Armor For Sleep "Awkward Last Words" 

Most underrated album ever

This whole album makes you feel an indescribable way

I miss highschool so much. What I wouldn't give to stay in 2007 - 2008 and be 16 forever. I still can't get over a girl who I never had the guts to approach. Always thinking of her and I'll die before I make peace with it. Emo for life.

This song seriously helped me to keep fighting to stay alive and change my life throughout the many years when I was in the grips of full blown addiction to heroin. I subjected myself to the worst imaginable hell for like 14 years. I completely lost myself and had absolutely no hope left. I was extremely suicidal. Much of those years I was homeless, sleeping on sidewalks and subways all over NYC. All of the seediest, most ghetto places of course because that’s where it’s easiest to feed your addiction. Places such as Harlem, Jamaica Queens, lower east side Manhattan, Washington Heights, Flatbush Brooklyn, and Long Island. Spent many winter nights, rain, sleet, and snow, sleeping outside, freezing cold. Always starving because my addiction was so bad that I could never put aside a few bucks for food because every single penny had to go towards my drugs. 80% of the time I was dopesick.. in withdrawal the majority of each day while I panhandled and committed crimes for money to “get well”.. I never thought I could ever stoop down to panhandling and it is so f’ing embarrassing and shameful.. but after getting locked up a million times and spending a total of over 2 years in jail if you added up all of the stints I did. I was so sick of getting in trouble and met many other drug addicts and homeless people who would gloat about how much money they make from panhandling. So I did just that… made a cardboard sign begging for help, and I was astonished when I first experienced how lucrative it is when you are in a busy metropolitan area, which I was. I sat right outside of Madison square garden on 34th street in Manhattan (Penn Station) and was shocked when I would end up with anywhere from $50-$150 by sitting there for 2-3 hours. More money than a lot of people make working at a real job. If I sat there for a whole 8 hour shift, on a good day, I could walk away with like &400-$500 which I find to be incredibly crazy. Now that I am no longer on drugs and I have much more clarity, I feel extremely bad and guilty for taking advantage of peoples kindness. Though I’d imagine most people are well aware that most homeless people use their money for drugs. But yea, I shamefully did this for a while. I was in and out of SO MANY institutions that I am too embarrassed to even share an estimated number of how many. SOOO MANY detoxes, rehabs, shelters, jails, halfway houses, psych wards, etc etc.. then my oldest brother hanged himself in 2014 which really took a huge toll on me and still does to this day. Like my late brother, I too suffer with extremely severe major depressive disorder which is a huge part of why I would get high .. to cope and numb my feelings and the constant negative thoughts in my head. So yea… my point of sharing all of this is 1) just to vent, which is cathartic, even if no one reads this or replies.. and 2) because I feel obligated to thank this band for creating such beautiful music which helped me tremendously during the darkest times of my life. This band, among many others that fall under this particular genre/sound helped me to cope with my feelings and keep fighting my addiction when all I wanted to do was end my life the way my brother did due to his own struggles with the same exact things I am plagued by. But music like this was so therapeutic for me and I somehow managed to get through another day. I’d be even more lost in this world without music.Thankfully I eventually did manage to abstain from all drugs and change my entire lifestyle. It’s been quite a few years now, and I still struggle really bad with the depression so I can’t lie and say that once I got clean my life turned into a fairy tale and I lived happily ever after.. because I definitely didn’t. However, STILL my absolute worst day sober is far better than my best day using. And I still listen to this and the same music that I listened to then, despite the painful memories that it can sometimes provoke. I use those memories as a reminder to never go back to the drugs ever again. Okay .. phew 😅 .. this is the longest comment I have ever typed on RU-vid, and I apologize for getting so personal and if I come of as being overly negative or as if I am whining, that’s not my intention. And like I said, I don’t expect anyone to read this long sh*t and/or reply.. just wanted to vent a bit. Again, thank you Armor for Sleep!!! 🤟🏻🖤

This is the album i come to when i feel like ending it all its a reminder that life is painful and yet beautiful and contrary to belief you would be missed..

I wanna live again I wanna start everything over again I wanna get this right I'll meet you in another life Over again I'm coming back around again Coming back over again I'm coming back around again, but now it's over We're out of time and I can't breathe I told you not to believe in me 'Cause all I do is push you far away from me All I do is push you far away from me Out of time and I can't breathe I told you not to believe in me 'Cause all I do is push you far away from me All I do is push you far away from me I'm gonna make this work I'm gonna change everything wrong with me I'm gonna prove you wrong when I meet you in another life Over again I'm coming back around again Coming back over again I'm coming back around again, but now it's over We're out of time and I can't breathe I told you not to believe in me 'Cause all I do is push you far away from me All I do is push you far away from me Out of time and I can't breathe I told you not to believe in me 'Cause all I do is push you far away from me All I do is push you far away from me I never had the gift of holding on to you You're so far, so far away No I, never had the gift of holding on to you, now You're so far, so far away I wanna live again [x3] I wanna start everything over again I wanna live again [x3] I wanna start everything over again We're out of time and I can't breathe [x4] We're out of time and I can't breathe I told you not to believe in me 'Cause all I do is push you far away from me All I do is push you far away from me

I can't say enough about this record, and what it has meant to me as a touring singer/songwriter and human being. Thank you, for everything!

Just bought my tickets for the Orlando show. I've waited over 10 years to see them again!

I can't believe I forgot about this freaking band up until about an hour ago. They were literally one of my favorites. I remember I was barely out of grade school. I heard what emo was and thought it was the coolest thing on the planet! I would come home dressed in all black and blare the song "Awkward Last Words" on one of those gigantic desktop computers back in the day over in over again until my parents would start screaming at me to "Shut that damn song off" lol. I can't believe its been freaking a decade almost...

This is one of the best bands 😊I love them❤

holy fuck i listen to this when i was 15.. now i'm 31 time is runnin guys. but good music will never be forgotten - greeting from germany hope ya'll stayin well

There are a lot of pop punk songs that feel less relevant the older you get, and there are a few that become painfully more so.

This was the song i heard of them. Loved it❤

Great album every track 👌

20 years later 500 different albums listed to this still in the top 20

love the intro

i told you not to believe in me

I just witnessed this album live lastnight with hawthorne heights & it was fucking amazinggggg

Definitely Armor for sleeps best album. Still know all of the words, that I have to scream out "Out of time and I can't breathe, i told you not to believe in me!"

Seeing you guys soon!!

Fantastic

Awkward last words this album is all so true !!!

I remember this song from way back in the day!

Badass swingin song emo 4 life 💚🖤💚🖤🤘🏼🎸🥁

Makes me wanna sing my heart out! #emoforever

damn that one hits hard

Best song ever...

I finally found this sound after 10+ years. I had 2 days thinking of this song, trying to remember the lyrics which I did remember few parts , but it never showed up . Until I remember just rn " always last words_"

Super sad

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

I'm 16 and I had an emo phase with these songs, it's so nostalgic, I can't explain it

Stuck in a memory and came up in a dream 😂 holy shit this is old

my brain needs a reboot

I told you not to believe in me!

i can't fucking believe they played this song on the bayside tour, i almost crapped myself

I wanna live again #helpshaunlive #shaunslifematters gofundme.com/help-shaun-live

i wanna live again :(

They should use this as an intro for bleach

#themadtatter13