Three Days Grace

Released: July 22, 2003

Songwriter: Gavin Brown Simon Wilcox Adam Gontier

[Intro]
Alright, this song is called Wake Up

[Verse 1]
I’m not sober all the time
You bring me down at least you try
Until we see this eye to eye
I don’t want you
I must be running out of luck
Because you’re just not drunk enough to talk
And now I've had it up to here
I don’t, I don’t want you

[Pre-Chorus]
It took so long to see
You walked away from me
When I need you

[Chorus]
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I’m not the man I was before
Where the hell are you
When I need you
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I won’t hurt you anymore
Where the hell are you
When I need you

[Verse 2]
I’m not angry all the time
You push me down at least you try
Until we see this eye to eye
I don’t want you

[Pre-Chorus]
It took so long to see
You walked away from me
When I need you

[Chorus]
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I’m not the man I was before
Where the hell are you
When I need you
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I won’t hurt you anymore
Where the hell are you
When I need you

[Pre-Chorus]
It took so long to see
You walked away from me
When I need you

[Chorus]
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I’m not the man I was before
Where the hell are you
When I need you
Wake up I’m pounding on the door
I won’t hurt you anymore
Where the hell are you
When I need you

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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