Sanctuary - Paradise Fears

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Sanctuary Lyrics

So go ahead and lie to yourself
And pretend that you're a ray of light
When you're a broken candle

You're keeping time with yourself
When it'd all start moving way too fast for you to handle

Short on breath

Heavy on time

You lost the words
But you found the rhyme

It's all just poetry now

The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen
The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen


It's so dark in the room
And the ceilings are high
You know the feeling

You've been here before

It's a broken old pew
It's an echoing cry
Don't sell yourself

Short on breath
Heavy on time
You lost the words
But you've found the rhyme
It's all just poetry now

The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen
The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen
Hallelujah amen
The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen

See we don't really care who you are
We've kinda got this
Non-exclusive policy on determining
Exactly who we open up to
And let into our families
Then who becomes a part of our united mass of harmony

And that's kinda become
The thesis to this song
Through suffering
Acceptance
Grief
And strife
There's no way that your puzzle piece
Fits into our puzzle wrong
Cause everyone is welcome
On this stage that we call life

And we don't really care who you are
Everyone is capable of looking up
And wishing on a star
So catch it so contagious
This day dreamers disease
And hope can be your sword
Slaying darkness with belief

And we don't really care who you are
Regardless of how lost you are returning from
Regardless of how far
So bring me all the worst
Of your broken, bruised, insane
Because that's the thing with music
When it hits you feel no pain
No matter what you did
I promise we forgave it
When all that's left is your voice
You got no choice but to raise it
All you broken hearts
All you dejected dreams
Just let yourself be free
Because even broken wings can fly away

Oh, in time you'll find
That life's a painting
And you're the artist
Just open your heart
It's never too late
To clear your canvas
So paint me jealous
Paint me rage
For gods sake
Paint me anything
Just paint
Your brush awaits

And the walls are singing
Hallelujah amen
Yeah, we're all just singing
Hallelujah amen
Let your walls keep singing
Hallelujah amen
Oh, come on keep singing
Hallelujah amen

The walls are singing
Hallelujah amen
The walls sing you to sleep
(Hallelujah amen)
One secret meant to
Keep you safe tonight
I swear that everything
Will be alright

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June 14, 2010 was a big day for six high school/ college students in Vermillion, South Dakota.

June 14, 2011 will be a bigger day.

On the former, they decided to put off the next year of college, giving themselves 365 days to make a career out of rock n' roll.

On the latter, Paradise Fears will release "Yours Truly," their debut full-length album, as one of the most potent and rapidly-growing young pop rock acts in the country.

In July 2010, just months after the majority of the band's high school graduation, they released Make Them Believe EP, produced by Jordan Schmidt (All Time Low, Sing it Loud). In just 8 months, the album has sold several thousand copies nation-wide, and the band's career has taken off. They've completed nation-wide tours with Quietdrive and Floral Terrace across 32 different states, and have shared the stage with acts like Stereo Skyline, The Audition, and You, Me, and Everyone We Know.

Coming from a town of 3,000 year round residents in a state noted for its lack of a music scene, nothing has come easy. But these six kids grew up fast. "It's been an entirely self taught process...with a very steep learning curve. We've had to teach ourselves how to promote, how to book shows, how to tour, how to record, everything…but it gives us a very unique approach, because in our area, what we're doing is so unprecedented that we haven't fallen victim the generic, cookie-cutter career path, and instead we've received a tremendous amount of support from our home town." explained lead singer Sam Miller.

Though they may be young, Paradise Fears has several things going for them:

First, an incredibly energetic and engaging live show that can win over even the most uninterested bystander, described by one Battle of the Bands judge as "N'Sync meets a UFC cage match." They were crowned champions of a 65-band, Midwest-wide Battle of the Bands in October, sponsored by Rawkzilla magazine, scoring them $14,000 in endorsements, equipment, and cash. Their performance, described by Paul Pederson (Prince, Steve Miller band), was "absolutely spectacular, one in a million, and completely breath-taking."

Second, an arsenal of infectiously catchy and musically developed rock-pop songs, some of which received airplay on top 40 radio stations throughout the Midwest. David Hooper of Music Business Radio described Make Them Believe as "catchy and remarkably polished, particularly given the age [of the members.]"

Third, an incredibly loyal internet following of all different ages. In just 8 months, their Facebook, Twitter, and social networking profiles have acquired tens of thousands of fans/ followers, and are still rapidly expanding by hundreds daily. "One of the best parts about our style of music has always been that it's not limited - it's the kind of music that someone can appreciate with their 12-year-old sister or their 70-year-old grandmother," said keyboard-player Michael Walker.

Finally, and most importantly, an insatiable drive for success. Paradise Fears is constantly touring or recording, and when they aren't, they're exploring new and creative ways of expanding their fan base. Most recently, the band split into three teams, racing around the country following large tours in a competition to meet the most potential listeners. 50,000 miles, 10,000 demos, and 5,000 CDs later, their "Amazing Race" has created both hundreds of fans and a Paradise Fears buzz in every major market in the United States.

The large-scale release of a full-length album will be a huge step forward in the band's career. Recording time for "Yours Truly" was split between Schmidt and Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (Mayday Parade, Cartel). It will feature 11 new songs, tremendously evolved in music and lyrics. "It's a new found maturity for us...these songs are real. We wrote songs about people we love, songs about people we hate, songs that tell stories…it's an album full of songs we really love," described guitarist Cole Andre.

But why so independent? Says Miller, "That's the way we want to do it, and the dream we've always envisioned. We're financing it, we're writing it, we're releasing it, we're promoting it. It started out as just the six of us, and come good or come bad, we've still always got that. We're committed to being able to make it ourselves." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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