The name of the band comes from the girls tendency to frequently use the word “like” in the style of the valley girls of LA. The band has released two albums, "Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?" (2005) and "Release Me" (2010).
Over a period of three years, the band independently released three EPs (I Like The Like, …and The Like, and Like It or Not), which they sold at shows and on their website. Their song “(So I’ll Sit Here) Waiting” was featured on the soundtrack of the film Thirteen. Soon a diverse fan base developed and magazines around the world began to take notice. Following their high school graduations in 2004, The Like signed to Geffen Records and toured with Phantom Planet and Maroon 5, bands which, like The Like, are part of a Los Angeles music scene that also includes bands such as Rooney and Giant Drag. Since forming, The Like have drawn major media attention and have been featured in magazines such as Teen People, ELLEgirl, Nylon Magazine, and Rolling Stone.
They toured with Tori Amos on her Summer of Sin tour, and with Kings of Leon. The Like released their first album, Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?, through Geffen on September 13, 2005. The album is a combination of reworked songs previously released on their independent EPs as well as new material. The band performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London. In September 2006 The Like supported Muse on a short string of tour dates in the U.S., before heading to Europe to support Razorlight.
The band, original members Z Berg and Tennessee Thomas plus new recruits Laena Geronimo and Reni Lane, have left the studio and headed straight out on tour with the Arctic Monkeys in the US.
The band starred in a short film commissioned by designer Zac Posen as a way to promote his Target fashion collection. The film shows the band hanging out in a hotel room and then performing the single “Fair Game”. The film was directed by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola)
Falling Away
The Like Lyrics
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Wind has blown away my breath
I'm gone, I'm gone
I'm staying
Though you're acting like I've left
I'm gone, I'm gone
In the crowd I'm drowning
In your arms my whole world
Is falling away
My armor
Left in bottles on the floor
Can't hide anymore
My shadow
Some are darker than before
Can't see anymore
In the crowd I'm drowning
No one surrounds me, eh
Seeing blind
My whole world
Is falling away, hey
And I'm sorry that I've stopped your ways
But you can have me when you're on your way in
And I'm sorry that you feel this way
Sorry that you stopped to say
You couldn't stop to stay
You couldn't stop to stay
You couldn't stop to stay
I'm waiting
Fear is pulsing in my breath
I'm gone, I'm gone
In the crowd I'm drowning
No one's around me, eh
And it's lost, surrounding
I'm falling away, hey
And I'm sorry that I've stopped your ways
But you can have me when you're on your way in
And I'm sorry that you feel this way
Sorry that you stopped to say
You couldn't stop to stay
Oh, stop to stay
You couldn't stop to stay
You couldn't stop, no no
You couldn't stop, no no
You couldn't stop
And I'm sorry that I've stopped your ways
But you can have me when you're on your way in
And I'm sorry that you feel this way
Sorry that you stopped to say
You couldn't stop to stay
You couldn't stop to stay
You couldn't stop to stay
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
The opening lines of The Like's song "Falling Away" suggest an emotional tug-of-war between two individuals. The singer is waiting for something or someone, but the wind has "blown away" their breath, leaving them feeling breathless and speechless. Despite their absence, the singer is "staying," but the other person is treating them as if they have already left. These opening lines suggest a feeling of abandonment or disconnection between the two individuals, with the singer feeling lost and alone.
The chorus of the song reinforces these feelings of isolation and despair. In a crowd of people, the singer feels like they are "drowning" and can't see or hear anything around them. It is only in the arms of the other person that the singer feels like their world is complete. However, even this refuge is "falling away," suggesting that the connection between the two individuals is not strong enough to withstand whatever is happening to them.
The bridge of the song offers a sense of regret and longing. The singer apologizes for stopping the other person's "ways," but offers themselves up as a potential partner for the future. The other person, however, has already given up on the relationship, stopping to say goodbye but not willing to stay. The final lines of the song emphasize the singer's feelings of waiting and longing, suggesting that they are still hoping for reconciliation or closure.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm waiting
The singer is patiently awaiting something.
Wind has blown away my breath
The singer feels breathless and exposed.
I'm gone, I'm gone
The singer feels lost and disconnected.
I'm staying
Despite feeling disconnected, the artist remains rooted in the present.
Though you're acting like I've left
The artist feels unseen by those around them.
In the crowd I'm drowning
The singer feels overwhelmed and unseen by those around them.
No one's around me, eh
The singer feels alone and isolated.
In your arms my whole world
The artist finds comfort and safety in the presence of another person.
Is falling away
Despite finding comfort, the artist feels like their world is still unstable.
My armor
The artist's defenses.
Left in bottles on the floor
The singer has abandoned their defenses and is vulnerable.
Can't hide anymore
The artist can no longer hide behind their defenses.
My shadow
The singer's darker self.
Some are darker than before
The singer's inner darkness has grown.
Can't see anymore
The singer can no longer ignore their darker self.
And I'm sorry that I've stopped your ways
The artist regrets disappointing someone they care about.
But you can have me when you're on your way in
The artist is willing to make it up to the person they disappointed.
Sorry that you stopped to say
The singer feels responsible for another person's pain.
You couldn't stop to stay
The singer feels abandoned by someone they care about.
Fear is pulsing in my breath
The artist is filled with anxiety.
And it's lost, surrounding
The artist feels like they're drifting away from the world around them.
I'm falling away
The artist feels like they're losing their grip on reality.
You couldn't stop
The singer feels abandoned.
I'm waiting
The artist is still waiting for something.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Elizabeth Anne Berg
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