Asking Alexandria

Awal Terbentuknya Band Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria adalah band Post-Hardcore/Metalcore Inggris yang berasal dari kota York, North Yorkshire. Di bentuk pada tahun 2008 ketika Ben Bruce »» Lead Guitar menghubungi kawan-kawan lamanya ketika dia kembali ke Inggris setelah tinggal di Dubai. Formasi grup ini adalah: Ben Bruce, Danny Worsnop, Cameron Liddell »» Rhythm Guitar, Sam Bettley »» Bass, dan James Cassells »» Drums
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Asking Alexandria mempunyai akar dari Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dimana sang gitaris Ben Bruce membentuk sebuah band dan merilis satu full length album berjudul The Irony Of Your Perfection dan band ini di beri nama Asking Alexandria. Band ini tidak bertahan lama, mereka bubar, dan Ben Bruce mengatakan bahwa band nya yang di Dubai memakai nama Asking Alexandria gak lebih dari satu bulan, menyusul bubarnya band tersebut. Lagian band itu gak pernah mengadakan tur.


Pada tahun 2008 Bruce kembali ke Inggris, meninggalkan teman-teman mantan bandnya. Walaupun begitu Bruce gak pernah berniat menggantung karir musiknya karena gak lama setelah itu dia segera membentuk band lagi dengan anggota baru, dengan memutuskan untuk tetap mengusung nama Asking Alexandria. Bruce menyatakan bahwa dialah yang memberi nama Asking Alexandria kepada bandnnya, dan dia masih menyukainya serta makna dari nama ini masih teringat, dan oleh karena itu dia memutuskan untuk tetap memakai nama ini dalam proyek baru nya ini. Dia juga mengatakan dalam sebuah posting blog bahwa Asking Alexandria yang sekarang bukan lah Asking Alexandria yang sama dengan yang merilis album The Irony Of Your Perfection. Baik itu dalam gaya maupun para anggotanya, lagian mereka adalah dua band yang berbeda.


Band ini semenjak di bentuk pada tahun 2008 telah mengalami beberapa kali pergantian anggota, termasuk dari beranggotakan enam orang menjadi beranggotakan lima orang, dengan cabut nya sang Synthesist Ryans Binns. Pergantian terakhir yang di ketahui adalah bassist Sam Bettley, yang menggantikan Joey Lankaster pada bulan Januari 2009. Lancaster ikut manggung terakhir adalah di kampung halaman mereka York pada acara Fibbers tanggal 4 Januari. Mereka berangkat ke Amerika Serikat sehari setelah show tersebut untuk mempromosikan musik mereka melalui show-show yang akan di adakan, sekalian untuk persiapan perekaman debut album mereka.


Setelah melewati tahun 2008 dan bulan-bulan pertama tahun 2009 dengan tur, mereka merekam album studio debut mereka antara 19 Mei dan 16 Juni 2009 di The Foundation Recording Studio di kota Connersville, Indiana, Amerika Serikat dengan Joey Sturgis sebagai produser mereka. Mereka menandatangani kontrak dengan Sumerian Records setelah perekaman album selesai, dan mereka merilis Stand up And Scream pada tanggal 15 September 2009 melalui label baru mereka. Mereka sepanjang tahun 2009 memfokuskan diri untuk mendulang sukses di AMerika. Mereka ikut turing dengan band-band terkenal seperti Alesana, Enter Shikari, The Bled, dan Evergreen Terrace, dan banyak lagi.


Pada tanggal 22 Desember 2009, mereka mengumumkan bahwa mereka bersiap mengerjakan album kedua mereka pada bulan Januari. juga di umumkan bahwa merekan akan masuk studio pada 1 September lagi-lagi dengan produser Joey Sturgis. Kemudian melalui twitter mereka mengatakan bahwa mereka mampu masuk studio pada tanggal 22 Juni 2010. Mereka kemudian mengkonfirmasi melalui sebuah interview dengan Shred News bahwa album ini di jadwalkan akan di rilis pada awal 2011 dan di rencanakan album ini mengandung 12 lagu baru. pada wawancara ynag sama, mereka mengatakan judul album ini belum stabil, masih berubah-ubah. Pada wawancara berikutnya mereka mengatakan bahwa album ini mungkin sudah bisa di pre-order pada bulan November 2010, dan akan tersedia pada awal tahun 2011. Satu lagu Breathless sudah dimainkan live dan bisa ditemukan di Youtube. Danny juga merilis lirik-lirik dari album ini walau dia tidak mengatakan dari lagu mana saja lirik-lirik itu berasal.


Pada bulan Maret mereka merangsek keluar untuk mengadakan tur di tahun baru ini, yang kemudian membawa mereka ke amerika Utara, kali ini bersama band Attack! attack!, Breathe carolina, band satu label mereka yaitu I ee Stars, dan bintang baru Metalcore dari Inggris Bury Tomorrow. Tur ini membawa mereka sampai ke bulan April, berakhir sepuluh hari sebelum mereka bersiap untuk tur Eropa pertama mereka dengan Dance Gavin Dance dan untuk Fear and Faith, yang termasuk didalamnya mereka akan tampil di acara festival tahunan Groezrock. mereka memutuskan untuk tidak melajutkan tur eropa mereka dua hari sebelum benar-benar berakhir untuk tampil di festival The Bamboozle di kota New Jersey.


Mereka mengumumkan tur headlining pertama mereka pada tanggal 2 Maret 2010, yang bertempat di North America. Band-band pendukung untuk tur ini juga di umumkan seperti We Came As Romans, From First To Last, Our Last Night, dan A Bullet For Pretty Boy. Bruce juga mengkonfirmasi pada sebuah wawancara dengan Inside Heavy bahwa mereka akan tampil di festival Thrash And Burn sebagai band pendukung utama, walaupun dia tidak mengatakan band apa saja lagi yang ikut tampil di acara itu. Kemudian di umukan bahwa Asking Alexandria akan di temani oleh Born Of Osiris di acara tersebut.


Sejak penampilan mereka di tur Thrash And Burn mereka membawakan lagu Breathless yang di masukkan ke dalam album kedua mereka reckless & Relentless. Mereka juga merekam versi kover dari lagu Right Now (na na na) nya Akon yang di rilis pada Punk Goes pop 3 pada bulan November 2010.Selama show di Las Cruces, New Mexico, pada tur Short but Sweet yang di laksanakan pada awal Oktober, mereka di tanyakan tentang album dan musik video mereka yang akan datang. Bruce menjawab dengan detil hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan album dan musik vidoe mereka tersebut. reckless & Relentless akan bisa di pre-order pada bulan Desember, dan akan di rilis pada bulan Februari. Dia juga mengatakan bahwa mereka akan merilis ulang stand Up And Scream dan termasuk kedalamnya sebuah bonus DVD yang akan mempunyai live video dari lagu If You Can’t Ride Two Horses At Once… Then You Should Get Out Of The Circus Mereka juga sedang mempersiapkan sebuah musik video untuk lagu A Prophecy yang akan di masukkan kedalam bonus DVD ini jika selesai tepat waktu.


Pada tanggal 23 November 2010, Asking Alexandria menambahkan sebuah EP (mini album) yang di beri judul Live Gone Wild untuk pre-order, yang di rencanakan akan di rilis pada tanggal 21 Desember 2010. EP ini berisi lagu baru Breathless dubstep remixes untuk A Single Moment Of Sincerity, dan Not The American Average , dua lagu kover Skid Row 18 And Life dan Youth Gone Wild, dan sebuah demo yang belum di rilis If Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps A Cowboy King.


Di umumkan bahwa penerbitan ulang dari Stand Up And Scream yang seharusnya di rilis pada tanggal 16 November 2010, kemudian tanggal 21 Desember, kemudian di undur lagi tanggal 22 Maret dan di undur agi sampai pada musim panas 2011dan akan di beri judul Stepped Up and Scratched. Semua lgu di debut album akan ada disini dengan kover art work yang baru dan paket yang baru juga. Mereka mengumumkan ini hampir di setiap show mereka di Inggris dan akan di bawakan di acara Mice And Men dan Chealsea Grin.

Pada tanggal 5 April 2011, Reckless & Relentless di rilis seperti yang di rencanakan. Pada tanggal 11 April 2011 mereka membuat debut tampil di TV nasional, mereka membawakan lagu Someone, Somewhere, dan Closure pada acara Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Pada tanggal 5 Juli 2011, mereka merilis musik video untuk lagu Closure single pertama dari album Reckless & Relentless di sutradarai oleh Thunder Down Country. Pada tanggal 15 juli 2011, mereka merilis video musik untuk single ke dua To The Stage yang di sutradarai oleh Frankie Nasso. Pada tanggal 27 juli 2011, mereka mengumumkan jadwal tur mereka untuk 2012. Bruce juga mengatakan dalam sebuah wawancara bahwa mereka akan masuk studio pada bulan Maret 2012 untuk menulis lagu dan perekaman album berikutnya.

LAGU ASKING ALEXANDRIA

Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average

1, 2, 3, 4!
(All the things that she said, was it all in my head?)

Come on, baby,
Keep it down.
Honey, hush your lips.
Clothes trailing
From the backdoor
To the bedroom
And I don't even know your name.
Give me all you've got.
Make this night worth my time,
Make this worth my time (oh!)

What I would give to live this night again!
I knew when I first saw you,
You'd fuck like a whore!
You'd fuck like a whore!
Hope they hear you scream for more! (yeah!)

Your thighs were made for cheeks to graze.
My lips, your poison,
They bring you to your knees.[x2]

Ah, come on!

Girl, get down,

It's almost over!
Take it all the way!

Oh!

You stupid fucking whore!

And after all of all my dreaming being only you,
You're standing there, baby, oh,
The things that I could do!
Back to the wall with a drink in my hand!
Back it up, baby, ride, ride, ride!

One step too late
And I never told you
That I can't take
Another disappointment.
Breathing and grasping all leads to another messy ending.
Breathing and grasping all leads to another messy ending.

Ten inch!
With your back against the wall!
With your face buried in the pillow!
I see you cold!
I feel you heartless!
Bitch!
You stupid fucking bitch!
You stupid fucking bitch!

Fucking bitch ..



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Someone, Somewhere

(Even though I'm on my own)
(I know I'm not alone)
(Cause I know there's someone, somewhere)
(Praying that I'll make it home)
(So here's one from the heart)
(A life line from the start)
(I need a home sweet home)
(To call my own)

It was you
If only I could do this
You put the music in my heart
Now I'm singing with a band in Memphis
It's hard just, to be strong
Not knowing if, I've done you wrong
I want to imagine
A smile when you hear my songs

Even though I'm on my own
I know I'm not alone
Cause I know there's someone, somewhere
Praying that I make it home
So here's one from the heart
A life line from the start
I need a home sweet home
To call my own

A letter home
And I don't really speak much
We both know I'm not keen too
But I think there's things I've left unsaid
I'm okay, don't worry
I wish I'd been a better kid
I'm trying, to slow down
I'm sorry for letting you down

Even though I'm on my own
I know I'm not alone
Cause I know there's someone, somewhere
Praying that I make it home
So here's one from the heart
A life line from the start
I need a home sweet home
To call my own

Yeah!

You know it's just, Rock and roll
I know you by my side, through it all
My time running out
And I'll take over the world

Even though I'm on my own
I know I'm not alone
Cause I know there's someone, somewhere
Praying that I make it home
So here's one from the heart
A life line from the start
I need a home sweet home
To call my own

Even though I'm on my own
I know I'm not alone
Cause I know there's someone, somewhere
Praying that I make it home
So here's one from the heart
A life line from the start
I need a home sweet home
To call my own



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - A Prophecy

How stubborn are the scars when they won't fade away?
Or just a gentle reminder that now are better days?

We'll be home soon, so dry your eyes,
You'll be okay (you'll be okay!)
Oh my God!
The water is rising!
It's rising!
You just have to believe in me!
Failing that I'll ride this storm alone!

We can still make it out,
'Fuck'

I can help you through this,
But you have to take my hand!
I can take you home,
Take my hand,
Take my hand!

I should've known the tides were getting higher.
We can still survive.
They think we're drowning but our heads are still above the waves,
Above the waves.

(I should've known the tides were getting higher)
(We can still survive)
(Above the waves)
(I should've known the tides were getting higher)
(I should've known the tides were getting higher)

We can still survive!

You never said goodbye, goodbye!
[x4]

And now you're on your own!

You never said goodbye!
You never said goodbye, goodbye!




Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Breathless

Get the fuck away from me!

I know that I have done wrong and continue to do so but without remorse
I know that I am on a fast track to the grave and I'm headed there alone
I struggle to find myself this time
Save yourself for a man with a conscience
I fight to find myself this time
Save yourself for a man that is not me

I spend my days looking through pages
Tryin to find a way, to get away from me
A lot to give that leaves you breathless
Now all I need to find, a way back inside my mind.
I don't want to leave you breathless
When will you realize
I don't want to leave you breathless
When will you realize
I don't want to leave you breathless
When will you save yourself
Yeah!

I spend my days looking through pages
Tryin to find a way, to get away from me
A lot to give that leaves you breathless
Now all I need to find, a way back inside my mind

I need to find
A way back inside my mind (x2)

This is not the end,
This is the end of,
This is not the end,
This is the end of,
This is not the end,
This is the end of,
This is not the end.

RAH!
OHH!

Every mistake I've made leaves a scar that burns every day
Yet still I carry on.
Without regret without remorse I'm gone
You're better off to walk away
I am corruption, I am sin.

Forget my name
Forget my face,
Forget my name
Forget my face.



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Right Now (Na Na Na)

It's been so long
that I haven't seen your face
I'm trying to be strong
but the strength I have is washing away
It won't be long
before I get you by my side
and just hold you, tease you, squeeze you, tell you what's been on my mind

I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na

Girl I know, mistakes were made between us two
and we showed
ourselves that night, even said somethings weren't true
Why'd you go
and haven't seen my girl since then?
Why can't it be the way it was
cause you were my homie, lover, and friend?

I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na

I can't lie (Miss you much)
Watching everyday that goes by (I miss you much)
till I get you back I'm gon' try (Yes, I miss you much)
cuz you are the apple of my eye (Girl, I miss you much)
I can't lie (I miss you much)
Watching everyday that goes by (I miss you much)
till I get you back I'm gon' try (Yes, I miss you much)
cuz you are the apple of my eye (Girl, I miss you much)

I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na

I want you to fly with me (Want you to fly)
I miss how you lie with me (Miss how you lie)
Just wish you could dine with me (Wish you could dine with me)
The one that'll grind with me (Said the one that will grind with me)
I want you to fly with me (Want you to fly)
I miss how you lie with me (Miss how you lie)
Just wish you could dine with me (Wish you could dine with me)
The one that'll grind with me (Said the one that will grind with me)

I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na

I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - A Single Moment Of Sincerity

False tales,
Lies of a washed up prom queen!
Why'd you tell me
Everything was fine?
Everything was okay?

Get on your knees, oh!
Oh, why?
Tear me up!
No, why?
Everything's dead inside!
Oh, you could've told me,
at least I would've known!
No, you should've told me
and carved it in my bones!

Tear out my eyes!
Remove the gift of
Sight, proves ever cursing!
The light won't find us here!

Painted red, my eyes are burning!
And still you hide behind the waves!
Your silence is haunting!
Your words relentless,
Burying in!

My heart betrays me
For a last first kiss goodbye!

Fall asleep!
Jar one eye!
Jar one eye!

Spilling every lie you've spilled before,
Still I'm not forgiving you.
What's happened between us?
What can I give to save us?
Being righteous isn't quite enough.
What's happened between us?
What can I give to save me?

These oceans are far between our hearts.
The breathing has got too hard.[x2]

Oh!
Scream with the voice of an angel!
Lie in the name of the gospel!
Smile in the face of your victims!
Smile for me!
This is my last request to you!
Hold my breath!
I was clutching onto disaster!
Hold my breath!



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - To The Stage

I'm out the door, I'm on my ass again like every night before
I'm off the wall, out of my fucking mind, I'm out of control
I'll be the end of her, I'm in her head and in control
She's let me in, now take a sip and let the show begin
The floor's all yours, the house is full
You've made the slip now take the fall
I pull your strings, you're too deep in
So will she sink or swim

Oh she's down, how very spectacular
What a work of art I've spawned
Man am I proud of myself on this one
She's such a fucking masterpiece
Self destruction in such a pretty little thing

I know that I should walk away
But I can't bring myself to quit this game
She's just a beautiful girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders
I'm just a kick in the teeth from a world that's painted gold.

She's out the door, she's on her ass again like every night before
She's off the wall, out of her fucking mind, she's out of control
I was the end of her
In her head, in control

Just like before
I should've told you again
That I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Nobody Don't Dance No More

I’m alive
I'm alive

Watch yourself, I’m taking over
The cracks in the pavement won’t break my stride
I tred lightly
I tred lightly

I’m alive
I can’t believe what I’ve become
I won’t stop breathing
Your world is falling at your feet
I won’t stop breathing
I'm alive
Yeah!
Oh my god
I can’t believe what I’ve become
I won’t stop breathing
Your world is falling at your feet
I won’t stop breathing

Just ‘cause you’re breathing
Don’t mean you’re alive
Excuses are useless
When your mouth’s stapled shut

I don't believe, what I've become
I don't beleive
I don't believe, What I've become
I don't believe

Oh!

You’re drowning in the bed room
So this is what it feels to waltz?
You're drowning in the bed room
So this is what it feels to waltz?
You're drowning in the bed room
So this is what it feels to waltz?
You're drowning in the bed room
So this is what it feels to waltz?
What it feels to waltz!

I must be dreaming
Demise so surreal
I must be dreaming
I must be dreaming
I must be dreaming



Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Morte et Dabo

So he came forth and said onto me
Son, you are forsaken
Condemned for the sins that you live
I offer you forgiveness [x2]

Bow down before me
I will never bow to he who claims to be divine
I'll tear down your gates with my bare fucking hands
And burn the world that you rule over
No matter how convinced you are, you're not a god of mine

I never believed in you
From what I see it was justified
I never believed in you,
In you

This power over the masses is a gift you don't deserve
When your blood spills, we'll drink from your fucking skull
You can run, you can hide

Bitch
I'll fucking find you
I'll tear your eyes out of your self-righteous face
Lord
I'll fucking find you
I'll tear your tongue out of your rancid fucking mouth

Heaven will, burn to the fucking ground
Your world will crumble, and fall from the skies
Blood will spill, and rain upon the earth
Your reign is over, and I'll wear your crown

This is your demise
I know you feel it in your chest
This is your demise
It's getting closer
This is your demise
I'm creeping from the depths of hell
This is your demise
I know where you sleep

I never believed in you
From what I can see it was justified
I never believed in you,
In you

What a way to end the world
With false hope in a false god
What a way to end the world
With false hope in you.




Lyrics Asking Alexandria - A Candleit Dinner With Inamorta

This isn't over, baby, don't believe a word they said!
But then,
She takes a moment to ponder,
To wonder what could've been given another chance!
To find a light in the darkness and a way out of this!
If only she could see what I could see!

She takes a moment to stumble to her feet.
If only I was there to hold her hand.
If only she saw what I saw,
She'd get out of this one!
She'd get out of here!

What burns the most is that you lied right to my face!
And, still, I hold your hand to set you free!
What burns the most is that you lied right to my face!
And, still, I hold your hand to set you free!
(To set you)

(Free!) With eyes closed,
Her heart breaks
And through it all,
She brought this on herself,
On herself.
With eyes closed,
Her heart breaks
And through it all,

She brought this on herself,
On herself.

For me,
For you,
The fallen.
Save her!
For us,
For me,
For good,
Save her![x2]

Save her!
She falls beside me!
She brought this on herself!
(This song's for)

(You!) With eyes closed,
Her heart breaks
And through it all,
She brought this on herself,
On herself.
With eyes closed,
Her heart breaks
And through it all,
She brought this on herself,
On herself.




Lyrics Asking Alexandria - Final Episode

Oh my God.
Oh my God.
If only he knew,
If only he knew,
If only he knew about the world without the bullshit and the lies,
We could have saved him.
They could have saved me.
But instead I'm here drowning in my own fucking mind,
And I'll be damned if you're the death of me.

Blood and ink stain the walls.
Silently with bloody knuckles, I carry on
Hoping it's not too wrong.
You said the nights were far too long.
'Honey, it's just the start of it.'

Oh my God.
If only he knew.
Oh my God.
If only he knew.
If only he knew!
If only he knew.

Just stand up and scream.
The tainted clock is counting down.
(Faster and fast!)
You gave into me.
Would you say the nights are far too long now?
(Faster and faster and fast!)
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/asking-alexandria-lyrics/final-episode(let_s-change-the-channel)-lyrics.html ]

Oh my God!
Oh my fucking God!

The tears that stain my cheek must make me look weak!
I wear them proudly!
I wear them proud!

Just stand up and scream.
The tainted clock is counting down.
(Faster and fast!)
You gave into me.
Would you say the nights are far too long now?
(Faster and faster and fast!)

Your knife,
My back!
My gun,
Your head!
[x2]

You need a doctor baby,
You scared?
You need a doctor baby,
You scared?
You need a doctor baby,
You scared?
You need a doctor baby,
You scared,
You scared,
You scared!
Yeah!
You need a doctor baby,
You scared!
You need a doctor baby,
You scared!
You need a doctor baby!
You need a doctor baby!
You scared!