In the face of change
Is when she turned to me and said
"I'm not sure anymore??

And there amidst the waves
And the cloudless skies
That blanket the year before
I watch my life wash ashore

Have you ever been a part of something
That you thought would never end?
And then of course it did

Have you ever felt the weight inside you
Pulling away inside your skin?
And then something had to give

Now the lines are drawn
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone
And now that is all this is

With the reasons clear
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear
But now things will be different

There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I
Always something in this everchanging life
And it probably always will
Now that time is getting harder to come by
The same arguments are always on our mind
We've killed this slowly fading light

Now something has kept me here too long and you can't leave me if I'm already gone

Make the same mistakes we're always hanging on
Break the promises we're always leaning on
All this time spent waking up
Mow I keep this line open to get this call from you as you speak the words
That keep me coming back to you now this time it's all different

Now something has kept me here too long and now I'm gone...



Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death

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"Everchanging" as written by Principe/mcilrath/barnes/wleklinski

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    General Comment:the acoustic one is better
    Flag dovakiinon August 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:

    have you ever felt the weight inside you
    pulling away inside your skin?
    and then something had to give

    i love this line... everyone has felt this feeling of just trying to hang on with everything you have..then it slips and falls and all you can feel is empty.
    Flag missy aggravationon March 19, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I agree, with layinginthegrass and afipunk84, Its pretty much definitely about a couple breaking up after a long time..It reminds me of my best friend and her ex long term boyfriend. I think this song speaks to people who've been hurt in their relationships, yet will give them strength to move on, and keep on with their lives.
    Flag 3lliesmusicon October 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"you can't leave me if i'm already gone.." Quite possibly my life motto since i heard this song last year. Every word of this song is heartbreakingly true.
    Flag aroundthecorneron February 21, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Tim sang this song with nothing but an acoustic guitar at the last RA concert that I went to and I hate to say it, but I totally cried. I love his voice and everything he has to say.

    All of their songs are so meaningful you can't help but appreciate these guys!!
    Flag alscountyxon October 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I found this song at the perfect time. My boyfriend of almost 4 years ended things a few days ago because he said I deserved better than him [and not in a cliche way]. He's been depressed for awhile with how his life is going and he just didn't want to bring me down with him.

    "have you ever been a part of something
    that you thought would never end?
    and then of course it did"

    when i heard that verse, i just choked. this song hits me so hard.

    "but now things will be different"
    Flag LM512on August 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Wow. They really plaid it acoustic? wish they would've done that here.
    Just an amazing song. and a great thing about rise songs for me is, that I just fall in love with the next song after my favorite get's kind of boring (even if ra's songs can't really get boring ;). Though I've heard all of their songs before, of course, I just fall in love with it at first note.
    Whatever. love this one.
    Flag Cornflixon August 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I went to their concert yesterday at Festival Pier, and they sang this song acoustic. First off, this song is amazing, and is one of my favorites, but hearing it acoustic made me love it more. Tim has such a nice voice!!!!
    Flag SpicyMonkeyon July 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Amazing song, but i personally think this was made for acoustic. Go on youtube and look it up, it gave me chills the first time i heard it. Don't get me wrong, it's an amazing song no matter how they sing it. I just personally think it sounds incredible acoustic. They should defiantly make an acoustic album of some of their songs, it would be sooooooo awsome.
    Flag RiseAgainst87on May 11, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:To me, this is about a couple and they break up. The guy didn't want this, but wasn't going to force her. They had hopes of maybe coming back together, but even their friendship degraded to the point that the guy stopped hoping for her call, and he left the phone and gave up on her.

    There's more to it than that, but I think the lyrics are pretty self-explanatory.
    Flag 3rdApexon March 14, 2009   Link

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