The lyrics to this song sound like a situation that happened to me when I was 16-years old, where I got suspended from high school for a month and was attending this strange program for troubled youths in a distant city like an hour way from where I lived. At this alternative school for suspended students, I met this captivatingly beautiful female there who I fell in love with almost instantly. She would wear yoga pants and had her breasts oiled up and shiny for some reason. Allegedly they were feeding the children attending this strange program coffee contaminated by feces. They also encouraged the children there to take "smoke breaks" in the high school parking lot to consume cigarettes. I never saw anyone do any school work there except for this one former drug dealer who got caught selling his product on school grounds, but was otherwise a very conscientious student, he would insist. Even though her and I never had any direct conversations seeing as I was a very awkward person at sixteen, had no idea how to speak to the opposite sex, about two or three times per week during my monthlong stay at this alternative school in a distant city, I would ask this beautiful female if she "wanted to go out with me". Every single time she said no, but her actions contradicted that verbal rejection, where I would just kind of ask her over and over again. After my monthlong time was up there, I went to see her to tell her I would not be around any longer. She refused to say "goodbye". She was such a distraction that I could not study or stay on top of my school work. To my astonishment, the head of the program for troubled youths began driving her to my high school I had been suspended from in the city I lived in, allegedly to visit me for dates (even though she made it very clear she did not wish to "go out with me" and refused to say "goodbye"). The whole situation felt like a set-up and I was woefully unprepared for a female to enter my life like that as a teenager. Why was this administrator from a high school for troubled youths operating a dating service? In retrospect it seems contradictory to the mission statement of secondary education. Apparently several years later she decided she really liked me and unsuccessfully tried to get pregnant with my child several times, ultimately dying in child birth at this failed initiative. It's unclear to me what precisely killed her, except that apparently her body was disposed of in a dumpster afterwards.
I think I have everything I need It got dark but now I think I see The world around is full of arms Still reaching out to me. I hear the notes and belt them back to you I feel loved, I'm burning like a fuse I'm not afraid 'cause I know I've got Nothing left to lose I just wanted to say I know I let you down But I'm ready now And I found a way That I can tell the truth Make it up to you I know that I have always walked the line In between confidence and lies So many scenes are full of words I wish I could rewind But here you are forgiving me again You'll never know how real to me you've been This is a start Another empty page where I begin I just wanted to say I know I let you down But I'm ready now And I found a way That I can tell the truth Make it up to you I left home but there's one thing that I still know It's always summer in my heart and in my soul I loved you first I love you still I always will I loved you first I love you still I always will I just wanted to say I know I let you down But I'm ready now And I found a way That I can tell the truth Make it up to you I left home but there's one thing that I still know It's always summer in my heart and in my soul It's always summer in my heart and in my soul It's always summer in my heart and in my soul
01:14 - Breathing 04:53 - For You And Your Denial 09:30 - Five Becomes Four 14:14 - Always Summer 18:08 - Lights And Sounds 22:40 - With You Around 26:16 - Only One (Acoustic Intro) 26:45 - Only One 31:36 - Ocean Avenue
I remember being backstage at a show that Yellowcard was on the bill at and this drummer (who is a filthy drummer btw) was running around with just a towel around him and had white powder all over his face like he just pulled a Scarface move and stick his face into a pile of blow lmao….that was such an awesome night so many great bands and so much fun before during and afterwards…..those were the days I suppose lol 🤘🤘🤘
Underrated masterpiece album. Released around 2004 and is the perfect nod to an era of fuzzy poppy 90's alternative rock in the vein of Superdrag, The Posies, Matthew Sweet, Gin Blossoms, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, etc. One of the best albums ever released by The Militia Group and it's a crime that this hasn't been released on vinyl yet. *update* So sad to hear the recent passing of Otis "O" Barthoulameu 😢 RIP 🙏🏼
Honest From the Jump, Hiding in the Light, Three Minutes More, and even their acoustic on their new EP all ring back to their roots hope they continue that direction.
Their old drummer used to be so much better than their current one. Dude really made the band sound more unique than most pop punk bands of their time IMO.
@@sushiblt true, but he’s not there permanent drummer. He records drums and does a few shows but he wasn’t there drummer on certain tours including there final tour (before this reunion tour). Hell even on promotional photos he’s not in the band, it’s just the 4 of them. That’s what I mean when I say they don’t have a drummer.
Thanks for bringing me back to my 15 year old self. Listening as I clean up the explosion of toys on the floor from my kids and folding a mountain of laundry.
01:12 Breathing 04:54 For you, And Your Denial 09:30 Five Becomes Four 14:14 Always Summer 18:07 Lights and Sounds 22:46 With You Around 26:15 Only One 31:35 Ocean Avenue
As an adult musician with a day job, I have much more appreciation for the tremendous amount of effort it takes to write anything decent Ryan and whoever put all these together are gods. It must have taken such intensity and stubbornness.
@mysticstrider I remember back in 2017 he got annoyed and he even posted about it saying "Stop asking if he's going to be coming back for the final tour. He is not in the band anymore."
