Sometimes

Template:Infobox song "Sometimes" is the sixth track on the album Wake Me and seventh track on the album ...No Sun Today. It is one of Sean Dowdell's favorite Grey Daze songs^[1] and received local radio airplay.

Background

Jason Barnes came up with the musical idea for "Sometimes" and Chester Bennington wrote all the lyrics. Regarding its meaning, Chester said: "Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."^[2]

On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on Wake Me, the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.^[3] "Sometimes" was among the songs that made the album.

Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Sometimes". The album version, however, was recorded by Michael Jones during their pre-production session for ...No Sun Today in December.^[2]

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Sometimes	Wake Me	3:34	1994	1994
Sometimes	...No Sun Today	3:42	1996-1997	May 23, 1997
Sometimes	...No Sun Today	3:47	2002		Re-mixed by Sean Dowdell. Released on LPAssociation for free download in M4A format on July 2, 2007.
Sometimes	"Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session	3:43	October 06, 1994		Recorded live at David Knauer's studio. Released on LPLive for free download on October 31, 2015.
Sometimes	Album Pre-Production Live Session		February 18, 1996		Unreleased. Recorded live at David Knauer's studio.
Sometimes	"No Sun Today" Pre-Production Live Session		December 03, 1996		Unreleased. Recorded live at the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Live

"Sometimes" was performed by both Wake Me-era and ...No Sun Today-era incarnations of Grey Daze. According to Jonathan Krause, the song was a crowd favorite.^[2]

Personnel

Grey Daze

Jason Barnes - Guitar
Chester Bennington - Vocals
Sean Dowdell - Drums
Jonathan Krause - Bass

Production

Recorded and Mixed by: David Knauer
Produced by: David Knauer and Grey Daze
Mixed at Anthem Recording
Assisted by: Billy Spoon and Dan Manriquez
Mastered at - SAE by Roger Siedel

Lyrics

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Sometimes,
Things just seem to fall apart
When you least expect them to

Sometimes,
You want to pack up and leave behind
All of them and all their smiles

I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe

Sometimes,
People surprise you
And people surprise me

But I guess that's the price we pay
For wanting, so badly

I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe

I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe

Sometimes...
Sometimes...
Sometimes...

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Sometimes, things just seem to fall apart
When you least expect them to
Sometimes you want to pack up and leave behind
All of them and their smiles

I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe...

Sometimes, people surprise you
And people surprise me
Well I guess that's the price we pay
For wanting so badly

I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe...

I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe
Maybe, yeah...

Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes