These kids are alright - We Came As Romans
At the ripe old age of 32, I don't often find myself enjoying the same music as the Millennial generation. However, I have been an avid fan of the band We Came As Romans for a while. Their mix of heavy metal with pop, electronic, and orchestral elements is really compelling. But I especially enjoy their lyrical content.
Given that they are a heavy metal band, one would expect them to be singing about naughty stuff. But every song I've heard from them has an uplifting message, and the lyrics are quite intelligent. This is such a nice change from most youth culture, which typically glorifies lewd behavior and status obsession.
We Came As Romans is committed to a positive message. Guitarist and lyricist David Moore says, "...everyone wants to love and be loved. We decided if we're going to be a band, we needed to have a meaning behind it. I don't think there is any greater meaning than to keep on spreading the idea and concept of love." But their music isn't about romantic love. It's about having love and respect for each other, and the desire to do good in the world.
Lyrics:
I've been sleeping on stones...
My mistakes are easier made a second time.
And I can't move on since I've closed my eyes.
Since I've closed my eyes.
I've cut off myself from everybody else.
To move on is to grow,
Yet I haven't been able to accomplish either.
I know the way to go,
Yet I can't bring myself to move forward.
I've been sleeping on stones and they've formed to my spine.
My once straight back, now a crooked line.
I've broken no bones and I appear to be just fine.
My life's been emptied from the inside.
Every decision is easier made a second time.
Every decision is easier made a second time.
But once you start down one line.
The distance becomes greater to change your mind.
To change the way you're living your life.
To move on is to grow,
Yet we can barely accomplish either on our own.
We know the way to go,
Yet we follow those with their eyes closed.
I've been sleeping on stones...
We've been sleeping on stones and they've formed to our spines.
Our once straight backs now just crooked lines.
When we all wake up inside the beds in which we lie.
We will wish we had stopped the first time.
When we wake up to the lives that we've created.
We'll see we built nothing, but destroyed it.
So turn around and head back the way you came.
I'll follow you, encourage you
I'll follow you, encourage you
we'll be steadfast in our way.
And as we make it back to where our lives branched off.
We will take the path we should have taken all along.
Once you start down one line.
The distance becomes greater to change your mind.
To change the way you're living your life.
To move on is to grow.
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Lyrics:
We’ve planted a seed, an ever growing wonder to a beautiful tree. Grow.
Each branch outstretched and different from the last.
Where the old have broken, some easier than the last.
The right ones have grown in to fill in the gaps.
And all are equal in love and trust.
And all are a part of something so much bigger than this.
Through the trials our tongues are tied, to trying times, so many unsaid lines.
Our lives were over at so many moments, so many.
And now they’re all just beginning.
I have never been so consumed and I have never loved it more.
To be devoted to letting all see what it is to live in the love of others.
To live in the love of my brothers.
And spilling back all that anyone has ever spilled for me.
To show that to those who have never seen.
Four years ago we planted a seed.
Found that foundation that we need.
Strived for the perfect balance, to show love and show compassion.
And our vision for this world will not die when we are dead.
My future started with the first note I ever played.
The first note that was ever sang.
When we started living with purpose and writing with meaning.
This is what we were made for.
Every day I live this future.
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Given that they are a heavy metal band, one would expect them to be singing about naughty stuff. But every song I've heard from them has an uplifting message, and the lyrics are quite intelligent. This is such a nice change from most youth culture, which typically glorifies lewd behavior and status obsession.
We Came As Romans is committed to a positive message. Guitarist and lyricist David Moore says, "...everyone wants to love and be loved. We decided if we're going to be a band, we needed to have a meaning behind it. I don't think there is any greater meaning than to keep on spreading the idea and concept of love." But their music isn't about romantic love. It's about having love and respect for each other, and the desire to do good in the world.
Lyrics:
I've been sleeping on stones...
My mistakes are easier made a second time.
And I can't move on since I've closed my eyes.
Since I've closed my eyes.
I've cut off myself from everybody else.
To move on is to grow,
Yet I haven't been able to accomplish either.
I know the way to go,
Yet I can't bring myself to move forward.
I've been sleeping on stones and they've formed to my spine.
My once straight back, now a crooked line.
I've broken no bones and I appear to be just fine.
My life's been emptied from the inside.
Every decision is easier made a second time.
Every decision is easier made a second time.
But once you start down one line.
The distance becomes greater to change your mind.
To change the way you're living your life.
To move on is to grow,
Yet we can barely accomplish either on our own.
We know the way to go,
Yet we follow those with their eyes closed.
I've been sleeping on stones...
We've been sleeping on stones and they've formed to our spines.
Our once straight backs now just crooked lines.
When we all wake up inside the beds in which we lie.
We will wish we had stopped the first time.
When we wake up to the lives that we've created.
We'll see we built nothing, but destroyed it.
So turn around and head back the way you came.
I'll follow you, encourage you
I'll follow you, encourage you
we'll be steadfast in our way.
And as we make it back to where our lives branched off.
We will take the path we should have taken all along.
Once you start down one line.
The distance becomes greater to change your mind.
To change the way you're living your life.
To move on is to grow.
Source
Lyrics:
We’ve planted a seed, an ever growing wonder to a beautiful tree. Grow.
Each branch outstretched and different from the last.
Where the old have broken, some easier than the last.
The right ones have grown in to fill in the gaps.
And all are equal in love and trust.
And all are a part of something so much bigger than this.
Through the trials our tongues are tied, to trying times, so many unsaid lines.
Our lives were over at so many moments, so many.
And now they’re all just beginning.
I have never been so consumed and I have never loved it more.
To be devoted to letting all see what it is to live in the love of others.
To live in the love of my brothers.
And spilling back all that anyone has ever spilled for me.
To show that to those who have never seen.
Four years ago we planted a seed.
Found that foundation that we need.
Strived for the perfect balance, to show love and show compassion.
And our vision for this world will not die when we are dead.
My future started with the first note I ever played.
The first note that was ever sang.
When we started living with purpose and writing with meaning.
This is what we were made for.
Every day I live this future.
Source
