So, I discovered Former Vandal when he had a song on TV for something, and then I stumbled on the Wolves album and completely fell in love with pretty much every song. Two of them are particularly on my repeat lists all the time, ‘War’ and ‘War: Pt II’, and since I know I’d eventually put both songs on Music Monday, I decided to just compile them into one, so today is DOUBLE Music Monday. (P.S. The song ‘If The Money’s Good’ by the same guy was the Music Monday on 5/9). If you can’t tell, I love this guy, and these two songs back to back will rip your heart out with the lyrics, while also providing excellent music.
Enjoy, my lovelies!
Favorite lyrics for ‘War’:
I’m not sick but still so far away from sane.
Nightmares, but I haven’t slept in ages.
The battles won, but there’s still poison in our veins.
We’ve lost control, anything but gently down the stream.
Hold me close, hold me tell me life is but a dream.
Save me, I think I’m losing my mind.
You said you’d come for me when the world swallows me whole.
Well, this is war.
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Let the darkness come for me, let it try to steal my soul.
As if I had a soul to steal. Hold me tell me life is but a dream.
Save me, I think I’m losing my mind.
‘War’ by Former Vandal
aaaaaand, part two!
Favorite lyrics for ‘War: Pt II’:
Rest easy, fearless warrior
You can sleep now, you can finally calm your bones
Breathe easy, noble savior
Only human, still more valiant than us all
Nobody ever said that victory came without casualties.
They say the good die young, but they never really tell you that they never die alone
We all fall down. Bury a bit of our souls six feet underground.
If you die, then we die with you.
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Save me, I think we ran out of time
You said you’d come for me when the world swallowed me whole
Well the war is over
And there are fallen soldiers
Hold me tell me life is but a dream. Hold me tell me life is but a dream
I will always be waiting for you, love. I will always be waiting for you
‘War: Pt II’ by Former Vandal