“Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan, released as the third single from their second studio album, Still Not Getting Any…..
Lyrically, the song tells a story about a family being torn apart by the consequences caused from drunk driving.
The music vid...
[Verse 1]
I open my eyes
I try to see, but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how, I can't remember why
I’m lying here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
[Chorus]
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
[Verse 2]
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound, but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge, I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold on to a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't
[Chorus]
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) was written by Pierre Bouvier & Chuck Comeau.
Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) was produced by Bob Rock.
Simple Plan released Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) on Tue Oct 26 2004.
This song is a very personal look at what happens when tragedy hits close to home and we wanted to make a video that was as powerful and as special as the song was to the five of us. Over the last few years, a lot of people we know have been involved in tragic accidents caused by drinking and drivin...