Yellowcard

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Rhythm	9.8
Melody	9.9
Instruments	9.8
Lyrics	9.8
Vocal	9.7
This song has been reviewed 28 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

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Yellowcard - Rough Draft Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Rough Draft
Artist	Yellowcard
Album	One For The Kids (2001) , Track 12
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Song lyrics

Send "Rough Draft" ringtones to your cell

Like a Saturday night, I'll be gone
Like a Saturday night, I'll be gone
Before you knew that I was there

So you wrote it down
I'm supposed to care
Even though it's never there
Sorry if I'm not prepared
Is it hard to see the things you substitute
For me and all my thoughts of you
It's eating me alive to leave you

Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong
But so is your blank stare in lieu of this song
Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong

Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song
Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song

I'm breathing in your skin tonight
Quiet is my loudest cry
Wouldn't wanna wake the eyes that make me melt inside
And if it's healthier to leave you be
May a sickness come and set me free
Kill me while I still believe that you were meant for me

I'm finding my own words, my own little stage
My own epic drama, my own scripted page
I'll send you the rough draft, I'll seal it with tears
Maybe you'll read it and I'll reappear
From the start it was shaky and the characters rash
A nice setting for heartache, where emotions come last
All I have deep inside, to overcome this desire
Are friendly intentions and fairweather smiles

And I don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song
Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song

Like Saturday night, I'll be gone
Like Saturday night, I'll be gone
Like Saturday night, I'll be gone
Like Saturday night, I'll be gone before you knew that I was there

Send "Rough Draft" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by ana

lyrics corrected by Britt on 17-12-2004

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20-06-2004 18:14 somewhere_else
253 posts	* offtopic : what does lieu mean?
28-06-2004 09:13 IamPenny
610 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal The song is about leaving someone. This is one of my favorite YC songs!
01-07-2004 19:29 arealcutie202
29 posts	i love this song!!! its one of my favs!! three cheers for yellowcard!! .:.by the way lieu means in place of:instead of.:.
04-07-2004 00:41 Inflammable
159 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal best Yellowcard Song!!! they kickass
04-07-2004 00:42 hurleysk8r05
7,842 posts	This is one of my favorite songs by them. shoots cheerleading smiley for TGCK
06-07-2004 04:08 arealcutie202
29 posts	* offtopic : whats up w/ the whole shoot the cheerleading thing?
16-07-2004 08:24 flamingsnot
14 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal dum de dum de dum... love this song so badly! can't wait to learn it on my guitar!
22-07-2004 19:26 iLUVpunk26
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal my favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite song of ALL time!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhh! this song shows who the TRUE yc fans out there are...the ones who know their music BEYOND the cds (and most of all ocean ave) and it's well worth being a fan just for this song! it NEVER get s old...the best ever.
23-07-2004 13:58 somewhere_else
253 posts	the lyrics are great and the melody is really good! The instrumentals also rock! * offtopic : my all time favourite by yc is gifts and curses featured on the spiderman 2 soundtrack
23-07-2004 15:57 swetkatastrophe
21 posts	i LOVE this song... second yellowcard song i ever heard nex tto big apple heart break.. which is also i good one... i like their pre ocean ave. stuffbetterrrr and this song the most yayyyy yellow card
26-07-2004 15:04 Zero101
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Yeah, this song rocks, one of my favorite yellowcard songs. As for interpretation, I think its sung from two different perspectives. The main one is the guy, singing about the girl leaving him, the second is the song he wishes the girl was singing to him, in lieu of leaving.
29-07-2004 22:03 party4ever2006
49 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love this song. it is so awesome. i really like the part that goes "Wouldn't wanna wake the eyes that make me melt inside" i think that part is awesome
06-08-2004 07:05 Hoffinon
4 posts	so good, nothing else to add. SO GOOD
16-08-2004 18:53 SswEeTneSs
261 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i used to be allllllll about this song! the lyrics are better than anything ive ever seen, why dint this get popular instead of ocean ave (which i hate)
16-08-2004 18:55 talula68082
7,980 posts	i completely agree.. they have so many other, better songs than Ocean Ave.. and Rough Draft is definitely one of the better ones
18-08-2004 02:11 hottpinkcupcake
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18-08-2004 02:12 hottpinkcupcake
11 posts	i wuv this yellowcard song! it's soo well written and i could listen to it forever!!! i heart yellowcard! muwah!
26-08-2004 04:38 cayman_chica
44 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is so beautifull...i reallyy luv it but its kinda sadd
08-09-2004 01:25 YuMsUgAr09
73 posts	this song makes my heart hurt. ow.
08-09-2004 17:24 steefje_2004
57 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Really confusing all.. First I just liked The rasmus. Then Linkin park came in. Followed by Hoobastank. Then Trapt. And now Yellowcard. But I still love The Rasmus Conclusion: Rock Rocks (Left: Rock music, Right: me) haha (Don't shoot us )
15-09-2004 21:41 xroxy512x
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal one of my favorite yellowcard songs! this cigarette and only one. and they lyrics are so cute
20-09-2004 05:03 Kuhnerz
5 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I lOVE this song... One of my #1 favorites...the lyrics are in my profile for AIM! All their Cd's are either playing in my car or room 24/7... I connect to the song on so many levels....Yellowcard is amazing....Thumbs up for Rough Draft
21-10-2004 18:26 SilverStar001
776 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Rough Draft? Why is it called that??? But the song's too nice for me to care...
23-10-2004 15:30 elibear08
19 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Yellowcard is amazing!!! and so is this song!!! i love all their music, but i have to admit their old stuff is better (with an exeption of a few) This song has such great lyrics and a great beat too. i could listen too it all day long. dont wanna be wrong.. your leaving me in lieu of this song like a saturday night ill be gone, like a saturday night ill be gone before you knew that i was there
10-11-2004 03:36 amypout
13 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal It's like the....most incredible song. I'm like listening to it 10 times a day. i LOVEEEEEEEEEEE it. YC is awesome!