Vasoli has lately been focusing on his side project, known as Person L. Tom has been recording with his new band, Cheap Seats, with Matt as their manager. Mike also has a side project, called The Traded Series. The origins of the group that would become The Starting Line go back to 1999, via an AOL instant message from Churchville, Pennsylvania guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli. It asked if the then fourteen-year-old Vasoli, who was at that time in a band called Smash Adams, was interested in "Jamming and shit", as the message title read.
Only a few weeks later, Vasoli found himself rehearsing with his future bandmates Watts, guitarist Mike Golla and drummer Tom Gryskewicz. Soon, the band started touring under the name Sunday Drive, selling out home-made merchandise and a self-recorded demo cassette that the guys titled 'Four Songs'. Their first official release was a three-way split with The Jimmy Tuesday Band and The Commercials contributing three songs each, the work released on KickStart Audio in 2000.
Sunday Drive was soon approached by We the People Records and asked to produce a recording session (the infamous We the People Records Sessions). Set for a release in December 2000, the twelve songs were initially planned to become the band's debut full-length With Hopes of Starting Over on We the People Records, but they ended up serving only as demos for tracks on future releases, as the band signed with Drive-Thru Records in April 2001. On Drive-Thru, they soon released their debut EP With Hopes of Starting Over. Yet, as the name Sunday Drive was already taken by a Christian rock band, they went on as The Starting Line.
On July 16, 2002, almost exactly one year after the release of their EP, the full-length Say It Like You Mean It followed. The songs ranged from energetic and fast-paced to melancholy and calm, dealing with performing on stage ("Given the Chance"), feeling homesick ("Left Coast Envy") and getting even with Vasoli's ex-girlfriend Karina ("Up & Go", "Hello Houston", among others). The hit single "The Best of Me" and its two music videos, as well as the second single "Leaving", received heavy radio and TV airplay, securing The Starting Line a spot on the Warped Tour.
Due to their desire to put out new material, the band decided to release an all-unplugged EP, recorded in three sessions over the following year. The first three songs (recorded in The Prize Fight's Bob Jones' bedroom in August 2002), the second session (recorded in Vasoli's basement in March 2003) and the last track (recorded on the band's touring bus in April 2003) became The Make Yourself at Home EP, released on November 25, 2003. The CD and the DVD version issued simultaneously, featuring an acoustic set performed live at Skate & Surf 2003 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, would be their last releases put out solely on Drive-Thru Records, as The Starting Line was signed by Geffen Records soon afterwards.
Their major label debut, Based on a True Story, came out in May 2005. Lyrically, the band dissociated themselves from the post-relationship formula that was predominant on their previous records. On this album, a lot of the songs (e.g. "Inspired By the $", "Autography" and "The B-List") were explicitly inspired by the band's disdain for their record label Geffen and its executives. The album was far more successful than the band's 2002 effort and sold 42,000 copies within its first week, as opposed to its predecessor's 11,000. The release was followed by the semi-headlining Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy, kicking off in September 2005. A few dates into the tour, The Starting Line were — at their request — released from their record deal with Geffen, and became free agents. In early January 2006, their signing with Virgin Records was announced.
On March 5, 2008 the band announced in an e-mail and on Absolutepunk.net they would be going on a break in order for Ken and Brian to explore Person L, Matt and Tom to explore The Seventy Six, and Mike to spend time with his two daughters and explore The Traded Series. The band had been playing with the idea of coming back in 2011, but in a chat with absolutepunk.net, Kenny Vasoli said, ""it's looking good, may even be earlier. I hung with Matt and Tom the other day, we all are still in love with one another.
On November 10, 2009, The Starting Line released their first-ever live concert CD, film and documentary DVD titled "Somebody's Gonna Miss Us" via Image Entertainment on a 2-disc set. Through intimate and honest interviews with the band, friends and family fans will get a glimpse into the inner workings of the group and a career that spanned nearly a decade, five releases, and thousands of shows.
On December 29, 2009, The Starting Line had a reunion concert at the Theater of Living Arts. Starting Line guitarist Matt Watts stated on the website AbsolutePunk that "this doesn't mean that TSL are back together....It simply means that we're taking a break from our break, and wanted to play a fun show in Philadelphia and continue to focus on our lives outside of TSL"
The Starting Line added a second holiday show on December 30, 2009 in Philadelphia at the Trocadero Theater. This was added due to the fact that the first holiday show scheduled for December 29, 2009 sold out in a little over an hour and the band would like to give their local fans a better chance to see them. Towards the end of their set, Kenny Vasoli announced the band's reunion. However, the group has only toured intermittently since then.
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Falling for You
The Starting Line Lyrics
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more than it ever has before
The road signs reading bitter end
leave me suspect of a crime
The city air chokes me today
more than it ever has before
I'm nervous to feel deserved
Are you
going to
be waiting up when I get home
we'll stay up all night
getting drunk and watching sunsets on our porch
I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
I fell for you
These empty feelings question me
of who I think I've become
My mind is ticking life away
asking if you are the one
Are you
going to
be waiting up when I get home
we'll stay up all night
getting drunk and watching sunsets on our porch
I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
I fell for you
I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
I fell for you
I'm dying to explain my heart
to you now
I'm dying to explain my heart
to you now
there's so much on my mind it's tearing me apart
there's so much on my mind it's tearing me apart
I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
I fell for you
I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
I fell for you
The Starting Line's "Falling for You" portrays emotions of uncertainty and confusion towards a romantic interest. The first verse of the song deals with the singer drowning in unexplainable sorrow, which seems to be intensified by the surroundings of the city air. The road signs, in particular, lead to a "bitter end," causing the singer to feel like a suspect of a crime. It highlights that the singer is already feeling lost and guilty even before he reaches his destination.
The lyrics further reflect the singer's doubt and fear of his feelings for the person he is addressing. The chorus is a confession of emotion, as the singer falls for the person slowly and steadily. The thought of having someone waiting for him at home is reassuring, and he finds comfort in the idea of someone being there for him. The singer's anxiety is again expressed through the lyrics "I'm nervous to feel deserved by these street signs anymore," indicating that he is uncertain whether the feeling he has is genuine or fleeting.
The second verse deals with further confusion and questions about these romantic feelings. The singer's mind is ticking life away, asking whether this person is the one for him while simultaneously contemplating whether he has changed as a person. The singer is also eager to explain his heart to the person and share his innermost thoughts but is feared to do so. The song portrays the singer's vulnerability as he exposes his emotions and questions his feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
This drowning sorrow is shaking me more than it ever has before
The overwhelming sadness I am experiencing is affecting me more than it ever has before.
The road signs reading bitter end leave me suspect of a crime
The constant warnings of an unpleasant future make me feel like I am doing something wrong.
The city air chokes me today more than it ever has before
The polluted air of the city is suffocating me today more than it ever has before.
I'm nervous to feel deserved by these street signs anymore
I am hesitant to believe in the messages of hope and direction that street signs offer me.
These empty feelings question me of who I think I've become
The emptiness I feel inside makes me doubt who I have developed into as a person.
My mind is ticking life away asking if you are the one
My thoughts are consumed with the question of whether or not you are the right person for me.
Are you going to be waiting up when I get home
Do you plan to stay up late and wait for me to get home?
We'll stay up all night getting drunk and watching sunsets on our porch
We will spend the whole night drinking and enjoying beautiful sunsets from the comfort of our porch.
I'm falling for you
I am developing strong feelings for you.
I fell for you
I have already fallen for you.
I'm dying to explain my heart to you now
I am eager to share my deepest feelings and emotions with you.
There's so much on my mind it's tearing me apart
My mind is filled with so many thoughts and emotions that it is causing me great distress.
Contributed by Benjamin O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Taylor Nation
Oh my god!! I remember 15 or 16 years ago downloading this song several times and being tricked over and over again cause it wasn't the starting line. I always thought it was a good song though but I never knew who the hell played it. God damn it's so nostalgic.,
zinmaster24
Ah Falling For You. A great song from Aggressive Inline. My favorite game ever with a kick ass soundtrack. Who agrees?! HA!
Yuri Filth
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NPC_CO8ALT
Heard this song on gamecube game Agressive Inline. Awesome game.
Ian Lindo
Was looking up "Falling for You" by the Starting Line on the iTunes Store and couldn't find it for a reason. This is why I download legit, legal music, not shit from random websites with misnamed song information. Thanks for putting the right artist in your description though...yes some of us bother to read that.
Innerwolf
Okay. I dunno how many people I have to tell this to but this is Student Rick. It's not TBS, it's not Something Corporate, and it's DEFINITELY not Starting Line. SPREAD THE NEWS. STUDENT RICK SINGS THIS SONG.
Nata Sim
I think they did other songs and they were better. but I like this band and the sound generally.
MHoppus69
yeah definately student rick. i had this on some punk rock dvd that was in the wrong case. i wanted to get like vol 2 where blink-182 was suppose to say the meaning of the "182" but the wrong dvd was in the case.
Natey Banana
Yeah, this is the song by Student Rick, trust me.
Jon Smith
yeah.. definitely student rick. i have the cd.