As Cities Burn - "The Widow" and "This Is It, This Is It"

These songs I am not going to write much about. Listening to the lyrics and melodies molded together gave me the compulsion of posting these videos with lyrics. As Cities Burn was a Christian band from Mandeville, Louisiana whom recently "broke up" on July 15th 2009. Amazing live shows with very passionate guys with intense emotion in the music. ACB was certainly a Hardcore set of guys, with there Hardcore music living on forever.

Lyrics for The Widow by As Cities Burn:

Dead man, were you ever alive?
Or was I just a seed buried deep inside
Some woman you wed
Right before you crawled out of her bed and crept down the hall?
Did you think of me?
Did you even for a second hesitate in the doorway?
It's just something that I'd like to know
Though I'd still love you if told me
That you just walked away

My God, what a world you love
Where men bury their sons
And without thought just walk away

And my mother's heart breaks
Like the water inside of her
[x2]

Dead man, is it being high that makes you alive?
It makes you leave behind three boys and a wife in '89
As the track marks inched their way up your arm
My mother taught my brothers and I not to call you daddy
But to call you father

But I believe there is something here to be learned of grace
'Cause I can't help but love you
No I can't help but love you
Even with a heart that breaks
Like the promises that you made
Like the promises that you made
The promises that you made
'Cause I still love you

My God, what a world you love



Lyrics for This Is It, This Is It by As Cities Burn:

focus on the horizon, men
should you grow seasick
but don't expect silhouettes
of rescuer ships coming

coming, they aren't coming for us

we've got prices on our heads
and millstones around our necks
we try to live forgiven but they won't let us forget
the bodies we're still in
the bodies that we still war against

son, this is it, this is it
you're gonna sink for your sins
unless grace be the wind
son, this is it, this is it
we're all sinking for our sins
unless grace be the wind

forget about being honest
forget about being passionate
wear that smile like you feel it
even when you don't
forget about being honest
forget about being passionate
i think they forgot about Jesus
seeking us out

in the bodies we're still in
the bodies we still war

son, this is it, this is it
you're gonna sink for your sins
unless grace be the wind
son, this is it, this is it
we're all sinking for our sins
unless grace be the wind
to fill our sails

underOATH - Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear

underOATH, normally a screamo band, has come out with an amazing new single. This song is titled "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear" and is off the album "Lost In The Sound Of Separation." The song is far from being labeled "typical screamo" music, as it's rather mellow in the start with a powerful build. Personally, being a musician, I am high on dynamics in music. Without dynamics, a band is bland and virtually musically talentless, as no dynamics means you missed the whole concept of a structured song. underOATH has mastered the art of dynamics and really impressed me with this song. "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear" is very inspiring musically with the well thought-out arrangements and builds. Vocally this song shows extreme maturity for a screamo band. The vocals prove underOATH packs a powerful range and can create and innovate in the music world much further. The band does not seem to be in a creative "rut" like a lot of bands fall into. underOATH is for sure HARDCORE.


The video I am embedding here is in HD. Also the video is a homemade and not the studio version. I thought this video was kinda cool and tells a good story to complement the song.