Box Car Racer es una banda que fue formada mientras Blink 182 se tomaba un descanso. Sus integrantes fueron Tom Delonge, Travis Barker, Davis Kennedy y Anthony Celestino.
El grupo Box Car Racer comenzó a grabar a finales del 2001 con el nombre de "The Kill". La letra de las canciones fueron escritas por Tom DeLonge, tras ser operado de una hernia el año anterior, mientras que el material lo compusieron Tom DeLonge y Travis Barker.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Verse 1: B I watched the smoke F#/Bb As it grew darker G#m And blew up E through the roof B I watched the fed F#/Bb Saw them panic G#mE As the fire grew B I saw Virginia F#/Bb Get rid of Langley G#mE And its secrets too B I held your hand F#/Bb And sat there knowing G#mE That we'd make it through
Interlude: G#m--F#--E--Ebm-B-F#/Bb
Verse 2: B I saw this man F#/Bb Dispose of hunger G#mE And soap operas too B I saw this field F#/Bb That grew perfection G#mE Full of things you B do I saw this box F#/Bb Get rid of heartache G#m And cure cancer EB too When I awoke F#/Bb I sat there hoping G#mE This is what we'll do
Chorus 1: B If we can G#m We will leave a letter F# and this song for you B And we'll write G#m Once a day And put it F# through the sea To you BG#m We'll regret All those things F# we thought of but didn't ever do
Interlude:
Distortion: Ebm--G#m-Ebm-E(hold) x2
Acoustic: B/Eb--E-- x4
Chorus 2: B If we can G#m We will leave a letter F# and this song for you B And we'll write G#m Once a day And put it F# through the sea To you BG#m We'll regret All those things F# we thought of but didn't ever do BG#m When the sky Seems to clear F# Who will then be left G#m--F#--E--Ebm-B-F#/Bb x2 B(hold) but a few? Me and you