense..so here i go XD

    you come to me with scars on your wrist (literal)
    you tell me this will be the last night feeling like this( what they mean by feeling like this i guess suicidal or lonely...maybe they want attention)
    i just came to say goodbye didnt want you to see me cry im fine (maybe she [yes a girl is singing now] is going to commit suicide or is leaving her loved one and she didnt want him to worry about her)
    but i know its a lie (literal)

    this is the last night youll spend alone(literal)
    look me in the eyes so i know you that im everywhere you want me to be(literal)
    the last night youll spend alone(literal)
    ill wrap you in my arms and i wont let go(literal)
    im everything you want me to be(hell change for her)

    your parents say everything is your fault but they dont know you like i know you they dont know you at all (her parents are mad at her for everything she might be bad or something and she tells more things to her boyfriend or freind than she tells her parents so her parents dont know the real her)
    im so sick of when they say "its just a phase youll be okay your fine" (literal)
    but i know its a lie (literal)

    (see top for the chorus)

    the night is so long when everythings wrong (it feels like the night is dragging on and its longer than it normally feels like because i guess theyre both talking about each others problems which is affecting theyre realtionship)
    if you give me your hand i will help you hold on(metaphor)
    tonight X2 (tonight is the last night and so on so forth with the chorus)

    i wont let you say goodbye and ill be your reason why (what they mean by say goodbye mabe by suicidal or by breaking up with him and hell be her reason why)
    the last night away from me away from me (literal)

    we all have our opinons/interperation so dont hate

    Flag tribalwolf12on June 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:he said at the concert that its dedicated to all the girls who wanna commit suicide and all that jazz... but i bet its for Korey Cooper
    Flag EpicFangirlXPon June 16, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I was at Winterjam, and John said something about this song, and Lucy being tied together. He didn't really go into detail about it, but before he played this song, he talked about a great friend of his, and then he played Lucy next, and mentioned that it was about the same girl.
    Flag Gamerboieon June 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I was at one of his concerts a few weeks ago, and he said that it was about his wife and how God is always there, always there for us, being what we need him to be. hideous car wreck got it right.
    Flag arussell1on January 23, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:In the live version (Comatose Comes Alive - live) he explains the song...
    He says it is about this girl (actually Korey Cooper - his wife) who comes to him one day with scars on her wrist (a suicidal attempt in fact) and tells him that she has been treated very badly by the parents and everything that goes wrong in their family is blamed on her and she doesn't want to live anymore and will kill herself. Then he gets a chance to give her God's word and preach the gospel to her and tell her how God loves her and if she accepts him, it will be the very last night she will ever spend alone.
    The song keeps ringing in my head! :)
    Flag drishtortionon November 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Listen to Skillet's live album: "Comatose Comes Alive". Just before playing this song John Cooper gives it's true meaning. John says that it's about a girl who is just about to give up on life, but then John gets to come into her life and tell her about Christ and how God can save her. So beautiful.
    Flag apmasonon November 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I was told from a now unknown source that it was about somebody who is having a rough time in their life. More like a person in a person in a poor family, in REAL pain, and on the edge of suicide, and have serious doubts about god. Hes basically saying that if you believe in this, and you truly follow it, you will be released from your pain, or maybe have a way to escape it for a while, and god won't let you fall back inside the black, pun intended. But it could also be what hideous car wreck was talking about. Both are likely meanings. Either way, it's a beautiful song.
    Flag DrearySoulson November 02, 2011   Link

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