Charlie: This is the closest I've ever been able to come to truly convey the feeling of being controlled by opiates. I didn't want some long drawn out graphic description, of getting high or detoxing. Just to convey the everyday struggle, of not being able to quit this one thing which left me alone and homeless while I still romanticized it thinking it would bring me the same escape it did at first, but then all I would get was not dope sick. This is about chasing something you can never get again, and continuing to do so against your will.
lyrics
Charlie: My blinding distraction gone in seconds for hours of your wasted moments. I dug a grave for my purpose. Tuned in to a bright future sat front row as it crumbled and fell. Tie me up nice so I don’t have to feel this relief flowing through my veins I traded my soul for a rush, my fix, now I hurt without, even with. Always chasing always hating ever loving never enough my subconscious effort not to succeed. Where did my refuge go? You used to hold me, now we embrace and you turn your back.
credits
from An Autobiography,
released March 11, 2013
Cameron Boucher: guitar, vocals
Charlie Singer: vocals
Nick Kwas: violin
Incredibly talented and thought-out post-rock influenced screamo from our California brothers. Johnny's vocals are emotional and intense, and the music behind them is massive and jarring. Old Gray
These guys put on one of the best live shows I have ever seen; not only are they some of our closest friends, they are all musical virtuosos, and this release shows it. Can't wait for the LP. Old Gray