Stay What You Are
emo saves the day indie rock indie punk
This Is Not an Exit is the tenth song off of Saves the Day’s third full length album, Stay What You Are. A beautiful song about living life to the fullest and realizing that the mere fact of being alive is amazing, providing philosophical insights on how to live a content life. Can also be seen as a song about the passage to death, looking back in at one’s life and acknowledging all the success that made life a gift. Read more on Last.fm.

Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Dennis Wilson. After forming under the name Sefler in 1994, Saves the Day signed with the independent hardcore punk label Equal Vision and released their debut studio album in 1998. It was followed by Through Being Cool (1999), which featured their first single, "Shoulder to the Wheel." Stay What You Are was released in 2001, peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200. It spawned two successful music videos on MTV2, for the singles "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish", and has since sold 300,000 copies. After the success, Saves the Day signed to Dreamworks Records, who co-released their next studio album, In Reverie, with Vagrant Records. The album peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Independent Albums chart. Band members: Chris Conley – vocals, guitar (1994–present) Arun Bali – guitar (2009–present) Rodrigo Palma – bass (2009–present) Dennis Wilson – drums (2013–present) Discography: • Can't Slow Down (1998) • Through Being Cool (1999) • Stay What You Are (2001) • In Reverie (2003) • Sound the Alarm (2006) • Under the Boards (2007) • Daybreak (2011) • Saves the Day (2013) • 9 (2018) www.savestheday.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.