Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed i… Read Full Bio ↴Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Dennis Wilson.

After forming under the name Sefler in 1994, Saves the Day signed with the independent hardcore punk label Equal Vision and released their debut studio album in 1998. It was followed by Through Being Cool (1999), which featured their first single, "Shoulder to the Wheel." Stay What You Are was released in 2001, peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200. It spawned two successful music videos on MTV2, for the singles "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish", and has since sold 300,000 copies. After the success, Saves the Day signed to Dreamworks Records, who co-released their next studio album, In Reverie, with Vagrant Records. The album peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Independent Albums chart.

Band members:
Chris Conley – vocals, guitar (1994–present)
Arun Bali – guitar (2009–present)
Rodrigo Palma – bass (2009–present)
Dennis Wilson – drums (2013–present)

Discography:

• Can't Slow Down (1998)
• Through Being Cool (1999)
• Stay What You Are (2001)
• In Reverie (2003)
• Sound the Alarm (2006)
• Under the Boards (2007)
• Daybreak (2011)
• Saves the Day (2013)
• 9 (2018)

www.savestheday.com

Because You Are No Other
Saves the Day Lyrics

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I come before you wake
Watching while I wait
There's only one thing left for me to say,
"Tomorrow never come home gotta let go all that you know
you'll never make it out alive unless you go"

No more warning signs
No more shallow lies

I'll dream of you from hell
My love goodbye

I'm fetching all of the rope
Gonna tie you onto this post
You'll never make it out alive
And now you know

When you start to move
I start to cross the room
To give you one last kiss
Before we die

But when I turn to come near
I see myself standing in the mirror
The hollow eyes, The blood I cry
It's all so clear

Now I know that hell has been here
Inside my heart that's swallowed by fear

I fall onto the floor
To pray I disappear

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Saves the Day's song Because You Are No Other tell a story of a person who has accepted their own death and is ready to let go of their love. The singer is watching their significant other sleep, knowing that they will not wake up tomorrow. They urge their partner to "let go all that you know," implying that the partner must move on from their relationship before their own death. The singer acknowledges that without this release, their partner will never "make it out alive."

The second stanza reveals that the singer has planned to kill their partner, getting "all of the rope" and tying them to a post. They describe the hopelessness of their partner's situation, saying that they "will never make it out alive" now that they are tied up. The singer then describes their final moments with their partner, intending to give them one last kiss before they both die. However, when the singer goes to embrace their partner, they see themselves reflected in the mirror. The singer is consumed by the realization that hell has already been within them, represented by their own "hollow eyes" and "blood [they] cry." The singer prays for a final disappearance, unable to escape their own internal torment.

The lyrics of Because You Are No Other have been interpreted in a variety of ways, with some suggesting that the song is commenting on abusive relationships and others arguing that the song's narrator is grappling with their own psychological demons. What is clear is that the song explores themes of mortality, self-destruction, and the complex emotions surrounding endings.

Line by Line Meaning

I come before you wake
I am awake before you and waiting for you to wake up

Watching while I wait
I am keeping an eye on things while I am waiting

There's only one thing left for me to say,
I have only one thing left to say

"Tomorrow never come home gotta let go all that you know
Don't hold onto anything for tomorrow as tomorrow may never come

you'll never make it out alive unless you go"
You won't survive unless you leave now

No more warning signs
There will be no more signs to warn you

No more shallow lies
There will be no more lies that lack depth

I'll dream of you from hell
I will have nightmares about you even when in a terrible place

My love goodbye
This is me telling you goodbye, my love

I'm fetching all of the rope
I am gathering all of the rope

Gonna tie you onto this post
I am going to tie you to this post