~For All Those Sleeping~

Just a quick introduction, I decided that I am going to put my iPod on shuffle and do the first band that comes up. (unless of course I have al ready blogged about them.)

ABOUT THE BAND

For All Those Sleeping is a metlcore/pop punk band that was established in St. Cloud, Minnesota back in 2007. The band consists of 5 guys. 

• Mike Champa- Vocals
• London Snetsinger- Bassist/vocals
• Jared Pierskalla- Guitar/vocals
• David Volgman-Stevens- Guitar 
• Ethan Trekell- Drums 

There is not too much information on them, I have more to say about them personally though.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

I actually saw FATS on August 1st over summer at The All Stars Tour. They played with Iwrestledabearonce, Ice Nine Kills, Dayshell, Merchants, Terror, Volumes, Stray From the Path, Chelsea Grin, and Veil of Maya. I hadn't actually listened to For All Those Sleeping until this concert, except for when they did their cover of Taylor Swift's song "You Belong With Me" which appears on "Punk Goes Pop" volume 4. The first song they played live was "Mark My Words" (off of their new album, "Outspoken") which is my favorite song by them. The lyrics are great and so is the song. The reason I like the song (and lyrics) so much is because its the perfect combination of sadness and anger all in one sound, perfect for when you're really pissed off.

                                                                 "Mark My Words"

You're fucked now
Did you think I wouldn't find out
Secrets don't last long in this town
And neither will you 
At the rate you burn bridges you will burn out

You are a waste of a life
You are a waste of my time

I'm not the one who made you this way
But I'll be the one to make you wish you never changed

Don't tell me you're sorry
Because I know, oh I know you're not
Don't waste your breath on me
I won't hold mine
Give it away
'Cause you're the reason that you're falling apart
There's no way I'd ever forget you
But mark my words I'll never miss you

You're fucked now
I can see you but you'll never see it coming

You're lower than dirt
And that's where you belong
Face down in the ground
Not making a sound
Someday you'll find that the countless times
You stepped on me were fueling my fire

Come on what are you waiting for
Step up
This is what I've been waiting for
Step Up

Make me move 
If you have the guts to
Make your move
I'm standing right here

When I saw them live and they played this song I remember Mike saying (while playing the intro to Mark My Words) "This one is for everyone who has fucked you over" and told everyone to put their middle fingers up and said he didn't care if we were flipping him off. Everyone went insane when they played it. 

So then they played "Life On Fire" also from Outspoken, and he had us chant YOUR LIFE ON FIRE! A lot. Which was awesome. And then before playing "Follow My Voice" He gave a speech to the audience about how we were never alone because we will always have music and each other. Of course it was more wordy than that, but that was the main point of the speech, and the song fit his speech perfectly. The lyrics are: 

"Follow My Voice"

Hope can seem so hard to find
When all around is falling
And there's never enough light
To see your way out
But in the darkest times
You find out what you're made of
And I swear there's more to you than you know

I don't want to be the voice of a generation
I just want to be a voice for you
Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

Follow my voice
Let me carry you away
I can see you're broken
But we're all the same
(We're all the same)
Follow my voice
And let me carry you away
I can see you're lost and alone
So let this song guide you

Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

Scars can be so hard to hide
When all around is flawless
But where we've been makes us who we are
But in the darkest times
You find out what you're made of
And I swear there's more to you than you know

Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

Follow my voice
Let me carry you away
I can see you're broken
But we're all the same
(We're all the same)
Follow my voice
And let me carry you away
I can see you're lost and alone
So let this song guide you

Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

I'll let you know
I was like you too
Now every night
I take the stage
I do it for you
So you can let out all the hate
And all the rage inside
Life may never seem right
But well always have tonight

Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall
Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

Follow my voice
Let me carry you away
I can see you're broken
But we're all the same
(We're all the same)
Follow my voice
And let me carry you away
I can see you're lost and alone
So let this song guide you

Alone we may be lost but together we stand tall

But I am really glad I got to see them live, I would do it again so many times.