1. A Swedish alternative metal band including members of In
Flames. Now filed under Passenger (SWE).
2. A Brighton (UK) based alternative folk band.
3. A San José, Costa Rica hardcore/screamo band.
4. A Mesa, Arizona based acoustic rock band.
5. A rap artist from Texas.
6. An old alias of DJ Tiësto.
7. A Chicago-based instrumental rock band.
8. A psytrance project of MFG's Guy Zukrel.
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Passenger was formed in 1995 by Sten and Engelin. Both members wanted to do something that was not Thrash metal or Melodic death metal unlike the bands they played in. At its early stages the band was originally called "Cliff". Under the name Cliff they recorded two demos in Studio Fredman that were never released. After a break in the band and after Engelin was hired as a session guitarist for In Flames' Whoracle tour, Anders Fridén, the vocalist of In Flames showed interest in Passenger and joined the band.
In the year 2000 the band came back from its break and went on to record a demo. In 2001 the band recorded another demo in which early versions of the songs "Used", "In My Head", "Circus" and "Drowning City" were recorded. After a third demo the band finally recorded and released their debut album entitled Passenger. A video for "In Reverse" was also released.
Sten noted in February 2004 on their official website that they were in the process of recording their second album. However, since then, Fridén, lead vocalist of both Passenger and In Flames has been noted saying that he has very little time for the project, due to other commitments, and the group is currently on hold. In an interview with Fridén he stated that as soon as he gets a break from In Flames, he wants to get all the group together to record a second album for early 2010. This did however not happen as Anders continued touring with In Flames until October 2010 when they entered their studio to record their next album.
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The brainchild of 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, Passenger is redefining the troubadour for the 21st century. Formerly a five-piece band, Passenger has now pared back to basics, quite literally bringing music to the streets on a series of lengthy busking journeys across Australia, America and the United Kingdom. A classic journeyman musician, cut from the same mould as Van Morrison, Neil Young and John Prine, Passenger has the unique ability to move from the humorous to heartbreaking with every song.
After a year spent crisscrossing the UK and US with his debut album Wicked Man’s Rest, Passenger’s markedly stripped down and soulful second album Wide Eyes Blind Love was brought to the public as it was created: on the road. Setting up on street corners across the UK and Australia, Passenger halted passers by in their hundreds; all connecting to the mellifluous tones and powerfully hewn lyrics emanating from this lone figure and his guitar. This is music as Passenger means it to be, unvarnished and honest, just pure talent and powerful tunes that tap straight into the heart of the crowd.
Struck by the dynamic freedom of the troubadour life, Passenger developed the grass roots method of Wide Eyes Blind Love into the germ of a new album. Impressively and entirely self funded through busking income, Passenger set about recording a series of collaborations with musical friends met along the way. Flight Of The Crow is the remarkable result of Passenger’s intrepid journey, with Australian artists Lior, Josh Pyke, Katie Noonan, Boy & Bear, Kate Miller Heidke, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Brian Campeau and Elana Stone, Matt Corby, Jess Chalker and Dead Letter Chorus all lending their voices to this serendipitous creative venture. Flight Of The Crow was recorded in Sydney’s famous BJB studios over February and March of 2010, and co-produced by Berkfinger (AKA Simon Berkleman from Philadelphia Grand Jury).
As a second album born of the road, Flight Of The Crow speaks to the compelling quality of Passenger’s music and the striking sincerity of his lyrics, both of which are matched by his dedication to this grass roots style of craftsmanship and collaboration. How utterly remarkable that a lone musician can travel the globe, and literally from the street, connect with some of Australia’s finest musical talents to produce a self-funded album. This is the stuff of legend, with Passenger clearly evoking the humble, hardworking creativity of the troubadours of old.
www.myspace.com/passengerofficial
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Passenger or PSNGR is an active hardcore/screamo band formed in San José, Costa Rica born in 2004. Their EP "Get OFF the Rails!" (tentative title) will be out in 20/01/09. Band members: Alejandro Pacheco (vocals & guitar), Grego Rojas (guitar), Andres Moraga (bass), Jose Vargas (drums). www.myspace.com/passenger
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Passenger the acoustic rock band was formed in late 2000. They have a large archive of both original music and cover songs. They released their first pressed album, entitled "Four Letter Word", in September 2004 on indie label Crop Circle Records.
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Passenger is an Austin, Texas based MC. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his younger days growing up in New York and Houston, Tx eventually moving to Austin, Tx in 1996 attending college to try his hand as a sound engineer. During these years, his musical versatility had him playing bass in an alternative rock band, singing in another side project, DJing house, jungle and hip hop music at various venues in Austin. Eventually he became a full time DJ for the reggae/ska/hiphop/punk band, Indofin, which he was a member for years touring the country. His love for hip hop provoked him to purchase an MPC and has been making beats and rhyming ever since. "The Brick In A Glass House", his debut album, contains production from Nozebleed, Lazerbeak (Doomtree), amongst others as well as his own and has guests from Austin's own Emcee, Justin Cook, Weezel, as well as a few others. Currently, you can find him playing shows around the Austin area and will begin to venturing out to other Texas cities. He is also working on putting together a live band to back him at shows and working on new material.
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Passenger is also an old alias of DJ Tiësto. Tiësto only produced 2 tracks under his old Passenger-alias: "Blackspin" and "F.A.H.", both appearing on a record released on Momentum Records in 1996.
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Passenger began winter of 2002 when guitarist dustin covert and bassist/vocalist david mata collaborated on the bands first full length "alive" an 8 song full length about a disoriented and dark but intriguing view of love and romance. the album explored dissonant melodies and agonizingly slow chord progressions with the use of mark sampson on drums and sam billen on piano. in 2003 passenger progressed to a four person line up with michael oberlin on drums and james demis on keyboards and sound and began to play various rock venues in chicago, illinois and used silent film to accompany their live performance. numerous line-up changes took effect during the next year and a half, but in 2005 the concrete line-up of Dustin Covert and David D'Antonio on guitars, David Mata on Bass and Samuel Vincent on drums was achieved. In winter of 2005 Passenger recorded "The Owls are Restless", a 2 hour and 40 minute concept record about an ancient war between owls and rabbits and was recorded and engineered by Steve Whitney in a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. Shortly after the recording drummer Samuel Vincent tragically passed away. Without his talent and with the grief of losing a dear, dear friend the band decided it was impossible to continue performing the material or anything that involved Passenger. These unfortunate events occurred before "The Owls are Restless" was able to achieve any sort of record label attention, and when it finally did it was too late. The remaining musicians have continued creating in their band White Devil, named after the vintage moog synth/organ that Sam would play in collaboration with his drums in Passenger.
myspace.com/whitedevilchicago
Words
Passenger Lyrics
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Standing in the middle of the road
Eyes as bright as Christmas lights
Wearing someone else’s clothes
Did my best to ignore her
But ignoring my best pretty soon
Spend the night all tangled tight
In an armchair in my friend's front room
I said darling you know, darling you know I can’t stay
'Cos I've given my heart and my word to a girl far away
I felt weak as she kissed my cheek, and sighed when I heard her say
Never knew I could get my heart broken in less than a day
Oh and the next time that I saw her
must have been a year or more
Face stained with mascara
Shiverin' outside my door
I did my best to assure her
But assurance ain’t easy to give
If you've never been sure of anything much
You get less so the longer you live
She said darling you know, darling you know I can’t stay
'Cos I've given my heart and my word to a boy far away
I spoke soft and pretended to cough, like I didn't care either way
Never knew I could get my heart broken, in so many ways
Well the last time that I saw her
Standing in the pouring rain
Hair a little shorter
But everything else looked the same
I could'a told her that I adored her
She could'a said she felt the same way
But we just smiled 'cos sometimes words
Aren’t the right words to say
We just smiled 'cos sometimes words
Aren’t the right words to say
The song “Words” by Passenger tells a bittersweet story of a relationship that never quite reaches its full potential. The singer meets a girl who catches his eye, but he is already committed to someone else. Despite this, they spend a night together and share a moment of intimacy. However, they ultimately go their separate ways.
Years later, they cross paths again and this time the girl is in need of comfort. The singer offers what little assurance he can but is still hesitant to fully commit to her. Finally, they meet one last time, and even though they both clearly still have feelings for each other, they don’t say anything substantive. The song ends on a note of resignation—sometimes words aren’t enough.
In a way, the song is a meditation on the fragility of relationships and the difficulties of communication. Sometimes, even when we have a connection with someone, circumstances and past experiences can prevent us from really expressing ourselves and forming something more meaningful.
Line by Line Meaning
Well the first time that I saw her
The start of a story about a girl he met on the road.
Standing in the middle of the road
The girl was in the middle of the road when he first saw her.
Eyes as bright as Christmas lights
The girl's eyes were very bright and noticeable like Christmas lights.
Wearing someone else’s clothes
The girl was wearing clothes that didn't belong to her.
Did my best to ignore her
He tried to ignore the girl.
But ignoring my best pretty soon
Ignoring the girl was becoming more difficult.
Spend the night all tangled tight
They spent the night together in an armchair in his friend's front room.
In an armchair in my friend's front room
The location where they spent the night together.
I said darling you know, darling you know I can’t stay
He told the girl that he couldn't stay with her.
'Cos I've given my heart and my word to a girl far away
His explanation for why he couldn't stay with the girl he had just met.
I felt weak as she kissed my cheek, and sighed when I heard her say
The girl kissed him on the cheek and he felt weak. She then expressed her disappointment which made him sigh.
Never knew I could get my heart broken in less than a day
He had been with the girl for a very short amount of time but the experience was heart-breaking to him.
Oh and the next time that I saw her
A time jump to when he saw the girl again.
must have been a year or more
A rough estimation of how much time had passed since they last saw each other.
Face stained with mascara
The girl's face was smudged with mascara which could indicate that she had been crying.
Shiverin' outside my door
She was shaking while waiting outside his door.
I did my best to assure her
He tried his best to comfort her.
But assurance ain’t easy to give
Even though he tried to comfort her, it was difficult to provide assurance.
If you've never been sure of anything much
He was someone who wasn't very sure of anything in life.
You get less so the longer you live
The more life goes on, the less sure you become about things.
She said darling you know, darling you know I can’t stay
The girl expressed that she couldn't stay with him.
'Cos I've given my heart and my word to a boy far away
Her reason for not being able to stay with him was because she had committed herself to someone else.
I spoke soft and pretended to cough, like I didn't care either way
He acted as if he didn't care that she couldn't stay with him.
Never knew I could get my heart broken, in so many ways
He had experienced heartbreak in different ways throughout this story.
Well the last time that I saw her
Another time jump to when he saw the girl again.
Standing in the pouring rain
The girl was standing outside in heavy rain.
Hair a little shorter
The girl's hair was shorter than before.
But everything else looked the same
Other than her hair, everything about the girl appeared the same as before.
I could'a told her that I adored her
He could have expressed his love for the girl.
She could'a said she felt the same way
The girl could have reciprocated his feelings.
But we just smiled 'cos sometimes words
They both smiled because sometimes words aren't necessary.
Aren’t the right words to say
Words may not always convey the true depth of emotion.
Contributed by Max A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@beatlemaniac-oc4dr
Lyrics in full
Well the first time that I saw her
Standing in the middle of the road
Eyes as bright as Christmas lights
Wearing someone else's clothes
I did my best to ignore her
But ignoring my best pretty soon
We spent the night all tangled tight
In an armchair in my friends front room
I said darling you know
Darling you know I can't stay
Cause I've given my heart and my word to a girl far away
I felt weak as she kissed my cheek
And sighed when I heard her say
Never knew I could get my heart broken in less than a day
Oh and the next time that I saw her
Must have been a year or more
Face stained with mascara
Shivering outside my door
I did my best to assure her
But assurance isn't easy to give
If you've never been sure of anything much
And get less so the longer you live
She said darling you know
Darling you know I can't stay
Cause I've given my heart and my word to a boy far away
I spoke soft and pretended to cough
Like I didn't care either way
Never knew I could get my heart broken in so many ways
And the last time I saw her
Standing in the pouring rain
Hair a little shorter
But everything else looked the same
I could've told her that I adored her
She could've said she felt the same way
But we just smiled cause sometimes words
Aren't the right words to say
We just smiled cause sometimes words
Aren't the right words to say
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Well the first time that I saw her
Standing in the middle of the road
Eyes as bright as Christmas lights
Wearing someone else's clothes
I did my best to ignore her
But ignoring my best pretty soon
We spent the night all tangled tight
In an armchair in my friends front room
I said darling you know
Darling you know I can't stay
Cause I've given my heart and my word to a girl far away
I felt weak as she kissed my cheek
And sighed when I heard her say
Never knew I could get my heart broken in less than a day
Oh and the next time that I saw her
Must have been a year or more
Face stained with mascara
Shivering outside my door
I did my best to assure her
But assurance isn't easy to give
If you've never been sure of anything much
And get less so the longer you live
She said darling you know
Darling you know I can't stay
Cause I've given my heart and my word to a boy far away
I spoke soft and pretended to cough
Like I didn't care either way
Never knew I could get my heart broken in so many ways
And the last time I saw her
Standing in the pouring rain
Hair a little shorter
But everything else looked the same
I could've told her that I adored her
She could've said she felt the same way
But we just smiled cause sometimes words
Aren't the right words to say
We just smiled cause sometimes words
Aren't the right words to say
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@highlight-ed7937
"We just smiled cause sometimes words are not right words to say.."
@f_mirotrishab.4988
Those words are the most painful words I have ever heared. :<
@highlight-ed7937
@@f_mirotrishab.4988 yes, it was ...
@lailonit1714
Those words kinda hit hsrd
@puspitasugiantari2481
Jenius
@chair7146
😭
@nadsbelle
I think it's about finding the right person at the wrong time and how heartbreaking it can be
@dlastboricua
Or the wrong person at the right time
@maitkharmaw8373
Ya its really heartbreaking indeed
@ashleykaelin2070
And as a result you have to distance urself and she moves on