The band formed in 2006 with members from both Portsmouth and Southampton with bassist Davyd and Daniel both being brothers. Shortly after their formation they released a debut extended play The Sleep of the Innocents.
Their debut album Portraits was released through Basick Records in Britain on October 2009. Two music videos were shot to support the release of the album but only one, You & I was broadcasted on music channels. You & I's music video was recorded at Southampton Solent University and featured Bury Tomorrow performing to 200 fans. The video was shot over the course of two days, with the second day focusing on the band performing. You & I was broadcast on MTV2 in the United States, Scuzz in the United Kingdom and on Much Music in Canada. Portraits was then released through Artery Recordings on March 2010 in Japan and the United States. Bury Tomorrow toured continuously over the course of 2010, touring across the United States, Europe and Japan.
Bury Tomorrow released the first single from their second album titled Lionheart it was released on 8 September, as well as being accompanied by a music video released on 13 September 2011. Bury Tomorrow supported British Metalcore band While She Sleeps in October and did a headline tour in the United Kingdom across December. On 8th December, the day they started the headline tour, a video was released a couple days earlier on the 6th for their single Royal Blood which was directed by Thomas Welsh.
The band has a large tour schedule to support the release of their second album in 2012. Starting on 18 March, as a headline act at Southampton’s Take down Festival, The band is also supporting Of Mice & Men and featuring at Hit The Deck Festival in April as well as appearing at Greenfield Festival on 17 June and playing at Ghostfest on 30 June in Leeds.
Quake
Bury Tomorrow Lyrics
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I drag the blade across my palm to feel my hands
We will be swept away by the rain and the flood
Remember you can′t pray to a god above
Quake
As your sanity breaks
I saw them shake
As the clouds took their shape
Let the blood rain
Let the blood rain
We sit here lost in emotion
In defeat
A life in turmoil sentenced by
All I see
We will be swept away by the rain and the flood
Remember you can't pray to a god above
Quake
As your sanity breaks
Feel your soul fill with hate
I saw them shake
As the clouds took their shape
Let the blood rain
Let the blood rain
Don′t you run from it
Wait and resist
Nothing left to be said
All you'll see is red
Don't you run from it
Wait and resist
Nothing left to be said
All you′ll see is red
All you′ll see is red
It is taken now
As the rain persists
And I'm standing alone
I still wait and resist
′Cause it's taken now
As the rain persists
And I′m standing alone
"Bury Tomorrow's" song "Quake" contains lyrics that describe a deep sense of despair and hopelessness that makes an individual feel disconnected from their surroundings. The initial lyric, "The air grew thick as the oceans hit the sand, I drag the blade across my palm to feel my hands," is a symbolic reference to the intense and inexplicable pain that the singer is feeling. The second line, where he says he "drag the blade across my palm," seems to imply that the pain is almost unfathomable, and he needs to physically harm himself to comprehend the gravity of it.
Further, in the next lines, the band describes a natural disaster or a flood that sweeps away everything in its power, which plays metaphorically as a way of illustrating how the pain they feel is going to overwhelm them. The following line, "Remember you can't pray to a god above," suggests that despite any belief in a higher power, the pain is so great that talking to anyone or anything won't alleviate the agony. The chorus talks about how the pain of the quake cracks an individual's sanity and fills their soul with hate. In this moment of desperation, it seems that the only comfort they can find is the comfort of a bloody rampage accompanied by the rain symbolism.
The rest of the lyrics tell us that the songwriter is already caught up in this despair, and nothing is left for salvation. The final lines of the song express a sense of acceptance of the reality they are in and the pain they are experiencing. The song tells a story of despair and pain that is intensified by the elements of nature, with the inference that even if the world ends, nothing will change the pain that one feels.
Line by Line Meaning
The air grew thick as the oceans hit the sand
The atmosphere became oppressive as the powerful waves clashed with the shore
I drag the blade across my palm to feel my hands
I harm myself to acquire sensation and prove to myself that I still exist
We will be swept away by the rain and the flood
We are destined to be overpowered by natural disasters
Remember you can't pray to a god above
Begging a higher power for relief is an ineffective means of dealing with tragedies
Quake
Trembling from stress and fear
As your sanity breaks
As you lose your grip on reality
Feel your soul fill with hate
Experience a consuming anger
I saw them shake
I witnessed their fear and vulnerability
As the clouds took their shape
As the ominous clouds formed
Let the blood rain
Allow violence and destruction to reign
We sit here lost in emotion
In defeat
We remain defeated and overwhelmed by our feelings
A life in turmoil sentenced by
All I see
I am unable to escape the chaos and disorder surrounding me
Don't you run from it
Wait and resist
Nothing left to be said
All you'll see is red
Do not flee from the situation, instead endure it with all-consuming fury and anger as your only response
It is taken now
As the rain persists
And I'm standing alone
I still wait and resist
Despite the current state of hopelessness, I remain steadfast in my resistance and refusal to surrender
Writer(s): Adam Jackson, Jason Cameron, Daniel Winter Bates, Kristan Dawson, David Winter Bates
Contributed by Adrian K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.