Three Days Grace

Released: June 13, 2006

Songwriter: Barry Stock Adam Gontier

Producer: Howard Benson

[Verse 1]
"No time for goodbye", he said
As he faded away
Don't put your life in someone's hands
They're bound to steal it away
Don't hide your mistakes
'Cause they'll find you, burn you
Then he said

[Pre-Chorus]
"If you wanna get out alive
Oh, run for your life
If you wanna get out alive
Oh, run for your life"

[Verse 2]
"This is my last time", she said
As she faded away
It's hard to imagine
But one day, you'll end up like me
Then she said

[Pre-Chorus]
"If you wanna get out alive
Oh, run for your life
If you wanna get out alive
Oh, run for your life
If you wanna get out alive (If you wanna get out alive)
Oh, run for your life
If you wanna get out alive (If you wanna get out alive)
Oh, run for your life"

[Chorus]
If I stay, it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go, I can only hope
That I'll make it to the other side

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 1]
If you wanna get out alive
Run for your life
If you wanna get out alive
Hold on for-
If you wanna get out alive (If you wanna get out alive)
Oh, run for your life
If you wanna get out alive (If you wanna get out alive)
Oh, run for-

[Chorus]
If I stay, it won't be long
‘Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go, I can only hope
That I’ll make it to the other side
If I stay, it won't be long
‘Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go, and if I go

[Outro]
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside

Three Days Grace is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1997 and now based in Toronto. Consisting of lead vocalist Matt Walst, lead guitarist Barry Stock, drummer Neil Sanderson, and bassist Brad Walst, the band is best known for their metal-influenced, hard rock sound and clever songwriting.

TDG grew out of Groundswell, a five-member high-school band founded in 1992. With Adam Gontier as lead vocalist, Neil Sanderson as drummer, Brad Walst as bassist, Phil Crowe as lead guitarist, and Joe Grant as rhythm guitarist, Groundswell released one album, Wave of Popular Feeling in 1995. That same year, the band broke up, and it was not until 1997 that Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson, and Brad Walst got together as “Three Days Grace”.

Working with local producer Gavin Brown, the trio re-worked a number of their past songs and compiled a demo album. After handing it to EMI Music Publishing Canada, TDG produced their smash single “I Hate Everything About You”, which would be released in 2003 alongside their eponymous debut album Three Days Grace through American label Jive Records.

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