Somos is a four-piece band formed in July 2012 and hailing from Boston, Mas… Read Full Bio ↴Somos is a four-piece band formed in July 2012 and hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. They're currently signed to Tiny Engines, who will be releasing their debut album, Temple of Plenty, on March 25th.

Somos are as no-frills and trend-averse as it gets. The Boston band works in catchy, passionate three-minute rock songs recorded with too much punch to be lo-fi, too melodically contoured to be punk. So even with its blunt-force drum rolls and jagged chording, "Dead Wrong" sneaks up on you: on one end, it packs so many short, sharp hooks, the chorus can fly right by you on the first listen. They strike a weirdly rare balance in the process, situating themselves between blue-collar indie rock and a white-collar life.

Michael Fiorentino sets the dramatic stakes ("Empire and a crown of thorns/Today you get two for one") and reveals the all-too-familiar source of that despair: tucking in your shirt, staring at a computer, "Shaking hands til your arms fell off". "Somos" translates roughly to "We are", and on "Dead Wrong" they wisely commiserate with the workforce drowning rather than casting judgment, gifting a car song for people who aren't so much working for the weekend as they are working until the inevitable bitter end.

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Back And Forth
Somos Lyrics

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Back and forth, back and forth
More than just once.
There's no time to remember the process.
First a laugh, then a crime, then you are out of time.
To remember the process.

Who will rise, to dispute those pale eyes.
And erase those headlines?

Who will rise and why.

At the end of our private war,
I don't ask about you anymore.

Few came, no one cried, only two sets of eyes,
Almost like you never lived or died.

Who will rise, to dispute those pale eyes.
And erase those headlines?

And erase your past crimes,
Just this one last time.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Somos's self-titled song seem to speak about the cyclical nature of life and how easy it is to fall into a pattern that leads one from laughter to criminal acts, ultimately leading to a lack of time to reflect and change direction. The singer seems to be asking who will step up and challenge the status quo, to disrupt the pale eyes of the power structure that rules over them, and to erase the headlines of past crimes, if only for one last time.

The song seems to also explore the aftermath of a private war, possibly within oneself, where the singer no longer asks about the other party involved. The line "Few came, no one cried, only two sets of eyes, Almost like you never lived or died" seems to speak about the isolating and lonely nature of conflict, where outsiders may not understand the gravity of the situation or may not care enough to intervene.

The final lines of the song, "And erase your past crimes, Just this one last time" seem to hold an urgency and desperation, as if the singer is asking for forgiveness or closure before it's too late. Overall, the lyrics to Somos's song Somos seem to speak about emotional and societal cycles that can lead to destructive behavior, and the desire to break free from them before it's too late.

Line by Line Meaning

Back and forth, back and forth
Going back and forth, repeating the same mistakes.

More than just once.
Repeating the same mistakes multiple times.

There's no time to remember the process.
The process is too fast to remember.

First a laugh, then a crime, then you are out of time.
You start with a laugh, but end up committing a crime before you know it.

Who will rise, to dispute those pale eyes.
Who will stand up against those who are trying to hide the truth?

And erase those headlines?
And remove the false stories being spread about this situation?

At the end of our private war,
After all of our struggles and fights,

I don't ask about you anymore.
I have let go of the past and am moving on.

Few came, no one cried, only two sets of eyes,
Not many people were present, and no one seemed emotionally invested, except for two individuals.

Almost like you never lived or died.
It seemed as though your existence and passing had no impact on others.

And erase your past crimes,
And erase the wrongs you've done in the past,

Just this one last time.
Before we move on from this and let go of the past.

Writer(s): Kevin Lloyd Kendrick, Tomi Jenkins, Larry Blackmon, Nathan David Leftenant

Contributed by Nora F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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