Is Survived By

13 ContributorsTo Write Content LyricsThe second song on Touché Amoré’s third album, Is Survived by, follows Jeremy as he contemplates the band’s growing popularity and Expectations, his struggle to create this third Touché Amoré record because… Read More You can call this coming clean or the repeat of what you know

About the struggles I once had as I’m learning to let go

I made a pledge to myself, if I was to raise my voice

To be direct as I can be no matter what I may destroy

But I can’t say I haven’t aged

I’ve outgrown what I used to be

I won’t fake what is expected

To succeed with album three (that’s not me)

Does this mean that the words won’t come?

Does this mean that I’m at my end?

If my joy comes with the price of my love

I won’t pay if I have to pretend

There’s always a chance to relapse and fall back

To the person I still fear is there

So if this ink will suddenly run out

I’ll refill if I feel the need to share

It was the fall of last year in New York City

Day two of a tour, when my friend Johnny said

“Hey, I’d like you to meet Andy"

We got to talking and connected on some things

Mutual friends and how his band started writing

But then something was spoke

I knew exactly what he meant

I understood when he said

“It’s hard to write content”

And it still is, and it still is

But I won’t take a step back

Though it might be for the best

And it still is, and it still is

I know you asked for some advice

They use your blood to capitalize

So give up all your secrets

To move units, display your weakness

You might spend some years alone

At the price of forgetting your home

So expose what hurts you the worst

The exchange deals a handsome return (are you in?)

8 ContributorsHarbor LyricsCall it a learning process

And I've never been that quick

Because I take things as they come

And I respond how I see fit

But it's easy to get distracted

As I've been living life abroad

But I'm starved for your acceptance

And I work for your applause

I'd always envisioned myself as a giver

But as I reflect, I've left something to be desired

Not that my heart hasn't ever delivered

But that it's never felt this inspired

To have direction, to feel complete

To embrace affection, to end all the woe is me

But mainly to harbor the love that I have to give

But for tonight, let's just stay inside

Well it's far too loud and I just want quiet

And if we die before we wake

I'll blame it on the past mistakes

Without you I'm not pure

And without you I'm not clean

But if I'm going down with you

Then you're going down with me

What I'm afraid of is what is certain

And what I'm sure of is that it's on me

But I'm too tired to be that person

And that person needs to be set free

To harbor the love that I have to give

7 ContributorsKerosene LyricsIt’s the early signs of disintegration

The back and forth from a new machine

It’s been blessed and burned into a formation

By a wish dipped in kerosene

So who’s going to light the fuse?

Who’s going to be the one to

Hold high the flame because I refuse

And I’ve just begun

So don’t hold me down, I’m almost done

A lesson lived through the loss of love

This is not a search for who’s at fault

It’s more of a plea for hope and understanding

It’s the side effects of adoration

The come and go and get out clean

I’ve been cursed and freed from dedication

By a wish dipped in kerosene

So who’s going to light the fuse?

Who’s going to be the one, because I refuse

And I’ve just begun

So don’t hold me down, I’m almost done

A lesson lived through the loss of love

This is not a search for who’s at fault

It’s more of a plea for hope and understanding

9 ContributorsBlue Angels Lyrics“Blue Angels” deals with addiction and how it can shape the days of the one addicted. Blue angels is the street name for depressant, in this case used as sleeping pills.

Uniquely to Touché Amoré, the finale… Read More Since you’re so curious, well it’s anything really

Call it my witching hour or what calls to me

But to be serious, it’s worse than you think

Should I be ashamed because of what I need?

Define right and wrong

In regard to what’s going on

Take two

Slip away till the afternoon

It’s an easy remedy

For what I just can’t do

Over the counter and over the moon

I have my beliefs

This has me confused

But what can I do?

I feel relief in just watching you breathe

It’s hypnotizing, like an inner peace

I get fixated on your deepest breaths

Waiting for the angels to take their effect

8 ContributorsSocial Caterpillar LyricsOn this track Jeremy expresses his newfound happiness and how he is transforming from being a social caterpillar.It’s not for nothing, but I’ve seen a transformation

Like I consider my happiness for the first time in ages

And you might say I’m off, but It’s the first time I’m feeling on

Don’t worry, I still get dizzy in the usual situations

And most people I know, I’ve used as camouflage

I’ve circled myself with pretty people to hide who I was

And I won’t (I won't) miss them (miss them)

And they won’t (they won't) miss me

I’ll tie in those loose ends

A string is just the thread to separation

And I’ll retire these old clothes

To brace for a wardrobe that no one knows

Don’t worry, I still get dizzy in the usual situations

But it’s those instances I have used to ground me on occasion

Don’t worry, I still get dizzy in the usual situations

9 ContributorsNon Fiction LyricsIn “Non Fiction” Touché Amoré deal with the passing of time and dissolution of basic human values that comes with it.

The song features two major parts – a silent and somber intro and slowly transitions… Read More Every moment can’t remain

And every life won’t stay the same

With time comes a layer of rust

And our bones will turn to dust

Everyone will fall away

And every season is built on change

With time the paint will peel

And all sense will lose it’s feel

Every cloth will start to fray

And every night will become day

With time a mold will form

And what’s cold can become warm

Every love can’t always stay

And the dead will soon decay

With time we’ll all be gone

But how you lived can live on

Every moment can’t remain

And every life won’t stay the same

With time comes a layer of rust

And our bones will turn to dust

Everyone will fall away

And every season is built on change

With time the paint will peel

And all sense will lose it’s feel

Every cloth will start to fray

And every night will become day

With time a mold will form

And what’s cold can become warm

Every love can’t always stay

And the dead will soon decay

With time we’ll all be gone

But how you lived can live on

7 ContributorsSteps LyricsOver and under

I’ll dissolve and use charm as my cover

Left over right, walk a careful line

Between you and the outside

There is confidence and delusion

I reside between that confusion

It’s a misstep down a black hole

It’s a long way down and a mouthful

So overcome and become one

So over...

Over and under we learn to grow

And we learn to recover

Over and out

I’ll play the card that holds me in less doubt

There’s promiscuity and devotion

And only one fulfills an emotion

It’s a big step to end a yearning

It’s accepting love but I’m learning

To overcome and become one

I’ll find my way and

Follow through

And maybe there I'll...

Find my way and

Follow through

And maybe there I'll...

Find my way and

Follow through

And maybe there

I’ll meet you

9 ContributorsIs Survived By LyricsIn the closer to Is Survived By, Jeremy answers the question asked in the beginning of the album while talking about overcoming his issues and the things that helped him survive his troubled times.It’s a song of thanks, sung by a hack

When the reflection of yourself just won’t look back

It’s that panic you feel when you don’t know what to say

When everyone wants in and you want the subject to change

'Cause I’ve been swallowed up and I’ve been split in two

And I’m not sure which is me and who I respond through

So notify my next of kin

And let them know there’s so much more to believe in

It doesn’t have to be based on blood

Because the next in line shouldn’t have to know

What they’re made of

This is survived by who held me up

This is survived by who sang the song

And that sense of purpose has made it all worth it

So write a song that everyone can sing along to

So when you’re gone you can live on, they won’t forget you

This is survived by a love

This is survived by a cause

That you aren’t the only who remembers what it was

This is survived by a love

This is survived by a wish

That you won’t let down who has attached themselves to it

This is survived by a love

This is survived by a fear

That all that’s left when said and done is words you will

Never ever hear