Tonight when I look into the sky, I know this is why I am alive.

(Source: christij)

So stoked to release Flood The Hollow today!

danaportwood:

Oh man, you guys are going to like the next band I’m posting tomorrow. I can’t stop listening to this track Ryan sent over.

Flood The Hollow

No matter how many eyes are staring at me,

or how many demons someone claims there to be,

theres a love in my soul like you’d never believe,

watch me save the world.

From all that I have learned,

you reap just what you sow,

these feelings are useless,

and I know that you know,

fight this loathsome feeling,

there’s more than what we’re told,

strive for strength and healing,

then peace will calm your soul.

We’ve made our lives routine,

so we don’t make any choices,

they’ve all been made for us.

We dim the bright lights of our love,

cause we know the price of a kingdom,

witness the death of our dream,

its the life of the party.

Oh, I’m dreaming of,

a room that’s full of mirrors,

so you can see yourself,

the way that I do baby.

I know you feel like we do,

the world is standing right in front of you,

don’t you see what I do inside you,

I only seek the truth,

let it burn right through.

I bet they never thought we’d never fight back,

but we’re not a flock of sheep,

we are all wolves now, scatter,

cause we have bared our teeth.

Let the revolution begin,

cause we’re searching for something so much deeper within,

we’re rewriting the story before it ends,

from the top of the world in this war we live.

Why are we made to destroy,

the things we yearned to build,

we seek a momentary thrill.

If you don’t shape your world,

there’s others here who will,

and the ones that you discarded,

will move in for the kill.

New songs

This morning I received the new This War We Live tunes at 5am. I woke up at 6am and have been listening to them ever since. Goosebumps came over my entire body and I literally starting tearing up in some parts. Not in a conceited lame way, but because these songs are so relevant in my life and have more meaning to me than any others we’ve ever written. I vowed to write songs that would make people feel real feelings, and I am a man of my word, this morning I felt intense emotions. One of the songs is about death, rebirth, and growth from the pain that is left after a loved one passes away. I have goosebumps even writing about it. I felt my Dad by my side this morning. He was right there. I don’t care if a single soul in the world likes these songs, they mean the world to me. My heart and soul are in those lyrics and there is a love in my soul like you’d never believe.   

Gotta live to learn.

I know exactly why I took on these pointless freelance jobs…it was money. At the time I needed it, and every second since I have procrastinated and not wanted to complete any of the work. I don’t want to be the guy that works his life away. I tried that for two years, and although it needed to happen and I made a ton of money, it’s not for me, I want balance. I want a balanced life full of love and passion, necessary work that will actually aid in achieving my dreams, I want to be one with nature, and I want to help others. It makes zero sense to spend your life staring at a computer screen with an enormous bank account. It makes a TON of sense to be traveling the world, looking up at the stars, having that anxious loving feeling in your chest, and being the best human you can possibly be. Life is all about learning and I am getting there. I need to be true to myself and what it is deep down that I want. All of 2012 I have been dying to live a soulful existence and now that I am almost done with the necessary obligations I bound myself to, a soulful worry free existence is what I am going to harness. I want to do more, but work less. I want to love more, and wonder less. I want to see the world, Albany is a shit stain on the underpants of the Earth. The last 2 months of my life has been extremely eye opening and I am grateful for all the things I’ve been able to figure out about myself. If one thing is for certain I know that I am happy, perhaps not totally content, but extremely happy, which is more than most. My heart is so full of love lately, that anxious feeling. I am going to continue to focus on the present, the here and now and I am no longer going to think about the future. There is no day but today. Damn, it feels good to get that out of my system. Love you, Tumblr. 

Lost, Departed, Faithful Unseen.

“I think I’ve had a revelation, to end my isolation, to push myself to grow, and change what I have known. To the lost ones, the departed, to the faithful unseen, I have made peace with my demons, I have washed my hands clean.”

I know you feel like we do.

“Let the revolution begin, cause we’re searching for something so much deeper within, we’re rewriting the story before it ends from the top of the world in this war we live.”