Tom DeLonge began working new material during the blink-182's final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their hiatus in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band's logo, Tom suddenly realized that if he were to invert the middle "A" of the band 's acronym into what appeared to be a "V", he would have the name of his daughter, Ava. As rumors were floating around about the band's "break-up", DeLonge chose to abstain for half a year from any interviews surrounding the issue and his future plans; instead he concentrated on writing and recording in his home-based studio. In September 2005, he finally spoke publicly in Kerrang! magazine, where he unveiled the name of his new band, "Angels & Airwaves". The band included former Hazen Street guitarist and high-school friend David Kennedy, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Adam Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
The band released their first single, "The Adventure" on May 18, 2006 and their debut album, "We Don't Need to Whisper", on May 23, 2006. Recorded and produced at DeLonge's Never Pants Ranch, the album is a mix of huge production values and anthemic songwriting sounding nothing like the pop-punk sound that earned DeLonge huge amounts of credit for his work with Blink-182
The band released new album "I-Empire" On 5th November, 2007 which gained fast popularity, climbing to the number one spot on iTunes almost overnight. The first single from the new album, "Everything's Magic", was leaked onto the internet, and on August 25, 2007 it was the most requested song on California radio station KROQ. Angels & Airwaves began streaming the song on their myspace profile on August 28, 2007. I-Empire debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No.9 with sales of 66,000 in its first week. On November 16, 2007, Tom announced on Modlife.com that "Breathe" will be the next single/music video off of the I-Empire album. A documentary by the band entitled Start The Machine has also been released.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tom Delonge tradmarked the name "Angels and Airwaves" on June 24, 2005. The name apparently occured to him whilst driving in his car. Realizing this would be frequently abbreviated to "AAA", he decided to move the middle letter upside down for a more unique and personally meaningful "AVA" as his daughter is named Ava. This was amongst the lingering confusion of Blink-182's "indefinite hiatus" which later led to a confirmed split and the beginning of the band.
In an interview with British magazine Kerrang!, DeLonge commented about the band's beginning:
"Just before all the blink-182 stuff happened when we were in Europe, I had a really weird epiphany. My heart was beating about a hundred miles a minute for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like I'd been touched by something and I felt I was meant to do something massive."
Originally, "Valkyrie Missile" was stated for release via iTunes on December 13, 2005, DeLonge's 30th birthday. However, due to discussions with their record label, Geffen, the band decided to push the release date back to a later date. Instead, the Angels & Airwaves website produced the first ever glimpse at the movie currently in production, a 1-and-a-half minute long trailer featuring portions of the delayed song.
Angels and Airwaves released both a music video and a short film for their first single, "The Adventure"; the band also released a short film for "It Hurts" via the band's official website. Both are short sci-fi films and together form the first part of a proposed ten-part series, following the cast's struggle through an unfamiliar world. On October 3, 2006, the band released the third installment in the series, "The Gift".
"Do It for Me Now" was released in the US as the second single and "It Hurts" was released in the UK as the second single at the same time. The music video for "It Hurts" is in fact the short-film released on April 18th and was available to select on the UK music television channel Kerrang!.
In 2006, the band embarked on their first full-length tour, which was headlined by Taking Back Sunday and supported by Head Automatica and The Subways. Numerous one-stop dates at the Give It A Name 2006 festival were played with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Lostprophets, We Are Scientists, Hundred Reasons, Panic! at the Disco, The Bled, Thrice, Billy Talent, Goldfinger, Underoath, Paramore, The Ataris, Aiden and Atreyu. The band also played on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2006. The band headlined a tour in the US, supported by The Sounds, which ended with a stop in Mexico City, Mexico. After that tour, the band went to perform in Japan and Australia.
They also performed at two shows at London's Hyde Park and in Manchester supporting the Foo Fighters on their successful In Your Honor tour. Over 100,000 people over both days. Other bands they played with over the two days included The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Juliette and the Licks, and Brian May and Roger Meddows-Taylor from Queen.
Among the plans for a big future, AVA have announced they are planning on releasing a film involving their music. The World War II-based movie is being created primarily through the use of CGI. This "story" is apparently based upon Tom's life and will give viewers insight into the hiatus of blink-182. Currently, the only known cast member is Michael Ostman.
Tom DeLonge stated in his PR Editorial Review:
"So preachy, I know. And I don't mean for it to be. I wanted it to be the recording of an emotional event in my life. I love the idea of an album doing that, because I knew that if I could get 150,000 people in an arena to have the same feeling at the exact same moment, it would end up feeling like a religious event. I really want the room to be dark, with black light or a candle. People should have headphones on, and they should be really comfortable, maybe sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. I spent a year and a half working on this record, trying my hardest to give people a moment of escapism. All I ask is 50 minutes of a lowered heart rate."
On 16 July 2007, the Angels & Airwaves website was updated to feature a teaser trailer in the startup. The trailer features the song Star Of Bethlehem playing over concert footage, quotes from critics about "We Don't Need To Whisper", and members of the band riding on motorcycles and riding in a truck.
Dry Your Eyes
Angels & Airwaves Lyrics
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A wonderful bliss but a teardrop falls
You say your goodbye it means nothing
I say that we've tried and we gave our all
We fall to the floor
I'm not buying, I'm not for this
And all you ever do is stall
I am so damn sick of trying
I will not save you
So dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So phony and today is the day it ends
I can't complain
It's been good not great but the time flew by
It came from behind it was flying
It was hard to hold on every time we'd fight
And though it would end it's exhausting
In the cracks that would grow in and out of mind
And into your heart like a virus
It would crawl and would crawl as we laid there blind
And broke you and I
So dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So phony and today is the day it ends
So dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So phony and today is the day it ends
Today it ends
Today it ends
So dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So phony and today is the day it ends
So dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So phony and today is the day it ends
The lyrics of "Dry Your Eyes" by Angels & Airwaves speak of a relationship that has come to an end. The first verse describes the end of a relationship that was once beautiful but is now just a memory. The singer tells his partner that their goodbyes mean nothing and that they have tried their best. The relationship is over, and they have wrecked it all. The singer is tired of trying and is not going to save their partner anymore.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Dry your eyes" three times, urging the partner to stop pretending to cry and get on their feet. The singer wants to fix things but acknowledges that both of them are phony and that today is the day it ends.
The second verse describes the relationship in more detail, saying that it was good but not great. There were fights and cracks in the relationship that grew like a virus. The singer acknowledges that the breakup is exhausting, but they cannot fix things anymore. The relationship is over, and today is the day it ends.
In summary, "Dry Your Eyes" is a song about the end of a relationship that was once beautiful but has now come to an end. The singer is tired of trying and is not going to save the relationship anymore. They acknowledge that both of them are phony and that today is the day it ends.
Line by Line Meaning
A waterfall
The beginning of a wonderful thing, but also the beginning of tears
A wonderful bliss but a teardrop falls
Although it started off great, there are signs of sadness
You say your goodbye it means nothing
Your words don't hold any weight or true meaning
I say that we've tried and we gave our all
I believe we did all we could, but it wasn't enough
We fall to the floor
We've hit rock bottom
I'm not buying, I'm not for this
I'm not convinced, I can't go along with it
And all you ever do is stall
You're always delaying, never taking action
I am so damn sick of trying
I'm exhausted from all the effort I've put in
And now we are fucked cause we've wrecked it all
We've ruined everything and there's no way to fix it
I will not save you
I'm done trying to fix this, I won't rescue you
So dry your eyes
Stop crying, don't be sad
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Stand up, don't fake your emotions
Or fix you and I
Let's try to repair our relationship, together
Yeah we're here again
Back in this situation, again
So phony and today is the day it ends
It's fake and it's time to put an end to it
I can't complain
Things weren't bad, but it wasn't perfect either
It's been good not great but the time flew by
It was decent, but the time passed quickly
It came from behind it was flying
It happened unexpectedly and quickly
It was hard to hold on every time we'd fight
It was difficult to hang in there during our arguments
And though it would end it's exhausting
Although the fight would end, the process was tiring
In the cracks that would grow in and out of mind
The issues that arose would penetrate and linger in our minds
And into your heart like a virus
The problems would spread into our hearts like a disease
It would crawl and would crawl as we laid there blind
The issues would continue to grow as we ignored them
And broke you and I
And ultimately destroyed our relationship
Today it ends
The problems will be resolved, today
Today it ends
The problems will be resolved, today
Today it ends
The problems will be resolved, today
Today it ends
The problems will be resolved, today
So dry your eyes
Stop crying, don't be sad
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Stand up, don't fake your emotions
Or fix you and I
Let's try to repair our relationship, together
Yeah we're here again
Back in this situation, again
So phony and today is the day it ends
It's fake and it's time to put an end to it
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ADAM WILLARD, TOM DELONGE
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King of Conquerors
Lyrics:
A Waterfall a wonderful bliss
But a Teardrop Falls
You say your goodbye it means nothin
I say that we tried and we gave our all
You fall to the floor I'm not buyin
I'm not for this and all you ever do is stall
I am so damn sick of tryin
And now we are fucked cause we've wrecked it all
I will not save you
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in
Today is the day it ends
I can't complain it's been good, not great
But the time flew by
It came from behind, it was flying
It was hard to hold on every time we'd fight
And though it would end, it's exhausting
It left cracks that would grow in and out of mine
And into your heart like a virus
It would crawl and would crawl and we lay there blind
It broke you and I
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
Today it ends (ends ends ends)
Today it ends (ends ends ends)
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
Joel Asto Vasquez
Escuchar "Restless Souls" te trae automáticamente aquí. Si estas aquí eres una legenda sigue escuchando buena música.
jfahringer4
We are all here to realize this is a great song and so is Restless Souls, right?
Anne Gibbs
I love singing along with this song. It's so beautiful
bobby
I like to sing along to all of their songs. In fact I can't even help it!
patty109109
Damn this hits good at the beginning.
Weird everyone says it’s restless souls. It does but to me it sounds very much like Shove.
King of Conquerors
Lyrics:
A Waterfall a wonderful bliss
But a Teardrop Falls
You say your goodbye it means nothin
I say that we tried and we gave our all
You fall to the floor I'm not buyin
I'm not for this and all you ever do is stall
I am so damn sick of tryin
And now we are fucked cause we've wrecked it all
I will not save you
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in
Today is the day it ends
I can't complain it's been good, not great
But the time flew by
It came from behind, it was flying
It was hard to hold on every time we'd fight
And though it would end, it's exhausting
It left cracks that would grow in and out of mine
And into your heart like a virus
It would crawl and would crawl and we lay there blind
It broke you and I
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
Today it ends (ends ends ends)
Today it ends (ends ends ends)
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
So Dry your eyes
Get on your feet don't pretend to cry
Or fix you and I
Yeah we're here again
So follow me in, today is the day it ends
OWEN CRAWFORD
A more edgy Everything’s magic. I love it
Emmanuel Bongar
That would be Disaster by blink-182
bobby
I think his editing is underrated. He builds an awesome soundscape!
Keefy Gizzle
Whole band is underrated...