Check out a new demo from my friend Mike’s band, The City Strikes Back. He’s a beast of a lyricist and they are an absolutely awesome pop punk band.

mikestrikesback:

New TCSB Demo. It’s called “Carry Me Out.” Could end up as a really solid jam. It’s about being sick of shitty bands and doing it for the right reason.

Lyrics:

I can’t turn the radio on
Without being jaded by the same four chords
I hear in every sad song
I just think were so much better than
the words forced in my head
But when i speak the truth, try to sing it to you
no one seems to be listening.

So, i’ll drown in my favorite record, to believe in anything
I’m not sure just what I’m here for, i need these words to carry me out

So would you carry me out? Cause I can’t stand this side of town now.

I don’t think i believe in anything or anyone
My treasured art’s now a wandering arc, forgetting where it came from.

And I can’t just sit and watch, as everybody takes advantage of
the commodity a melody’s become.

So ill wake and face the future, stand up for what I believe
I know i was meant to do this, no one else will carry me out.

There’s a place, and a time,

when the words will burst from this chest of mine

There’s a song with a line

that I’ll still be singing till the day I die

Yea, I’ll still be singing till the day I die.