The group toured with Automatic Loveletter in July 2008,in the fall they toured with Family Force Five and The Maine, then embarked on their first headlining tour (entitled "There Came a Tour") with There For Tomorrow, In:Aviate, and The Lives of Famous Men. The band is currently a four-piece and working on new material.
In February of 2009, they premiered their music video for "Days End" on AbsolutePunk.net -- the video, filmed in mid-2008, includes their former guitarist and then was featured on the Summer Bailout tour with Emery, Maylene and the sons of disaster, Closure in Moscow and Secret & Whisper then finished out the year on the Vans Warped Tour.
During July & August of this year they toured alongside Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, and Emery on the Scream it Like You Mean It Tour. Ivoryline is currently on Creation Fest the Tour 2010 with Thousand Foot Krutch and Disciple.
The newest album is entitled "Vessels" and was released July 27th.
Passion and intensity have become the buzzwords of an industry in which myopic self pity has become its own brand of conformity. Enter Ivoryline, a band’s whose spiritual integrity bypasses musical wallowing and goes straight for the mainline of your emotional jugular with intensely personal lyrics and dense blasts of guitars. There is no “wink” from Ivoryline informing the listener they are steeped in the apathetic irony governing the charts; at long last a band has arrived that has the guts and the talent to enter a brave new world of sincerity. Ivoryline just gives you life, yours and theirs as a package. Singing their songs feels less like a drug and more like a journey into your own heart of darkness where you may ride their lyrical insights to new levels of self actualization.
How is it that these five boys from Tyler are able to bring the sophistication without being weighed down by the trappings of pseudo-intellectualism into a pompous self congratulatory excess? The answer is lucid and elegant, like the rock they make. They did it the old fashioned way, making music for the sake of music....not to get girls, not to be stars, but for a love of music. The Ivoryline Highway was constructed from an authentic love of music and listening to their songs makes you wonder where the notes begin and the cells of their bodies end.
The band members’ shared tastes brought them together to explore new territory while their roots remained firmly planted in the roots of rock-n-roll. The music they made stuck to them like an electrical shock and soon what started out as a few shows and penning some songs turned into a full time gig. They knew they were onto something when they were hand selected for the Vans Warped Tour in 2006. The storm grew stronger when the boys caught the ear of executives at mini-major Tooth and Nail Records, who had the foresight or the luck to be the company who can say they discovered Ivoryline. Crowds grew from a few dozen to a few hundred and sometimes into the thousands and a legend was born. As the crowds grew so did the feverish fervency of the fans. The fact that Ivoryline composes songs as a unit is somehow transferred to their audience, and when they perform live one is struck by the intense duality of the many becoming one voice, an audience so bound to the music it is as if they are its author. Make no mistake, it is the Ivoryline fans that own these songs. With hands raised and eyes closed the crowd becomes charged with electricity, light traveling in particles and waves through the room and materializing through the vocal chords of hundreds of fans. This is the foundation of Ivoryline’s allure. You, the fans, are their song.
Left Us Falling
Ivoryline Lyrics
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When all that's left is blame
Oh, there is nothing to do
Nothing to do but escape
Oh, the light burned out on us a few weeks back
Oh, the light burned out on us a few weeks ago
Hopelessness has left us falling
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as
Just as fast as you, I'm falling just as fast as you
I wish I could help you, honey
I really do, but just what am I to do
If we really are one and the same?
And we have forced each other
Into all of these mistakes
We're gonna need somebody else to do our saving
Hopelessness has left us falling
With nothing to cling to
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast
Hopelessness has left us falling
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as you
The vultures are set on my flesh
They're tearing at the faith in my chest
Vultures are set on my flesh
And they're tearing at the faith in my chest
Hopelessness has left us falling
With nothing to cling to
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as, just as fast
Hopelessness has left us falling
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as
Just as fast as you
Possible interpretation:
The song Left Us Falling by Ivoryline is about a relationship that has reached a dead end. The singer is falling just as fast as their partner, and there seems to be nothing left to salvage. All that's left is blame and hopelessness. The light that used to shine on their love has burned out, and they are left in the dark. However, they are lucky in a way that they are both in the same boat, as opposed to one of them being left behind or ahead. The singer wishes they could help their partner, but they feel powerless and unsure what they can do. They seem to suffer from the same flaws and mistakes, and they have pushed each other to this point.
The metaphor of falling is used throughout the song to suggest a sense of loss of control, direction, and hope. The vultures tearing at the singer's flesh may symbolize the doubts, fears, and external pressures that are eroding their faith in the relationship. The repetition of the chorus underscores the sense of doom and the futility of looking for salvation in each other. They need somebody else to save them, but who that might be is left up to the listener to imagine.
Ultimately, Left Us Falling is a sad and poignant reflection on the fragility of human connections and the consequences of our actions. It shows how even the best intentions and feelings can lead to a destructive cycle of mutual harm and regret. The song's melody and energy match the mood and theme of the lyrics, building up to a climactic chorus that is both cathartic and devastating.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm falling just as fast as you
I am also facing the same issue of falling and I am unable to prevent myself from falling
When all that's left is blame
We are left with blaming each other for the situation we are in
Oh, there is nothing to do
We have exhausted all our options and there is nothing else we can do to solve this problem
Nothing to do but escape
The only option left is to escape from the situation and move on
Oh, the light burned out on us a few weeks back
Our hope of finding a solution for the problem faded a few weeks ago
Oh, the light burned out on us a few weeks ago
The chances of finding a solution to our problem diminished a few weeks ago
Lucky for us, lucky for us
Ironically, we are fortunate that we have each other to share this situation with
Hopelessness has left us falling
We are falling due to the feeling of hopelessness
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as
I am unable to help because I am also falling fast and I need someone else to help us out
I wish I could help you, honey
I really want to help you but I am helpless at the moment
I really do, but just what am I to do
Even though I want to help, I am clueless about what I should do in this situation
If we really are one and the same?
If we are identical in this problem, then how can one of us help the other?
And we have forced each other
We have compelled each other to make mistakes because of the situation we are in
Into all of these mistakes
We have fallen into these mistakes because of the situation we are facing
We're gonna need somebody else to do our saving
We need someone else to rescue and save us
With nothing to cling to
We don't have anything to hold onto to prevent ourselves from falling
The vultures are set on my flesh
The feeling of being helpless and falling is attracting negative influences and experiences
They're tearing at the faith in my chest
The negative experiences are challenging my belief in a positive outcome
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as
Even though you want me to help you, I can't because I am also falling at the same rate as you
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