Armor for Sleep
Armor for Sleep is an alternative rock band formed in New Jersey in 2001. … Read Full Bio ↴Armor for Sleep is an alternative rock band formed in New Jersey in 2001. The lineup consists of lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Ben Jorgensen, guitarist PJ DeCicco, bassist Anthony Dilonno, and drummer Nash Breen.

Ben Jorgensen created Armor for Sleep in 2001 and Nash Breen and PJ DeCicco later joined the band after leaving fellow New Jersey band Prevent Falls. He stated that the name of the band comes from his early experiences of writing music and not being able to sleep. After distributing demos Albany, New York-based indie label Equal Vision signed the band and released their first two concept albums: Dream to Make Believe, released in 2003, and What to Do When You Are Dead, released in 2005.

What to Do When You Are Dead spawned the popular singles "Car Underwater" and "The Truth About Heaven," receiving lots of airplay with their music videos. Each song on the album tells the story of the protagonist's suicide as well as his journey through the afterlife. The story goes through moments of personal introspection at the positive and negative aspects of his life while he quietly visits important locations of his past life without disturbing anyone. Analyzing the lyrics of each track, you can see him progress through the Kübler-Ross 5-stage model of grief management as he initially denies his situation, then wishes for a reversal, and finally accepts his fate. The album ends with the character finally coming to grips with his decision, and his spirit continues on, having completed his business in this life. Initial copies of the CD came with a bonus DVD that featured live footage of the band as well as the music videos for "My Town" and "Dream to Make Believe," both from Dream to Make Believe. It also included a making-of documentary and a small booklet titled "What to Do When You Are Dead: A Comprehensive Guide to The Afterlife" which featured satirical ways to cope with death should you unexpectedly perish. A remix by Machine Shop of "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on Snakes on a Plane: The Album in August 2006. A new song, "End of the World," was featured on Transformers - The Album. That song would be on their third and final album, Smile for Them, released through their new label Sire/Warner Bros..

Armor for Sleep released their first single from Smile for Them, "Williamsburg," on September 18, 2007, through iTunes. "Hold the Door" also received indie radio airplay. They played on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour in 2008 on the US leg Revolution Stage to promote the album.

The band's final release, The Way Out Is Broken, was an EP released digitally on September 5, 2008. Fans were able to purchase download cards during the band's run on Projekt Revolution to use to download the EP on the release date.

On October 28, 2009, it was officially announced that Armor for Sleep would disband. Ben Jorgensen wrote a statement on AltPress.com informing fans of the inevitable, after the band had been inactive and not performing for over a year. Ben Jorgensen has since taken on a solo project and was associated with God Loves a Challenge with Sierra Shardae. PJ DeCicco has also moved on playing in Love Automatic with former Senses Fail bassist Mike Glita.

The band has embarked on multiple reunion tours, and played multiple reunion shows, the first of these being at Bamboozle 2012. They played three more shows following the festival appearance and then disbanded again. The band then announced an eight city tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album What To Do When You Are Dead. On February 24, 2020, the band announced they would be reuniting for a summer tour with nineteen tour dates to celebrate the 15th anniversary of What To Do When You Are Dead. The tour was later postponed due to COVID-19, and later in year postponed dates for 2021 were announced.

Armor For Sleep officially returned with their new single How Far Apart on July 7, 2022. The band has signed back on to Equal Vision Records and are set to release their fourth full length album The Rain Museum in early September 2022.
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Armor for Sleep Lyrics


01. Car Underwater Believe the news, I'm gone for good Call off the search,…
02. The Truth About Heaven Walk past my grave in the dark tonight Saw the stone…
03. Remember To Feel Real So here's the truth You were right all along You…
05. My Town Streetlights look like ribs on my block I can forget Where…
06 The Wanderers Guild I cannot speak when I want to Try my voice 'till…
07. Frost And Front Steps I'll be by the front door We'll leave when you want You're…
09 Armor For Sleep Can I just be something Somewhere in your room But you won…
10 Kind of Perfect Can I just be something Somewhere in your room That you wo…
11. Slip Like Space Watch me point to the sky You laugh and say I'll…
11. The end of a fraud I'm leaving again For the second time around You better…
2. Dream To Make Believe It's funny how things work out The ones we need don't…
3. Remember To Feel Real So here's the truth You were right all along You…
6. A quick little flight Now I'm just spacing out again If I try hard enough…



9. Walking at night alone Holding my breath walking alone with you I get to hear…
A Quick Little Flight Now I'm just spacing out again If I try hard enough…
Akward Last Words I wanna live again I wanna start everything over again I wan…
All Warm I'll find a cave for you For you to run to Nothing…
Awkward Last Words I wanna live again I wanna start everything over again I wan…
Basement Ghost Singing Now I'm in your basement Laying low to keep out of…
Being Your Walls Pull your arms up around your knees And hide out inside…
Car Underwater Believe the news, I'm gone for good Call off the search,…
Chemicals The lights in your room keep on blinking off. And I'm…
Dream To Make It's funny how things work out The ones we need don't…
Dream To Make Beileve It's funny how things work out The ones we need don't…
Dream to Make Believe It's funny how things work out The ones we need don't…
Dream_To_Make_Believe It's funny how things work out The ones we need don't…
End of the World Tidal waves are gonna swallow your town alive, Terrorists ar…
Frost and Front Steps I'll be by the front door We'll leave when you want You're…
Hold The Door There's plenty of space for me in the back of…
I Have Been Right All Along Now I'm hiding behind your staircase Waiting to tell you som…
Kind of Perfect Can I just be something Somewhere in your room That you won'…
Know What You Have You know, I'll always come back. An army of them, Can't s…
Lullaby Didn't they teach you, everything okay if you settle enough?…
My town Streetlights look like ribs on my block I can forget Where I…
My Saving Grace Am I a toy to you? With strings around my…
My Town Streetlights look like ribs on my block I can forget Where I…
One Last Regret I've let you down Dragged you around Wasted my money on me…
Phantoms Now Tonight at 12 we change ourselves Transparent we'll be Inv…
Pointless Forever And you can't deny that I'll be the one mistake you'll car…
Raindrops You appear like raindrops And leave like you sink through Th…
Remember To Feel Real So here's the truth You were right all along You…
Remember to Feel Real (Machine Shop remix) So here's the truth: 1) You were right all along 2) They…
Remembering To Feel Real So here's the truth You were right all along You…
Run Right Back In I've got soul working for me half the time, only…
Slip Like Space Watch me point to the sky You laugh and say I'll…
Smile For the Camera What if you find out Everyone that's in your life Is only…
Smile for Them What if you find out Everyone that's in your life Is only…
Snow Globe I used to believe that no one else was alive. And…
Somebody Else's Arms Saw you laughing aloud to your friends when I was…
Stand In The Spotlight They can't see your heart. They don't care to see…
Stars In Your Eyes Na, na na na, na na na, Na, na na na,…
Stay On The Ground I started lookin' out for myself today But then I stopped…
The End Of A Fraud I'm leaving again For the second time around You better…
The End Of Fraud I'm leaving again For the second time around You better…
The More You Talk The Less You see me Do I look okay to you? Give…
The Truth About Heaven Walk past my grave in the dark tonight Saw the stone…
The Wanderer's Guild I cannot speak when I want to Try my voice 'till…
The Way Out Is Broken Holding on tightly never worked for me Show me where the doo…
This Abyss You can try to block out the sun, Chances are it…
Today Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for tom…
Vanished Kids at play, Underneath the light of day. There's somethi…
Very Invisible Remember two years ago When you broke down and cried to…
Walking At Night Holding my breath walking alone with you I get to hear…
Wanderer I cannot speak when I want to Try my voice 'till…
Wanderer's Guild I can speak when I want to Employ my voice 'til…
We'll Own The World They hold the flame to you, crushing you apart into. A mil…
Well Own The World They hold the flame to you, crushing you apart into. A milli…
Whatever Who Cares Bittersweet when a good day has to end Always more but…
Williamsburg Hold your own jacket please I'm not in the mood Millions o…


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