Famous Last Words, una banda estadounidense de post-hardcore, nació en 2010 en Petoskey, Michigan. Sus fundadores, JT Tollas (voz), Jesse Maddy (guitarra), Craig Simons (batería) y Tyler Myklebust (guitarra), compartían una pasión inigualable por la música. Aunque sus caminos se habían cruzado en distintas bandas y proyectos anteriores, la química entre ellos fue innegable desde el primer momento.
En 2010, la banda lanzó su primer EP titulado ‘In Your Face’. Este trabajo tuvo una aceptación modesta, pero suficiente para ponerlos en el radar de la escena musical alternativa. Con una combinación de letras poderosas, riffs impactantes y una energía abrumadora en sus presentaciones en vivo, Famous Last Words empezaba a hacerse un nombre.
Dos años después, en 2012, la banda firmó con InVogue Records y lanzó su primer disco de larga duración, ‘Two-Faced Charade’. El álbum conceptualmente narraba una intrincada historia de amor y desilusión, y su ambiciosa presentación cautivó tanto a críticos como a fanáticos. Temas como ‘The Show Must Go On’ y ‘My Life Before My Eyes’ se convirtieron en himnos para sus seguidores.
A partir de la publicación de este álbum, Famous Last Words comenzó a atraer la atención a nivel nacional. Su estilo único, que combinaba elementos de teatro con la intensidad del post-hardcore, los distinguió en una industria saturada de bandas similares. Las giras se hicieron más frecuentes y sus presentaciones cada vez más esperadas.
It's eleven fifty-nine
It's the story of my life and everything that could change in it
It's eleven fifty-nine
It's the minute I could die and be lost to the end
God save me!
The clock counts down to my demise
Each faucet drip pierces my ears and swells my eyes
With tears I feel one now it burns as it runs down my face
I want to save myself but now I fear it's far too late
Fate hides outside
Worries run through my mind
What will I find, what will I find?
Under your medals, uniforms, and mini model Ts
A dirty secret that you never wanted us to see
Lost in the rain
I'm abandoned and betrayed
The predator's been preying all along and I'm the game
(And I'm the game!)
I should have known, should have seen the signs
Cause never were they clearer
I'm a mess, how will I ever survive?
The clock is ticking away
It's counting down the minutes
To the seconds of the rest of our lives
-You're sick, you're a plague on me
Cyanide you are the poison on society!
(You're slowly killing me!)
Perverted, twisted, fantasy!
How could you do this to me?!
Your lies have forsaken me
We were a family!
This proof just can't exist
Refuse to believe in this
God I should have known
God I should have known!
These pictures of your victims
Some of them just barely teens!
In silver frame, your latest victim it's a picture of me!
Lost in the rain
I'm abandoned and betrayed
The predator's been preying all along and I'm the game
(And I'm the game!)
I should have known, should have seen the signs
Cause never were they clearer
I'm a mess, how will I ever survive?
The clock is ticking away
It's counting down the minutes to the seconds of the rest of our lives
I'm starving but I can't seem to eat
I'm so tired, but I won't fall asleep!
I won't lie down
I've got to lie down
Fuck. I can't
I can't breathe!
I should have known
You were the one who'd take it all away from me!
The labyrinth in my mind
Just trapped me in that horrible dream!
We fell in love
We shared a life, you vowed it all to me!
Your lies have forsaken me
We were a family!