so, i remember the first time i heard the airborne toxic event. the fam was in the midst of a long road trip, it was (no pun intended) a little after midnight and most of us were asleep when the husband pulled us over to a small gas station in the middle of nowhere. i woke up to the sounds of (again, sorry for the bad puns) sometime around midnight and thought - whoa.
yes, in the keanu reeves way.
i loved that song from the first listen.
the band has a new album out and i sort of got the same reaction when i first heard all at once.
w h o a.
A fantastic melding of U2 and neil diamond (no, i'm not pulling your leg on that one), anthemic in nature, and building until it gets you singing and pogoing and feeling all sorts of MUSIC IS AWESOME warm fuzzies, all at once is, at heart, best suited to summer. twinging opening guitars (so ala edge - tell me if i'm wrong here) lead your ears to a melody that gallops at full speed with perfect drumming, squealing background guitars and choral vocals.
it's the sort of song where you first think, "oh, the lyrics don't matter, because it's just so bloody kickass, i'm gonna love it anyways," but then you realize the lyrics ARE, IN FACT, BRILLIANT, and it only kicks the song up twenty notches of fabulosity.
so, in case you're wondering, it's all about growing up.
gah! AWESOME. AWESOME! LOVES IT SO MUCH!
we were born without time
nameless in the arms of a mother, a father and god
when the world waits for us a thousand years in the crush
of our eyes fearless in awe
so quietly we fade in to sleep
with nothing on our mind
then we look to be loved
in the rush we become
some things we thought we'd never be
we were surprised by our how hard
left weary and scared
by the nights, spent feeling incomplete
and all those evenings swearing at the sky
wishing for one more time
all the promises we broke when we tried
just wasting all our time
we get old all at once
and it comes like a punch
in the gut, in the back, in the face
when it seems someones lied
and our parents have died
then we hold to each other in their place
and i feel the water rising around us
maybe that's ok
yeah, i feel the world changing, all at once
i guess it will be ok
when we all had one hope
there was someone looking down
when we return our bodies to each other
and the ground
(mp3) all at once by the airborne toxic event (link removed by request)
check out the video for the bombastic version, which is a bit tamer. frankly, i like the wilder version better. have a listen so you can decide which you like best:
go
yes, in the keanu reeves way.
i loved that song from the first listen.
the band has a new album out and i sort of got the same reaction when i first heard all at once.
w h o a.
A fantastic melding of U2 and neil diamond (no, i'm not pulling your leg on that one), anthemic in nature, and building until it gets you singing and pogoing and feeling all sorts of MUSIC IS AWESOME warm fuzzies, all at once is, at heart, best suited to summer. twinging opening guitars (so ala edge - tell me if i'm wrong here) lead your ears to a melody that gallops at full speed with perfect drumming, squealing background guitars and choral vocals.
it's the sort of song where you first think, "oh, the lyrics don't matter, because it's just so bloody kickass, i'm gonna love it anyways," but then you realize the lyrics ARE, IN FACT, BRILLIANT, and it only kicks the song up twenty notches of fabulosity.
so, in case you're wondering, it's all about growing up.
gah! AWESOME. AWESOME! LOVES IT SO MUCH!
we were born without time
nameless in the arms of a mother, a father and god
when the world waits for us a thousand years in the crush
of our eyes fearless in awe
so quietly we fade in to sleep
with nothing on our mind
then we look to be loved
in the rush we become
some things we thought we'd never be
we were surprised by our how hard
left weary and scared
by the nights, spent feeling incomplete
and all those evenings swearing at the sky
wishing for one more time
all the promises we broke when we tried
just wasting all our time
we get old all at once
and it comes like a punch
in the gut, in the back, in the face
when it seems someones lied
and our parents have died
then we hold to each other in their place
and i feel the water rising around us
maybe that's ok
yeah, i feel the world changing, all at once
i guess it will be ok
when we all had one hope
there was someone looking down
when we return our bodies to each other
and the ground
(mp3) all at once by the airborne toxic event (link removed by request)
check out the video for the bombastic version, which is a bit tamer. frankly, i like the wilder version better. have a listen so you can decide which you like best:
go
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