Paradise Fears- Battle Scars
Holy Bejebuz. How did I not know this was coming out? Listening to it for the first time right now, fighting back tears. Just listen to these lyrics from the intro:
"This is a call to arms for the poets that are inside of us. This is shedding our skin, and breaking the chains that are binding us."
"This is the war raging inside of me when I told you all that I was fine. You taught me never underestimate the power of ten thousand hearts that are beating in time."
"Cause there’s mercy in the verse,
a story in the chorus,
a bridge to get over the sea of doubt before us."
"It’s all not perfect. We need music to save us; spinning the soundtrack to our beautiful chaos. Imperfect existence: just grab it and own it and I swear to God you’ll have it all in that moment."
"So take every picture of your perfect life…
You can splatter it with color and the paint will dry...
You can throw it in the air and you can watch it fly...
Just for one last time squeeze it very, very tight…
And let it go."
Go buy it, Best 5 doallars you will ever spend. :)