The Corner was written about a town Aaron Lewis grew up in from “the end 8th grade through high school” (as he stated on a live radio broadcast with LAZER 99.3); a place called “The X” in Springfield, MA.
The song features the first outside collaboration on a Staind record, in the form of a six-pie...
[Verse 1]
It sheltered me
From nothing but the weather
But I called it home
For a moment of my life
This place I see
Just doesn't look familiar
I wonder if
It looks the same inside
[Chorus]
So, there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday
[Verse 2]
Days go by
And nothing's getting clearer
Can't change my mind
My troubles are the same
The faces change
But the names, they are familiar
And the streets I see
Withstand the test of time
[Chorus]
So, there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday
[Bridge]
And the stars (And the stars)
Stars still shine (Stars still shine)
Shine down through the rain (I feel the rain)
[Chorus]
And there's the corner that I sat on (The corner that you sat on)
The road I walked home in the rain (Walked home in the rain)
And there's the star I used to wish on (Star I used to wish on)
It all just seems like yesterday (Yeah, seems like yesterday)
And I stare out this dirty window (Stare out this dirty window)
As this world goes slowly by (This world goes slowly by, slowly by)
And somewhere out there is the future (Out there is the future)
That I once thought had passed me by (Thought had passed me by)
[Outro]
It sheltered me
From nothing but the weather
The Corner was written by Aaron Lewis.
Staind released The Corner on Tue Aug 19 2008.