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Just the other night, during rehearsal with my band, the other singer made me want to listen to Underoath again, a Canadian combo dedicated to an emo/screamo/something-core halfway between the angrier Thursday and the calmer Every Time I Die.
"They're Only Chasing Safety", second of their 3 albums released so far, stands out for the heavy use of Chris Dudley's keyboards, which are meant to surround and enrich the sound wall that envelops the melodic voice of drummer Aaron Gillespie and (more often) the (in my opinion phenomenal) screamo of Spencer Chamberlain.
It kicks off powerfully with the potent "Young And Aspiring" where Chamberlain announces "this is my panic, this is my call to arms". Moving forward, you encounter the single "Reinventing Your Exit", the only track where melody takes a slight precedence over the scream (excluding the last track) and with a chorus that you'll find yourself humming without even realizing it.
Another noteworthy track is "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door" (ah, those emo titles... how beautiful they are...) containing a strange little chorus that sings "drowning in my sleep, i'm drowning in my sleep".
"I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today" is instead the angriest track of the album, with Chamberlain who seems truly to tear his vocal cords from the effort. The end comes with the disorienting and sweet -but watch out, it explodes too- "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape", a deeply religious piece (Underoath are a Christian band) that deeply moves even an agnostic like myself.
In conclusion, it's a CD that, in my opinion, needs to be listened to at least 2 or 3 times before it can be fully appreciated (the tracks are nonetheless complex and not exactly immediate), but once it gets into your head, you'll hardly be able to resist it.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Young and Aspiring (03:04)
So lets not even try... you're right.
Let's ball it up and throw it out the window. It's becoming all so clear
In my mind.
I've thought this thing through more like once or twice. I feel that this
Is my last request to you.
Hold your breath.... bottle it up and save it for the next one. It's safe
To say we've been riding this
All night. None of this will ever change your mind. It's never safe to
Rely on borrowed
Time. Now we're both undone, and it's time to open
Up your eyes.
Consequence, it's our need in times like these.
Feeling free... it's our modern disease. Your a classic disaster, with a
Knack for losing your
Exterior. (I'm so sick)... from staring at the mirror.
This all needs a break from you, and I'm used to this.
I fear that I am just an end.
So you play the mistaken... and I'll play the victim in our screenplay of
Desire... I'm still writing the letters
I'll never send.
Running in circles I can't forget how many times
I've played this in my mind.... feeling free, feeling free.
Consequence, it's our need in times like these.
Feeling free... it's our modern disease. Your a classic disaster, with a
Knack for losing your exterior. (I'm so sick)... from
Staring at the mirror.
This is my panic... This is my call to arms
02 A Boy Brushed Red... Living in Black and White (04:28)
Can you feel your heartbeat racing?
Can you taste the fear in her sweat?
You've done this wrong
It's too far gone
These sheets tell of regret
I admit that I'm just a fool for you
I am just a fool for you
Here is where we both go wrong
Tonight's your last chance to
Do exactly what you want to
And this could be my night
This is what makes me feel alive
Makes you feel alive
Here is where we both go wrong
So sign me up
And toss this key
'Cause for now we're
Living in this moment
And we both ignore the truth
Its all over
Its all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
Your lungs have failed and they both stopped breathing
My heart is dead and its way past beating
Something has gone terribly wrong
I'm scared, you're scared, we're scared of this
I never thought we'd make it out alive
I never told you but its all in your goodbyes
It's all in your goodbyes
Well look who's dying now
Slit wrists sleeping with the girl next door
I always knew you were such a sucker for that
It doesn't matter what you say
You never mattered anyway
Never mattered anyway
In this moment that we both ignore the truth
It's all over
It's all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
Your lungs have failed and they both stopped breathing
My heart is dead and its way past beating
Something has gone terribly wrong
I'm scared, you're scared, we're scared of this
I never thought we'd make it out alive
I never told you but its all in your goodbyes
It's all in your goodbyes
Don't shake, I hate to see you tremble
Trembling you've lost your touch
Haven't you, I'm so addicted
Your lungs have failed and they both stopped breathing
My heart is dead and its way past beating
Something has gone terribly wrong
I'm scared, you're scared, we're scared of this
I never thought we'd make it out alive
I never told you but its all in your goodbyes
It's all in your goodbyes
03 The Impact of Reason (03:23)
Prop open the door I can actually see my breath tonight
But that doesn't mean I'm breathing
Crack a smile just for the sake of it
This could take a while
A long while
Silence is golden especially in this case
I'm not too sure that I want it to be this way
Open mouth closed eyes
No words are escaping
It's all a blur
It's too dark to see
Ain't it pretty the way it all streaks together at night
Together at night
I think its time to turn around
I really want to go home tonight
I think its time to turn around
I really want to go home tonight
I feel like this is going nowhere
I feel like this is going nowhere
Try to think of something quick
And trust the direction of the driver
No lights
No signs
I'm at a loss for words
No lights
No signs
I'm at a loss for words
Now conversation sparks
What an easy way to break the ice
Now conversation sparks
What an easy way to break the ice
04 Reinventing Your Exit (04:22)
It's 12th and Hide on a Sunday
Feeling like we're gold
And we're nothing short of invincible
It starts again
Can you feel it?
It takes your breath away
Stop saying that we're invincible
(it's round and round)
You're uninviting, unrewarding
And I'm misinforming you
We all want to be somebody
Right now we're just looking for the exit
This is the way I would have done things
Up against the wall
You've got me up against your wall
It's you and me on a Monday
The lies that we told
This is were we both go numb now
You broke my heart again this time
You're fading now, you crossed the line
We all want to be somebody
Right now we're just looking for the exit
This is the way I would have done things
Up against the wall
You've got me up against your wall
Reaching out for a hand that's not there
But you're not there and I'm not
This is the way I would have done things
Up against the wall
This is the way we should have done
When we're up against a wall
Up against a wall
06 It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door (03:58)
I've been up at this all night long
I've been drowning in my sleep
I've prayed for your safe place
And it's time for us to leave
Time is running, its running on empty
And the gas is running out
I've decided that tonight is the night
That I set love aside
Full speed ahead this seems to be the place
I've seen this once before
Planned perfection sought in my dreams
Hoping this would take you home
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
So kiss me one last time
Around this turn where the cross will cast your shadow
The people will all gather
To remember such a day
Where the flames grew as high as trees
And the world stopped for you and me
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
Kiss me one last time
(Shut your eyes)
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
(So hold on tight)
Kiss me one last time
(Shut your eyes)
I will now bring new meaning to the word alone
Endless nights of dreaming of life
And the days we should have spent here
Drowning in my sleep, I'm drowning in my sleep
Drowning in my sleep, I'm drowning in my sleep
Glass shatters and comes to a halt
I thought we'd be there by now
I thought it would be so much quicker than this
Pain has never been so brilliant
I made sure you were buckled in
Now you can walk hand in hand with him
Hand in hand with him
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
Kiss me one last time
(Shut your eyes)
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
(so hold on tight)
Kiss me one last time
(Shut your)
07 Down, Set, Go (03:44)
I had the whole world in my hands
And I gave it away
I'm a half-wit boy
Cracking a smile and wearing it all on my sleeve
So cool and so poised
Its true I'm just around to see
Where this thing goes I'll never know
But all I know is packing bags is a remedy
This time I'll be nervous
Cause I can't see your hands in front of me tonight
Lets forget all pretense of what they thought we should be
What liars we can be
I'm on my way to the top of the world
And I've got a feeling I'll give it away
She's a maverick she's so smooth
If things go according to plan
I'll have her finished by five a.m.
There's no changing plans
There's no second chance
I've already got both feet through the door
And I can taste the air
Make a sound it's safe for you
To choke in here alone
Whatever I say goes
You're not here with me
08 I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today (03:42)
This door has been shut for days
And it's all too familiar
Can't I just crack a window
Can't I just shake it off?
I'm sure I've tasted this before
Everything is out of reach
And I just want to see outside
The air has been getting thin
I feel like cutting it open tonight
And falling on the floor
There's nothing left unused in here
There's left to say
I haven't talked in days
and I'm really not too sure
What I sound like anymore
My vision has gone and my mouth is full of sores
I feel like dripping it dry tonight
Over and over again
It's time to open up the door
09 I'm Content With Losing (03:55)
Like I said
Leave your baggage at the back door
I'm leaving you the way I think it should be
We're always pulling into spaces that we can't back out of
Starting fights we can't talk our way out of them
How does it feel to be on the receiving end of this one?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more, for wanting more
This is the way its got to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around, and around
I'll tie me down
I'll fantasize of being manic
And leaving us behind
In your eyes you were the one that tried
Acceptance is what holds us here
And you my dear are the one I fear tonight
We'll try just one more time
This is the moment that we all live for
Are you ready? Are you ready?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more, for wanting more
This is the way its got to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around and around
I'll tie me down
You can't see past my waving hands
just running away again x2
You think so loud it hurts my ears...
I want to know how to get through this
Without choking up
I can't feel you
You're so far from me
I'm half way there.
I'm half way there and it's all on me.
10 Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape (06:53)
I heard a voice through the discord
A deluge of passersby
I saw one gaze frozen in time
Watching me passing by
I swear I'll know your face in the crowd
And I'll hear your voice so loud
When you're whispering
Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger
Hey ungraceful I will teach you
To forgive one another
Here's my kiss to betray
Desperate to brush the lips of grace
Do you feel hollow when you think of how I lied?
Oh sweet angel of mercy
With your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me
Oh sweet angel of mercy
With your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me
Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger
Hey ungraceful I will teach you
To forgive one another
Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger
Hey unloving
I will love you
And will love you
Jesus I'm ready to come home
I'm ready to come
Jesus I'm ready to come home
Unfaithful
Ungraceful
And unloving
I will love you
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