In 2000, Thrice signed with Sub City Records and released two LP's. The first, Identity Crisis (2000), only received 1.5 stars in the AMG review and little buzz. The second, The Illusion of Safety (2002), was widely acclaimed and received attention from major record labels. Even though Thrice's music has always included metal influences, The Illusion of Safety contained a heavier metalcore sound. The album was recorded in Beltsville, Maryland and the track The Beltsville Crucible reflects this.
In 2003 Thrice signed up with Island Records and released The Artist in the Ambulance, which featured more metal oriented songs while keeping true to their hardcore influences. In 2005 a DVD outlining their entire career to date was released under the title If We Could Only See Us Now. It included a CD with live tracks from the Apple Store and various b-sides.
Thrice released their fourth full-length album, Vheissu, on October 18, 2005. The album was characterized by many critics as being experimentally different, using non-traditional Thrice elements in the process. From keyboard melodies ("For Miles") to Japanese music-box undertones ("Music Box") to chain gang chant choruses ("The Earth Will Shake"), Vheissu introduced a new sound to the band's post-hardcore roots. UK producer Steve Osborne, whose past credits include many Brit-pop hits, was sought by Thrice to gain a new perspective on the songwriting process, enabling the band to expand their musical influences and produce a different album. The album garnered widespread critical acclaim and peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
The band releasedRed Sky, an EP comprised of various b-sides as well as live recordings, shortly after Vheissu.
Thrice released the first and second volume of The Alchemy Index, a highly experimental project based on the four traditional elements (fire, water, earth, and air), on October 16th 2007. Over the summer Thrice parted ways with Island records and signed with Vagrant. The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II - Fire & Water was released on October 16, 2007, and sold 28,000 copies in its first week. The album consists of the first two volumes, Fire and Water, and features 12 songs, 6 on each disk. The third and fourth volumes, Air & Earth were released on April 15, 2008.
The "Fire" disc features the heavier post-hardcore sound traditional Thrice fans will quickly embrace, harking back to their pre-Vheissu albums. The "Water" disc, however, is comprised of ambient songs similar to those found in Vheissu, Thrice's previous album release. The "Air" disc brings a whole new element of electronic elements and delayed guitar riffs to Thrice's sound. In "Earth", much like Dustin Kensrue's solo album, "Please Come Home", Thrice introduces an indie-folk sound combining intricate piano and acoustic guitar.
Thrice's sixth studio album Beggars was released digitally through Vagrant Records in the UK on August 9, 2009 and in the US on August 11 with a physical release containing bonus material pencilled in for September 15. These dates deviate from the original proposed release date of October 13 because of a leak via Vagrant Records web player, which has meant the artwork for the album has also changed. The first single to be taken from the album is All the World Is Mad and was first made available through Guitar Hero: World Tour on July 23.
Dustin Kensrue has described the album as being "more visceral and more raw - both in the songwriting and in the overall sound. It moves with a different energy than any of our past records. It was born out of us playing together in a room, almost as a backlash to the giant headgame that was The Alchemy Index" and has been well received critically.
The seventh studio album Major/Minor came out on September 20, 2011 through Vagrant Records. Yellow Belly, Promises and a few other songs were made available for the listeners to stream online before the release date. The album received extremely positive reviews from many online websites. Alex Djaferis of Absolutepunk.net gave Major/Minor a rating of 95%. Tracks like Promises and Listen Through Me reflected a natural progression from the sound Thrice created in Beggars, which was widely appreciated by the early listeners.
Thrice decided to take a break from being a full time band on November 21, 2011. In late spring/early summer Thrice announced the 'Farewell' tour for the spring/summer of 2012 , which would be the bands final tour before going into an indefinite hiatus.
In early 2015 it was announced that the band intends to release new music and tour again. Announcements were done via the bands website http://www.thrice.net/ and social media outlets with an accompanying picture with "Thrice 2015" text.
A Song For Milly Michaelson
Thrice Lyrics
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When I do, it's just for you
I haven't said a word in weeks
Cause they've been keepin' me from you
There's a way where there's a will
You know I got no need for stairs
Step out on the window sill
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
And there's something you should know
Girl you should have died that day
And you fell reaching for the rose
But baby I was there to save you
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
The lyrics to Thrice's "A Song For Milly Michaelson" express a deep love and dedication to someone who has been kept away from the singer. The opening lines reveal that the singer has been rendered mute for some time, and that the reason for this silence has been the distance between himself and the person he speaks to. He tells this person that he would jump out of a window with her if it meant being together, emphasizing the importance of their relationship to him.
The second verse follows up on this idea, with the singer noting that he was there to save the person in question when she was in danger. The chorus then repeats the opening sentiments, with the singer declaring his intent to always be there for the person he loves. The song ends with the same repeated lines, emphasizing the way that love holds people up and helps them fly.
Line by Line Meaning
Well you know I hardly speak
I don't talk much, except when I talk to you
When I do, it's just for you
When I do talk, it's only to you
I haven't said a word in weeks
I haven't spoken in weeks because I miss you
Cause they've been keepin' me from you
I've been kept from you for some reason
There's a way where there's a will
Anything is possible with determination
You know I got no need for stairs
I don't need stairs to get where I'm going
Step out on the window sill
Let's take a risk and jump out the window
Fall with me into the air
Let's fall together into the unknown
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
Let's do this, hold onto me tightly
I won't ever let you fall
I won't let you get hurt or fail
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
I love the adventure of flying over the city at night
But I love you most of all
But I love you more than anything else
And there's something you should know
I have something important to tell you
Girl you should have died that day
When you fell, you could have died
And you fell reaching for the rose
You were trying to reach for something beautiful
But baby I was there to save you
I was there to catch you and keep you safe
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Dustin Michael Kensrue, Edward Carrington Breckenridge, James Riley Breckenridge, Teppei Teranishi
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ashleyrose84
Well you know I hardly speak
When I do, it's just for you
I haven't said a word in weeks
Cause they've been keepin' me from you
There's a way where there's a will
You know I got no need for stairs
Step out on the window sill
Fall with me into the air
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying over these city lights
But I love you most of all
And there's something you should know
Girl you should have died that day
and you fell reaching for the rose
but baby I was there to save you
So, here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying over these city lights
But I love you most of all
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying over these city lights
But I love you most of all
Luke Concienne
Well you know I hardly speak
When I do, it's just for you
I haven't said a word in weeks
Cause they've been keepin' me from you
There's a way where there's a will
You know I got no need for stairs
Step out on the window sill
Fall with me into the air
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
And there's something you should know
Girl you should have died that day
And you fell reaching for the rose
But baby I was there to save you
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
n1ckange
It makes me so sad that i cant share my pleasure, listening to these songs with anyone. Cause I don't know a single person who likes this and I simply can't understand why... There's so much passion in it and I really would like to share this joy with someone..
Castleguard24
Showed everyone I ever knew these songs. Only one really loved it. A world class musician lol.
Let's Compose
I got you fam.
Jitterzz
Yo friend, we’re right here with ya! 😄
Zeke Escra
Right here slowly raises ✋
Suzanne Shanks
“The Boy Who Who Could Fly” came out the year I was 15. It’s still my favorite movie. This song makes me cry. In a good way.
XxXCaptainJakkXxX
This song is based on the movie "The Boy Who Could Fly."
Brief plot summary:
The Michaelson family moves into a new town after the father of the family commits suicide. Each of the members of the family have trouble adjusting to some aspect of their life. The daughter Milly is trying to cope with the fact that her father is dead throughout. Anyway, Milly has some encounters with an autistic boy that lives next door with his drunken uncle. He seems to be more socially active around her but still never talks or even smiles unless he is mimicking her. One day on a field trip or something Milly is reaching over a balcony to grab a rose from a bush. She slips over the edge, hits her head on the railing and gets knocked out. The only witness to the event was Eric, the autistic boy. Milly wakes up in the hospital wondering how she escaped with just a bump in the head when she fell off a very high balcony. She starts forming this hypothesis that Eric can fly, has a dream about it, and realizes that he has done things before that would only be possible if he were able to fly or something. Then the government comes to take Eric away from his drunk uncle but Milly comes and gets Eric and they get chased to the top of a building where they are cornered at the edge of the roof. Eric takes her hand and they fall over the edge and begin flying. The town watches them and then they land on a roof where Eric proceeds to say his first words of the movie "I love you" and then he flies away.
Brian J. Carnevale
sounds special. But don't say "I love you" and then leave! Not to her who has lost her Dad. No real Father figure as you grow up creates issues in your trust and dealings with other men and some have deeper issues as they get older.
Mikey1984
Did not know that , thanks bud.
Jason Wamsley
He wrote a song about Icarus on the same album, such a brilliant lyricist