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Rating: The Yellowcard, having acknowledged their great success, that is Ocean Avenue, have decided to reissue "Where We Stand". The cover has been reprinted with a more subjective design and they have also added a media file that recounts their musical career, including some footage from when they played in high school.
Musically speaking, the Yellowcard of today are different from the Yellowcard of this album, also because Ryan Key had yet to make his appearance. Therefore, their sound is decidedly more melodic hardcore and thus far from the pop-punk loved by two million fans. When they composed this album they were little more than kids but already had remarkable skills; in fact, this album is superb. This album entered the history of punk-rock thanks to the distinctive element of this band: the violin.
A violin in a punk-rock track had never been heard before. When they introduced this novelty, perhaps the time wasn't ripe, but now it is. In the face of those who initially mocked this band for bringing along a bespectacled violinist. Yellowcard's innovation is one of the few modern inventions in modern music. In this album, the violin is a distinctive element even if they didn't use it yet as they do today. The violin with its rough sound marries with the sharpness of the guitars, the drumming, and the powerful voice of singer Dobson. The recording is what it is, being far from today's standards, but suited to the aggressive style they were inspired by at the time. Beautiful melodies and lively rhythms.
A notable fact is that in the hidden track, the eleventh, Yellowcard plays with the modulator making self-ironic comments.
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Time Will Tell (03:59)
seeing what the cause has left us
theres no strength to minimise
they try and so hard to change us
but we see through these concious eyes
there will be nowhere to point the blame
cause it'll lay on top of everyone
there's still time now to be save but there's
still so much that must be done
sit and yourself just when your final days will come
in a neverending war somehow they think they're already won
and one day we'll see who's right
and one day they'll see just what they've done
one day they'll see the obvious
time will tell it won't be long
will we be inferior
surpassed by the machines we build
will there be a judgement day
all i can say is time will tell
04 April 20th (02:57)
"Five teens involved... uh, one of them appears to be punk rock."
Wake up
Come live a brand new day
Don't concentrate on this
Just try to be happy
In this world we're living
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't worry
Cuz everything will be okay in the end
Now you've really pissed me off
You're f*cking with my mind
I'm wondering what it's like
If it's worth my time
Wondering what i've done
to deserve to what you've done
tell me this time
Hello
Tell me how have you been
All this time away
Wow
We've been sitting here
On our stage with nothing left to do
Except to play
Except to play
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't worry
Cuz everything will be okay in the end
wondering why
(wondering why)
wondering why
(wondering why)
Wondering why
(wondering why)
wondering
07 Doesn't Matter (02:56)
Procrastination, the small conversation
the tensions beginning to build up inside
no one else's point of view
has ever been to what you think is right
that's why no body is your friend
but they'll always become
one someday as she follows me
is now business that you run
wondering what went wrong
wondering just how long the road ahead will be
joy has compromised
dotting all the I's, crossing the T's
one out of one
its a realization of peoples reflection
of what you believe
anyone who now looks back
be ready to die
the fought will change
so please don't get me wrong
we share our common goals
inside of me sees how you are
so go one with the show
wondering what went wrong
wondering just how long the road ahead will be
joy has compromised
dotting all the I's, crossing the T's
see where it gets us
well see where we hang out
but nothing can keep me from coming this way
look at the sins and banged up poverty
like which you remain in
i won't buy what your selling
i feel my eye repairing
always makes a chance
to be seen
10 On the Brink (04:41)
"On The Brink"
Well I'm on the brink of something horrible
Just what it is I'm not to sure
But I can't take it anymore (round 1 fight)
I can't explain the feeling's that I feel,
I'm not even sure that they're for real
Doesn't work to end in sour tales
Go to sleep so I can wake up
Wondering why things are this way
What the fuck did I say
To make you hate me anyway?
i'm on the brink, I lost my self control
I didn't think that this would happen to me anymore
Just want to be a babe for once
I can't explain the feelings that I feel,
I'm not even sure if they're for real
Doesn't work to end in sour tales
Go to sleep so I can wake up
Wondering why things are this way
What the fuck did I say
To make you hate me anyway? (you lose)
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