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.
The Last Words
Ivoryline Lyrics
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Wanting to keep you where we are?
Just where you left us
You're seeing all the things I'd die to see
(All the things I'd die to see)
Everybody finds it necessary
To say how much you loved me
Can you see evidence of perfection?
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
Find some meaning
If only this song could capture
The peace you are seeing
If only this song could capture
The hope we are seeking
Everybody finds it necessary
To say how much you loved me
As if I didn't know so deeply
Can you see evidence of perfection?
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
Find some meaning
Can you see evidence of perfection
Evidence of perfection?
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
And find some meaning
Can you see evidence of perfection
Evidence of perfection?
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
And find some meaning
Just love me and let me sleep
Just love me and let me sleep
Just love me and let me sleep
Just love me and let me sleep
The lyrics of Ivoryline's song The Last Words describe the feelings of loss and longing that come with the death of a loved one. The first stanza reflects on the selfishness of wanting to hold onto someone who has passed away, rather than letting them move on to a place of peace. The singer imagines all the things that their loved one may be experiencing, things they long to see but cannot.
The second stanza turns to the clichés of grieving. People often feel the need to express how much they loved the deceased, as if it's necessary to validate their own feelings. The singer already knows the depth of the love they shared, and wishes people could look beyond that and find some meaning in the circumstances of death.
The refrain of "Can you see evidence of perfection?" speaks to the idea that even in the midst of grief and tragedy, there may still be a higher purpose or plan. The singer encourages the listener to look past their grief and search for meaning.
The final lines of the song, "Just love me and let me sleep," may be interpreted in a few ways. It could be the singer's plea to their loved one, asking them to let go and rest in peace. Alternatively, it could be the singer's own plea to their loved ones still living, asking for time to mourn and heal.
Overall, The Last Words is a poignant and introspective song that grapples with the complexities of loss and the search for meaning in tragedy.
Line by Line Meaning
Are we, are we just selfish
Questioning whether it is selfish to want to keep the deceased person in their current state
Wanting to keep you where we are?
Asking if it is wrong to wish the person was still alive with them
Just where you left us
Reaffirming that the person has passed away and they are still in the same place
You're seeing all the things I'd die to see
Acknowledging that the person is seeing things beyond this world that they wish they could see
Everybody finds it necessary
Pointing out that everyone feels the need
To say how much you loved me
To reiterate their love for the deceased person
As if I didn't know so deeply
Stating that they already know how much the person loved them
Can you see evidence of perfection?
Asking if they can see any proof of perfection around them
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
Suggesting to look beyond the current situation to find meaning
If only this song could capture
Expressing the frustration of not being able to capture the peace the person is experiencing in a song
The peace you are seeing
Referring to the peace the person is experiencing in the afterlife
If only this song could capture
Again expressing the desire to capture the hope they are seeking in a song
The hope we are seeking
Referring to their desire for hope in the wake of the loss
Can you see evidence of perfection?
Repeating the previous question to further emphasize the point
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning
Reiterating the suggestion to look beyond the current situation to find meaning
Just love me and let me sleep
Asking to be loved and allowed to rest
Just love me and let me sleep
Repeating the request for emphasis
Just love me and let me sleep
Repeating the request once more for emphasis
Just love me and let me sleep
Repeating the request once again for emphasis
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