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.
I lie here waiting
For one of my sons to walk right through my door
But no one's coming
Cause everyone I've loved is lost I'm on my own
My greatest fear is here
And I don't want to die alone
I want my family
They always said they needed me
But I need them more
It's getting hard to breathe
And I feel the cold
And it's taking over
I see my friends and family
And my boys are by my side
Before it all went wrong
Before the both of them had died
And I will try just to go back to a time when I knew I had it all
I'd give anything to have them here beside me
But that'll never be I'm all alone
Dear God how did this happen to me?
You left me with no purpose and left them both to bleed
They killed my boy at home and the other overseas
So now I'm left to rot alone and die in this hospital
If they could both just be here now
I'd let them know before I go I was so damn proud
But they are never coming home
So now I'm left to rot alone and die in this hospital
Give it up surrender
Let it all subside there's no one by your side
You'll never, you'll never win this battle within
Your time has come, your body's going numb now give in
I see my friends and family
And my boys are by my side
Before it all went wrong
Before the both of them had died
And I will try just to go back to a time when I knew I had it all
I'd give anything to have them here beside me
But that'll never be I'm all alone
My skin goes cold as I'm barely breathing
My body's done I've lost all control
I want my sons right here beside me
But now they're both gone, and I don't want to die alone
I'm starting to feel my vitals failing
I'm drifting away to the dark unknown
Death sinks in as it overcomes me
My greatest fear is here I don't want to die alone
As the last beat of my old heart subsides
The doctors call the time, it looks like I've died alone