232 quotes found
"Something's stirring in a deep Atlantic trench Doesn't forget the thousand years before it slept It's the beast, it's my heart, it's open Dive down into it till you hear a tick"
"I want to tell you we're alright Want to erase all your doubt I've got this thorn dug in deeply Sometimes I can't get it out"
"I'm hoping that in time, you can lay down All this weight you've been carrying around and maybe one day You'll find your way To climb on up out of your grave With the bits of you you managed to save"
"Do you know the words that make the hidden door open? Can you speak my secret name and fix me? I have no heart, I have no brain Lord I have no courage Can you get me home again?"
"Well I guess nothing can be perfect, so here's a comforting thought At the bottom of the ocean fish won't judge you by your faults"
"Let's all go play Nagasaki What a lovely way to die A final show and we all go So no one has to say goodbye"
"Hell is digital You'll pray to pieces"
"In the water, they saw the face Of the man who once owned it, ashamed and disgraced In the water, they asked them both "How did you get the gold without digging any holes?""
"If I believe only half what I read I got a reason to be dug in deep"
"For the good Of all men Hold me down Underwater and don't let me up again"
"A million suns won't fill you up If you can't see the wine flowing over your cup"
"In the valley of your slowly-fading memory Are there pastures bathed in some uncertain light where you won’t graze? Paths you won't take?"
"Where's all my hope and my marriage license?"
"The champ goes down like a clown in the second round I wish we'd had a better goodbye"
"I stole bricks from the dam almost every day Now I'm drowning in the flood I made Explain myself to me on the other side I'm gonna want some answers when I die"
"When the army had to hold the line Well you were nowhere near the front Before the kids could tell the dog "goodbye" Well, you were loading up your gun I wanna know I've left the great divide I wanna know what I've become You think that no one else is lonesome You think that you're the only one?"
"Well I wish that I was as good as you Caring and trusting And I wish that my condition was new But I'm old and rusting"
"How darkly the dark hand met his end He was withered and bony; exposed for a phony But we heed the last words that he penned Haste to disgrace the traitor, do not wait till later"
"Cars are little blood cells We are oxygen City is the airways Suburbs appendages"
"Well if we take all these things And we bury them fast And we pray that they turn into seeds To roots and then grass It'd be all right, it's all right It'd be easier that way Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain Like He knew it was time to start things over again It'd be all right, it's all right It'd be easier that way"
"Holding out for rest but on the seventh day I've created nothing and I'm wide awake"
"Why doesn't anyone I know sleep? Are they all just scared of their dreams? When they lay their heads down at night What are they haunted by?"
"Space cadet, pull out Space cadet Pull Out"
"Be my serene Tell me you know what I mean You've set on me But you are not the sun"
"When I disappear, do you fear for the sister I took? When I disappear, it is clear I am up to no good I am drearily bloodletting this bedwetting cosmonaut "Son, the last thing you'll realize you need is what you've already got.""
"Who do you carry the torch for, my young man? Do you believe in anything? Do you carry it around just to burn things down?"
"It's hard to be the better man When you forget you're trying."
"Do you miss the blend Of colors she left in your black and white fields? And do you feel condemned Just for being there?"
"I used to be such a burning example I used to be so original I used to care, I was being cared for Made sure I showed it to those that I love I used to sleep without a single stir Cause I was about my father's work"
"Well, Jesus Christ, I'm alone again So what did you do those three days you were dead? Because this problem's gonna last more than the weekend Well, Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die But I'm a little bit scared of what comes after Do I get the gold chariot? Do I float through the ceiling?"
"Take me, take me, back to your bed I love you so much that it hurts my head Say "I don't mind you under my skin," Oh, let the bad parts in, the bad parts in When we were made, we were set apart Life is a test and I get bad marks Now some Saint got the job of writing down my sins The storm is coming The storm is coming in"
"Hey you beauty supreme; yeah, you were right about me But can I get myself out from underneath This guilt that will crush me? And in the choir, I saw our sad messiah, He was bored and tired of my laments, 'said I died for you one time but never again."
"So the say They say in heaven there's no husbands and wives On the day That I show up they'll be completely out of their forgiveness supplies And I can't use the telephone To tell you that I'm dead and gone So you won't know"
"I'm sinking like a stone in the sea I'm burning like a bridge for your body"
"Die young and save yourself."
"Every minute is a mile I've never felt so hollow I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles"
"I hope this song starts a craze. The kind of song that ignites the airwaves. The kind of song that makes people glad to be where they are, with whoever they're there with This is war Every line is about who I don't want to write about anymore Hope you come down with something they can't diagnose, don't have the cure for."
"I lie for only you And I lie well Halleluh"
"You are calm and reposed Let your beauty unfold Pale white, like the skin stretched over your bones Spring keeps you ever close You are second hand smoke. You are so fragile and thin. Standing trial for your sins. Holding onto yourself the best you can. You are the smell before rain. You are the blood in my veins."
"And I've seen what happens to the wicked and proud When they decide to try to take on the throne for the crown"
"I will lie awake Lie for fun and fake the way I hold you Let you fall for every empty word I say."
"Does anybody remember back when you were very young? Did you ever think that you would be this blessed?"
"Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen? It's ink that lies The pen, the prose, the paper I live, I learn You will always take what I have earned And so aid my end while I believe I'm winning"
"Your tongue is a rudder. It steers the whole ship. Sends your words past your lips or keeps them safe behind your teeth. But the wrong words will strand you. Come off course while you sleep. Sweep your boat out to sea or dashed to bits on the reef."
"They say that the captain stays fast with the ship Through still and storm"
"Whatever poison's in this bottle will leave me broken sore and stiff. But it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at. He owes me one last wish. So here's a present to let you know I still exist. I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips."
"And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied."
"When I'm talking to myself I'd always rather be talking to you."
"But when I say let's keep in touch, I really mean I wish that you'd grow up."
"This is the first song for your mixtape. It's short just like your temper, but somewhat golden like the afternoons we used to spend before you got too cool."
"This is a lesson in procrastination. I kill myself because I'm so frustrated. Every single second that I put it off Means another lonely night I got to race the clock."
"It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off at home on a Saturday night with all my doors locked up tight."
"Nothing's absolutely definite til it's absolutely, definitely gone."
"Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know, like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart."
"Now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could."
"So don't apologize. I hope you choke and die."
"They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven but they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell."
"So, is that what you call a getaway? Tell me what you got away with. Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish. I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids. Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there's ice on all the roads. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield."
"And is that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back."
"And tonight will go on forever while we walk around this town like we own the streets and stay awake through summer like we own the heat."
"You're just jealous cause we're young and in love."
"If you were a telephone, you'd still be off the hook."
"Well you're wasting time if you're trying to impress me I waste all my time just thinking of you."
"Hey angel, I think your halo has a screw loose."
"Could I watch the next time you're applying your eyeliner?"
"I wrote your name and burned it to see the color of the flame, and it burned out the whole spectrum, as if you were everything."
"When we were kids you were the sun to which my eyes would not adjust."
"Something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you can."
"If there's any justice in heaven, then God won't let me in."
"Yes we are a bullet in the heart and the message sent."
"Make a list of your favorites. Write it down. Make it legible."
"We've been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this. We all have sizeable scars. We got it."
"Hold on to who you love We are dry and blown like dust since we were young"
"Can you feel her heart beat 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 am just a fool for you. I am just a fool for you..."
"Don't shake, I hate to see you tremble!"
"I'm drowning in my sleep."
"I swear, we need to find some comfort, in this run-down place."
"Define me a parasite Define my host trapped beneath the floor, I slowly waste away."
"So cut my wrists and black my eyes"
"Spare me just three last words."
"Time to let go of all we know"
"Just say that it's over,"
"(WAKE UP!) Wake up now it's over..."
"Sit back and let her die slowly don't cry, she didn't love you anyway."
"Just try to make it out alive, yeah, alive means your blood is flowing"
"Let's go down now into the darkness of your thoughts"
"I'm outside of your window with my radio"
"you are the only station. you play the song I know."
"Don't hesitate to remember everything."
"Its easy to forget where you are and where you've been."
"Save yourself from all the trust you'll never earn"
"Let us die or let us live."
"Just Breathe. The midnight air will do you well."
"I'll break the fall for you, my dear."
"Rescue me from everything, I just wanna live."
"Someone please start making sense"
"Look closely life isn't what it seems sometimes"
"Act lonely and just hope one day you'll feel alive"
"So listen up and just let the music play"
"The night keeps blending in, the only way i can make it through the day is to try to make amends."
"Your an angel, I'm a devil, but we'll meet somewhere in between"
"Your a dream and I'm a nightmare, but we'll meet somewhere in between"
"In the dark I'm so far from the stop light"
"I turn my back and walk away"
"Your the minutes, I'm the hours"
"Listen up I found enough of arms waiting"
"And all of the corpses walk step by step to the rythm of your once beating heart"
"Sometimes it hurts the most to be who you are"
"You can change your mind but you cant change your heart."
"To find the end you gotta know where to start."
"You said she is so evil but she looks like heaven to me"
"Kill The Old, Torture Their Young"
"Convex, Concave"
"Scary Mary"
"Hope For An Angel"
"Waiting For Green"
"Bodies In Flight"
"Liberate the Illiterate (A Mong Among Mingers)"
"Diary of Always"
"Questions And Answers"
"Toys, Toys Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys"
"Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave"
"Only One Word Comes To Mind"
"Tradition Feed"
"Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies"
"Folding Stars"
"Saturday superhouse"
"Asexual Meat Kitchen"
"The Captain"
"God & Satan"
"Born On A Horse"
"Shock Shock"
"Cloud of Stink"
"Help Me Be Captain"
"Once an Empire"
"Time to let this pass (the time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time runs through our veins. (it starts and stops and starts and stops again) We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time (the time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time to let this pass (the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)"
"In this house of cards we're all holding hearts and spades (one breath, one step could knock it all down) but you lead with your eyes and you give it away (decide, design to cut from the clouds). When the people you love get lost in the shuffle, (when you leave, you leave nothing but broken heart) you let it go and then you fold."
"It is about realizing how young we are and how quickly we could go."
"Thursday are immensely important to the development of post-hardcore, and their sophomore album, Full Collapse, was a turning point for their legacy."
"Not only have Thursday literally been coined one of the most “influential post-hardcore bands of the 2000s,” but they have also made a name for themselves as pioneers in the alternative scene for their standout screaming vocals. [...] They have certainly done their due diligence maintaining their influence over the last two decades, influence which continues to be heard across the alternative genres today. Thursday took emo and hardcore culture and truly shattered the glass ceiling, pushing for what was absolutely alternative to be a part of popular culture."
"Basically, it’s never been accurate to describe us. Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours. I think emo is fucking garbage, it’s bullshit. I think there’s bands that unfortunately we get lumped in with that are considered emo and by default that starts to make us emo."
"You must keep your soul like a secret in your throat."
"We'll celebrate the end of things with cheap champagne."
"Take my fucking hand and never be afraid again."
"Sometimes I think I'll die alone."
"Just think happy thoughts."
"Oh, how wrong we were to think that immortality meant never dying."
"You left my heart an open wound, and I love you for it."
"As lead rains, pass on through our phantoms"
"All we are is bullets."
"We are made from the sharpest things you say."
"Well they're never gonna get me like a bullet through a flock of doves."
"I'm gonna string this motherfucker on fire!"
"Life is but a dream for the dead."
"You said you read me like a book, but the pages all are torn and frayed."
"I keep a gun on the book you gave me, hallelujah, lock and load."
"Love is the red the rose on your coffin door. [...] black is the kiss the touch of a serpent son"
"It ain't the mark or the scar that makes you one."
"I will avenge my ghost with every breath I take."
"And we'll all dance along to the tune of your death."
"Don't stop if I fall and don't look back/oh baby don't stop, bury me and fade to black."
"This is how we like to do it on the murder scene."
"Give me all your poison and give me all your pills/and give me all your hopeless hearts and make me ill."
"It isn't that much fun staring down a loaded gun."
"When I grow up, I want to be nothing at all!"
"If life ain't just a joke then why are we laughing?"
"I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scars."
"Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading, so sick and tired of all the needless beating!"
"I've been a bad motherfucker tell your sister I'm another!"
"Baby I'm just soggy from the Chemo."
"The hardest part of this is leaving you."
"Have you heard the news that you're dead?"
"The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead."
"Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands, drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo."
"A light to burn all the empires, so bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be."
"I'm just a man, I'm not a hero."
"But there's shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun, you would cry out your eyes all along."
"Raise your glass high for tomorrow we die."
"The hardest part is letting go of your dreams."
"They're gonna rip up your heads, your aspirations to shreds."
"It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing."
"You're just a sad song with nothing to say."
"I was killing before killing was cool."
"I am not afraid to walk this world alone"
"I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love."
"Louder than God's revolver and twice as shiny."
"I'd rather go to hell than be in purgatory."
"Stop your preaching right there 'cause I really don't care and I'll do it again."
"I am not the singer that you wanted but a dancer!"
"You keep eternity give us the radio."
"Keep your boots tight, keep your gun close and die with your mask on if you have to."
"Ain't no DJ gonna save my soul, I sold it long ago to rock 'n roll!"
"For all of us who've seen the light, salute the dead and lead the fight!"
"You're a heart-attack in black hair dye."
"Against the sun we're the enemy!"
"You only hear the music when your heart begins to break."
"Sing it for the deaf, sing it for the blind. Sing about everyone that you left behind. Sing it for the world, sing it for the world."
"You can run away with me, anytime you want."
"Gravity don't mean too much to me."
"I've got a bulletproof heart. You've got a hollow point smile."
"I'm not dead, I only dress that way."
"You keep your money and I'll see you in hell!"
"You don't know a thing about this life."
"Dry your eyes and start believing, that's one thing they'll never take from you."
"Just remember you will always burn as bright."
"Let the suits watch each other kill one another."
"We are never gonna DIE!"
"I'll remember your eyes when you're gone."
"White death wakes in black skies, mark your makers wrath. Fear and flames of azure climb the crooked mast. You will yet be baptized, steeped in shattered glass. Sink and sing your answer and hold fast hope."
"We felt the flame of seven suns We found our way through seven wars You said my name in seven tongues I kissed the sand on seven shores"
"Math Rock is a relation to post-rock, a better known indie-rock style that shares similar aesthetics. Where post-rock has distinct jazz influences, math rock is the opposite side of the same coin -- it's dense and complex, filled with difficult time signatures and intertwining phrases. Also, the style is a little more rockist than post-rock, since it's usually played by small, guitar-led bands. Math rock peaked in the mid-'90s, when groups like Polvo and Chavez had small, dedicated followings among indie rockers on collegiate campuses."
"Rodan is one of the most underrated post-hardcore bands to come out of the 90s."
"It’s nearly impossible to guess how the alternative rock boom of the ’90s would’ve sounded without the direct influence and ripple effect of My War."
"Senses Fail’s debut album, Let It Enfold You, introduced some of the best post-hardcore songs of the 2000s."
"Senses Fail has remained at the fore of the commercial hardcore scene since issuing their 2004 debut, Let It Enfold You. Mainstays of the Billboard 200 and U.S. indie charts, the band has released a string of acclaimed albums."
"Is it worth it can you even hear me Standing with your spotlight on me Not enough to feed the hungry I'm tired and I felt it for awhile now In this sea of lonely The taste of Ink is getting old It's four o' clock in the fucking morning Each day gets more and more like the last day Still I can see it coming While I'm standing in the river drowning This could be my chance to break out This could be my chance to say goodbye Can't take this town much longer Being half dead wasn't what I planned to be Now I'm ready to be free"
"The Used are kings of the 2000s emo scene."
"Chiodos were hugely integral to post-hardcore in the 2000s."
"The dizzying technicality of the Fall Of Troy is a lot to take in, but the band have one of the wildest takes on post-hardcore. The highly complex riffing and screamo elements on “I Just Got This Symphony Goin’” are jarring but truly unique, not only to the scene at the time but also rivaling anything mathcore and math-rock bands are putting out today."
"Funeral For A Friend have been a huge influence on post-hardcore in the U.K."
"AFI have done a lot for the post-hardcore scene as a whole, but cracking into the mainstream with “Miss Murder” is a massive achievement. The song had all of the makings of a radio hit, with a massive chorus, driving bassline and simplistic nature to capture the attention of people in and out of the know on bands playing this style of music."
"A Static Lullaby [capture] metalcore’s heavy tendencies while staying rooted in post-hardcore through clean melodies and classic punk riffs."
"The calming, atmospheric vibe at the beginning of mewithoutYou’s “In A Sweater Poorly Knit” is there to suck listeners in before the band start to build layer after layer of sounds, showing their capabilities in bringing out punk energy without ever tapping into harsh noise."
"Saosin’s cohesive mix of screamo and alt-rock elements set them apart as a core contributor to the development of post-hardcore in the early 2000s."
"As Cities Burn brought an experimental, artsy approach to post-hardcore."
"Brain-meltingly abstract lyrics are shrieked by Cedric Bixler-Zavala like a man possessed by devils of his own making, over riffs which are so violently aggressive but so perfect you start to wonder if Omar Rodriguez Lopez is really a robot in skinny jeans. To this day One Armed Scissor sends out a jolt of electricity that could rouse the dead, while the quieter moments, such as the start of Enfilade with its Iggy Pop ransom call and unholy squeals, are as creepy as all living shittery."
"[Glassjaw] ushered the genre out from the underground with a unique iteration of the NY hardcore sound, claiming their audience with their rowdy, unforgettable live shows and thoughtful songs that continue to enthrall us today."
"Though they could easily be considered an “experimental” group as well, Dance Gavin Dance are the Sacramento-born post-hardcore group that, though the lineup has changed quite a few times, have always held a special place in alternative music history. Their influences range from MF DOOM to the Temptations, as well as other post-hardcore groups such as At The Drive-In. Mixing harsh and clean vocals, they take note from classic hardcore and prog-rock genres, though it’s the technical attention and structuring of the songs that set DGD firmly in the post-hardcore hall of fame."
"Big Black had noise-rock down to a science. The band essentially had no midrange. Bassist Dave Riley held down the low-end, while Steve Albini and Santiago Durango opted for extreme treble, which was made all the more piercing thanks to a penchant for playing with metal picks. With the industrial thump of drum machine “Roland” keeping rhythm, and a habit of setting off firecrackers on stage before playing, Big Black essentially created misanthropy you could sing along to."
"Founded by Gorilla Biscuits guitarist Walter Schreifels, Quicksand were at the forefront of the post-hardcore/alt-metal wave in the ’90s. And that’s exactly the point in hardcore history that the beginning of “Fazer,” the intro track of their debut album, hints toward."
"A major innovator of dramatic, experimental guitar music was Louisville, Kentucky’s Slint. The band’s final album, Spiderland, was released in 1991 and is considered one of the founding works of post-rock and its cousin, math rock."
"When you hear Shane Told scream “You were gravely mistaken!” you know shit is about to hit the fan."