Faded
Abandon All Ships is a post-hardcore band founded in 2006 in Toronto, Canad… Read Full Bio ↴Abandon All Ships is a post-hardcore band founded in 2006 in Toronto, Canada. Originally, playing covers of Norma Jean songs and having gone through many different band members, most of them attending Dante Alighieri Catholic Secondary, including lead vocalist, Angelo Aita and keyboardist, Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez and their first bassist Francesco Pallota, they eventually toured and opened for many post-hardcore bands such as Silverstein. They quickly became popular on the Internet through MySpace, and were noticed even more after their appearance on the Much Music program Disband. The band was originally conceived as "Abandon Ship" but found the name already in use by an Oregon-based band and Scottish novelty band "A Band on Ship". In early 2006 the band changed their name to "Abandon All Ships", retaining the imperative mood of the original name but allowing them to market themselves distinctively. They broke up in 2014 and reformed in 2016 with a single entitled Loafting.

Band lineup includes 6 members:

Angelo Aita – unclean vocals (2006–2014, 2016-Present)
Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, electronics (2006–2014, 2016-Present)
Martin Broda – clean vocals (2006–2014, 2016-Present), bass guitar, keyboards, piano (2009–2014, 2016-Present), drums (2006–2009)
Daniel Ciccotelli – lead guitar (2011–2013, 2016-Present)
Daniel Paiano – drums (2009–2011, 2016-Present)
Andrew Paiano – rhythm guitar (2008–2011, 2016-Present)

Former members:
Francesco Pallotta – bass guitar (2006–2009)
Nick Fiorini – rhythm guitar (2007–2008)
David Stephens – lead guitar (2006–2009)
Chris Taylor – drums (2011–2013)
Kyler Browne – lead guitar (2009–2011, 2013–2014)
Melvin Murray – drums (2013–2014)

Faded
Abandon All Ships Lyrics


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I fear the struggle
I fear the strife
A fear of death
A fear of life
I fear for you
You fear for me
I fear for what
Will come to be

Blossoms bloom so fine
Only to fall from the vine
I will grown an orchard
Filled with broken portraits

I got a feeling
I'm just scared
I'll start believing
When I see you there
Life's a portion
When you die it's done
Pretend your something
Not fooling anyone.

Blossoms bloom so fine
Only to fall from the vine




I will grown an orchard
Filled with broken portraits

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Abandon All Ships's song "Faded" express the main theme of fear. The first stanza describes various kinds of fear that the singer experiences: fear of the struggle, the strife, death, and life. This gives the impression that the singer lacks control and is overwhelmed by his fears, which can often lead to anxiety and despair. The second stanza brings a metaphor for how the beauty of life can break so easily like the blossom. The singer imagines himself as a planter and his life as orchard filled with broken portraits. The orchard filled with broken portraits refers to the singer's life as a series of failures, but he still seems to hope that new growth, represented by the "orchard," will happen.


The chorus of the song highlights the singer's fear of love. He admits that he has feelings for someone but he is afraid to act on them. He says he will start believing when he sees that person. He acknowledges that life is temporary and inevitable, but people still pretend to be something they are not, which is pointless because it does not fool anyone.


The song encourages listeners to reflect on their fears and how they impact their lives. It urges them to face their fears and live in the moment, without pretending to be something they're not.


Line by Line Meaning

I fear the struggle
I am scared of facing difficulties in life


I fear the strife
I am scared of conflicts and struggles in life


A fear of death
I am scared of the thought of dying


A fear of life
I am scared of the challenges that come with life


I fear for you
I am scared for your well-being and safety


You fear for me
You are scared for my well-being and safety


I fear for what
I am scared of the unknown future


Will come to be
I am scared of what will happen in the future


Blossoms bloom so fine
Beautiful things may not last forever


Only to fall from the vine
They eventually wither and die


I will grow an orchard
I will build something that may not last forever


Filled with broken portraits
Full of things that have been shattered or destroyed


I got a feeling
I have a hunch or intuition


I'm just scared
I am afraid


I'll start believing
I will have faith or trust


When I see you there
When I see you in person


Life's a portion
Life is short or limited


When you die it's done
Death is final and there is no going back


Pretend your something
Act like someone you're not


Not fooling anyone
No one is being deceived by your act




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Comments from YouTube:

AscendinBrenden

AAS is pretty sick, both albums are amazing and they r really good in concert 2

Jada Leas

The album geeving is amazing, an so is this song. *-*

nikki millet

Am I the knly one who loves all of AAS like really I love all of their songs can't wait for their next album to come out its comming out soon!!!!!!

Annu Priya

Not only but few

Silphet

you're not the knly one ;)

taylor waterman

Techno or not they are still an amazing band and i hope they come with more music :) this album was really well done. they showed they can sing even without the techno

AzrionSimone69

All the negative comments, really? :/ I've always loved Abandon All Ships. But this album just hits me more. More like Infamous and Faded. <3 All I sing while I'm at work.

C. Jaz

I believe in just myself
In the end there's no one else ♪♥


It's like they wrote my heart out in this song -

Carleybabe94

I loved that album too. but this one is good as well. It definitely was not a let down.

imouttamymind17

Love the ending lyric "I refuse the just exist"

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