XLooking Forwardx - Down With The Ship lyrics

So tell me what's the point Of playing to bigger crowds With a message a bit less clear The perseverance would have been a waste of time If we had lost respect for The ones that got us here Maybe if we'd gone more melodic The record sales would be less sporadic Maybe if we sounded more commercial The path we tread wouldn't have led to Jason Dunn's attic Maybe if we'd gone more melodic People would've cared what this thing meant Maybe if our sound was more commercial Me heart and soul wouldn't be on line for once cent But we've got too much respect for The ones that brought us here To just turn our backs on them To clear our minds are the times we had to persevere To just turn our backs on them And be something that we aren't and we won't be Determined to seek popularity Forsaking a chance at prosperity We'll be true to what we are Maybe if we dumbed down the message Maybe if we cared a little bit less About the futures of the ones that made us Fed us and paid us we could have been something more Now that we're at the end of the line I only wish I had said more Now that our story is about to close I hope you know that we're going to go Down with the ship Down in flames Back in 2005 we told you Where we would be in a year Well it's been six And we're still the four That haven't changed And we're still right here