1) five-piece alternative r… Read Full Bio ↴Embrace is the name of more than one artist:
1) five-piece alternative rock band from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England
2) a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., USA
3) a collaboration between dutch trance producers Ferry Corsten and Raz Nitzan
4) a Gothic Metal band from Toronto, Canada
1) Embrace are a five-piece alternative rock band from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England, consisting of brothers Danny McNamara (singer) and Richard McNamara (guitarist) as well as Steve Firth (bassist), Mickey Dale (keyboardist), and Mike Heaton (drummer).
With three #1 albums, six top ten singles, sold out arena shows and well over a million album sales behind them, as well as being chosen to record the official England World Cup song, Embrace were on the crest of a wave when they suddenly vanished without a trace.
In April 2014 after eight years of silence, Embrace released their first studio album since 2006. Conveying a rawer, darker sound whilst still keeping their signature anthems and huge choruses. The self-titled album Embrace on Cooking Vinyl reached No 5 in the UK Charts on release.
In 2018, Firth and Heaton co-formed the punk rock band Land Sharks.
Embrace have released six studio albums so far:
- The Good Will Out (1998)
- Drawn From Memory (2000)
- If You've Never Been (2001)
- Out of Nothing (2004)
- This New Day (2006)
- Embrace (2014)
- Love Is A Basic Need (2018)
They have also released two compilation albums:
one of singles — Fireworks (2002) and one of B-sides — Dry Kids (2005).
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2) Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., often cited as pioneering the Revolution Summer movement and by extension indie pop/indie rock, from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986. The group was primarily noteworthy because of its well-known members, joining Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and The Teen Idles with guitarist Michael Hampton, drummer Ivor Hanson, and bassist Chris Bald, all former members of the pioneering band Faith. Hampton had also played in S.O.A. with Henry Garfield (later known as Henry Rollins). All four members had been involved in popular and influential bands in the nascent D.C. punk scene since the late 1970s. The only album released by the quartet was their self-titled album Embrace.
For hardcore icon MacKaye, Embrace represented a transitional project between the short and fast sound of his youth and the later melodic tones of his current work (after his often maligned Egg Hunt project with Dischord Records co-founder Jeff Nelson, and the Ministry crossover Pailhead). MacKaye eventually teamed up with former members of Rites of Spring to form the long-running punk outfit Fugazi, while Hampton earlier played with Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, as well as Embrace’s co-producer Edward Janney, in One Last Wish. Bald moved on to the band Ignition, and drummer Ivor Hanson paired up with Hampton again in 1992 for Manifesto.
3) Embrace is a new collaboration between dutch trance producers Ferry Corsten and Raz Nitzan, the latter best known as part of the vocal team Raz & Adrian
4) Embrace is a Gothic Metal band from Toronto, Canada. They play a heavy, "doomy" version of Gothic Metal. Formed in 1994. They released an album titled Coven the Eternal in 1995.
If You
Embrace Lyrics
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Leave before I get better,
Well enough to see you're not the one,
Well enough to measure
Words I keep repeating
Are more real now they're wrong
Cause I've seen hurt like this before
and I can only slow its cause.
Judge me like a stone,
Skim the surface of the real wrong
Between us couldn't be
Just because you're old to me
Cause I've seen others make much more,
With limits we know nothing of.
And I won't be keeping score
As you wave goodbye,
Cause I know what losing's for
It's for when we try.
And I know my luck is covered up in lies,
And I feel like a sinner every time
I have to let you down,
And I don't know how I ever let you down.
You say you're gonna leave,
But you won't get over me
Cause I've seen others make much more
With limits we know nothing of.
The lyrics of Embrace's song "If You" suggest a breakup that may have been pending for a while. The first verse talks about how someone needs to leave before the singer gets better, indicating that perhaps the relationship was holding them back in some way. The lines "well enough to see you're not the one" and "well enough to measure that it couldn't last forever" further suggest that the relationship was not meant to be. The repetition of words that are more real now that they're wrong is a poignant line, highlighting the fact that sometimes we hold on to things that we know are not good for us. Additionally, the singer has seen hurt like this before and can only slow down the pain, indicating that they've been through a breakup before and know what it takes to heal.
Moving onto the chorus, the line "judge me like a stone, skim the surface of the real wrong" suggests that while the other person may be hurt by the breakup, they don't really understand what went wrong. The next lines "between us couldn't be just because you're old to me" highlight the fact that sometimes there's a mismatch between how two people feel about each other, and age could be a contributing factor. The singer has seen others make much more, with limits we know nothing of, indicating that they know that there's more to life than what they had in this relationship. The line "I won't be keeping score as you wave goodbye" indicates that the singer is ready to move on and let go of any grudges they may have had, which is a mature and healthy way to approach a breakup.
The second verse talks about how the singer's luck is "covered up in lies" and how they feel like a sinner every time they have to let the other person down. This could indicate that the singer had been leading the other person on, or not being completely honest with them about their feelings. The final lines of the song "you say you're gonna leave, but you won't get over me" could be interpreted in a few different ways. Perhaps the other person is not ready to let go of the relationship, or maybe the singer is just feeling hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation in the future. Overall, the lyrics suggest a breakup that was probably necessary, but still painful for both parties involved.
Line by Line Meaning
Somebody had better
It would be best if somebody leaves
Leave before I get better,
Leave now before I become well enough to realize you're not right for me
Well enough to see you're not the one,
I will become well enough to see that you are not the right person for me
Well enough to measure
I'll have the ability to measure
That it couldn't last forever,
I'll be able to see that our relationship wasn't built to last forever
Words I keep repeating
I keep repeating some specific words
Are more real now they're wrong
Now that my words are wrong, they seem more real to me
Cause I've seen hurt like this before
I have seen someone get hurt like this before
and I can only slow its cause.
I can only slow down the cause of the pain
Judge me like a stone,
Judge me as if I'm a rock
Skim the surface of the real wrong
Don't go deep into the wrongs that I might have done, just skim the surface of it
Between us couldn't be
There was no understanding between us
Just because you're old to me
Just because you're older than me
Cause I've seen others make much more,
I have seen other people put up with a lot more than this
With limits we know nothing of.
We have no idea about their limits
And I won't be keeping score
I won't be keeping track of anything
As you wave goodbye,
As you leave me
Cause I know what losing's for
Because I have experienced losing someone before
It's for when we try.
It happens when we try our best
And I know my luck is covered up in lies,
I know that my fortune is based on untrue things
And I feel like a sinner every time
I feel guilt every time
I have to let you down,
When I have to disappoint you
And I don't know how I ever let you down.
I don't know how I could have ever disappointed you
You say you're gonna leave,
You tell me you'll leave
But you won't get over me
But you won't be able to move on from me
Cause I've seen others make much more
I have seen other people put up with a lot more than this
With limits we know nothing of.
We have no idea about their limits
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DANIEL MCNAMARA, RICHARD MCNAMARA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ashyrcarrington1630
been looking for this since i heard it on tiktok,thank you sm bro
@o_m_g_timmy8712
Absolutely!
@kevinmunro6829
The new memory reboot 😂. Absolute banger none the less
@maddropproductions4967
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@Scott-fb9ue
This shit was memory reboot before memory reboot was memory reboot, you’re late gang
@OGcos495
Hey good song, can you make it super slowed
@o_m_g_timmy8712
Thanks, I will see what I can do....