Angels & Airwaves - Teenagers & Rituals Lyrics

A master piece

This album is a fucking masterpiece. All if AVA’s writing is SO damn underrated.

How the hell does Tom make one note sound freaking epic lmao?! That synth lead playing that A in the beginning got me all pumped the first time I heard this song lol

imagine this song..live..2019 tour

Just ordered my tickets for September

Good album, would luv to here some of these songs live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Tom will write the greatest song ever

You guys should do a tribute concert at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Next year July 20-21, 2019. My favorite band and only supergroup

I still think LOVE 2 is their best album.

Lightning cross the way, no
I can't rest, been up for weeks
The words they come in close
They gotta a nerve that never sleeps, for me

I say, I wait in rooms of gold
And crawl down to my knees
A liar, a thief and a coward a crime
I laugh my head clean off at the sight

Bop-Ba-Ba-Da-Da
Pull em in close, drop into the fight
Light that shit up like the Fourth of July

Lonely, cat-like master
Drive me. Take me faster
Eye-that, side back-alley
Add to the score
Join in the war rally

I can't recite the names
Or events that come to me
The blur of times and dates
That a drink or two, or three, will leave

I walk these streets of gold
And the smell grows on my feet
I cross and slide through a land of mines
I await the gag and my skin to bleed

Bop-Ba-Ba-Da-Da
Pull em in close, drop into the fight
Light that shit up like the Fourth of July

Lonely, cat-like master
Drive me. Take me faster
Eye-that, side back-alley
Add to the score
Join in the war rally

Best track in all this album.

Perfect starting track.

I couldn't finish listening to the new Blink record so I went here instead. I'm not saying the Blink record is bad it's just that Tom's Dreamwalker left a lasting impression the first time I heard it.

a blink 182/Denver Harbor collaboration?!?!?

Lonely, cat-like master
Drive me, take me faster

9board6 dude Sooooo catchy!!!!

9board6 cat like thief she stole the air from my lungs

Tom definately has the creative hooky lyrics..such a poet

The drums in this song kick ass

Arguably the best song in the album, still cant decide between this one or Mercenaries....

So good.

I just discovered this band about 2 months ago. I haven't listened to anyone else, and I can't get enough. :D

what's your favorite song so far?

@mark gonzalez I like Surrender very much. :D

No Hope For Humanity u have to listen to we don't need to whisper record that is the album that started it all!!

I have listened to it. I absolutely love it! :D

I wish blink stayed together smfh they were awesome

shut up

chill he was just stating how he felt, no need to be like that about it, regardless of how many people say it on the daily, it's sort of true, Blink will never be the same without Tom. And before you get pissed, I am on the side that Tom should keep with AVA, but seriously no need to tell him to shut up for just stating an opinion on the internet.

TOM DELONGE THE BEST

This song has a Tony Hawks American wasteland feel to it

still diggin it

amazing sound... :D

Hey, join #angelsandairwaves2 on kik if you like AVA, blink, boxcar racer or +44. Thank you

awesome song!!

awesome song

do a small concvert

beaturiful

Happy 4th of July... light that shit up guys!

+Adam Barnard I love the FoB references

And light that shit up like the fourth of July

Blink 182 is better than AVA

Apparently mixed on iphone headphones

What I wanna know is what were +44 doing? They recorded 1 Album while AVA has now done 4 & A movie. I do like +44 but NO WHERE near as much a AVA. They are just so much more creative and think out the box in my eyes. Who agrees?

Correction: 5 albums, 1 EP, 2 films, and graphic novels

@Danie Lombard ill tell you what they were doing. they recorded 1 album (which in my opinion is pretty good) and then they took a "break" and once blink decided to get back together, mark said that +44 would not go on in order to save the friendship between him and tom

SPETTACOLO!!!!!!

AVA has lost its touch.

Tom likes to experiment. Stick it out.

More like they just went up several levels

does anyone know the fucking piano for this!?!?!?!

1:21 The time has come, and so have I. Seriously dat delicous delay tho

It has such a dystopian future, industrial feel to it lol.

bopbapbadadabopbabadadabopbabadada

Blink 182 > Angels and Airways!!

@KAKA MILAN Airwaves*

@KAKA MILAN Juventus > Milan

@Cheeb Whackah Ahahahaha

Can't we have both?

I love AVA as much as the next guy but blink is still better imo. Music that involves Tom, Mark, and Travis together is great.

Nice album Tom ! Keep going forward, you are doing well !

This album has such a great feel to it.

The Roar Within

is there gonna be a new album

Is it just me or is this album have Box Car Racer feel all over it? I mean just listen to the main instrumentals. They're a little more layered but the opening track, Paralyzed, Mercenaries, Anomaly and parts of other songs sound like they could easily be the same band as Box Car Racer. And the lyrics too "cat-like master", doesn't that sound like "cat-like thief"? And the theme of the end of the world and near death experiences. If you all wanted another Box Car Racer album think of this as that. Because people give AvA so much undeserved shit when they write great music.

Yes. Chasing Shadows as well!

It makes sense, AvA is box car racer's successor

I think “Boxcar Racer” is just the sound of Tom without Mark’s writing.

Chris Farina best EP ever

This Tom Delonge guy is pretty good at music huh?

Best one of the album

WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING?!

Please tell me someone else has watched the animated film like twelve times. Love this album

Yet another AvA track I wasn't too sure about - but after listening to it, and the rest of The Dream Walker  9-10 times, you really appreciate it and get sucked in, and happy to listen to it a further 500 + times.  Viva AvA - Please please keep up the amazing work Angels And Airwaves.  :)

Skip this one and go straight to anomaly you blink fans cause that song right there is fucking incredible!!!! Reminds me of what went wrong. This is a really good album.

Daaaang, this song is the song that makes the entire album a great piece of art. It's fascinating the feelings that the sounds of this song can give to anyone. And now I understand, it isn't that Tom and Ilan had some mixing Issues and this songs explains it all. They made it that way so Tom's voice could appear surrounded by all the sounds, like if Tom himself was in the right center of the sounds like if they were kind of a tornado or something and he is singing in between of all the sounds and audio. Excelent, so great, SO AMAAAAZING asdlflgkfjssdfghklklajsjssh I Love AvA

Toms lyrics are so interesting. Especially on this album. So many bands have a lyrics weakness where they cant write shit, but Tom has very rarely disappointed with lyrics. Besides most of Love part 2, (lol, that album was such a piece of shit for them), Toms lyrics are fucking on point. So immersive I admire this band so much. 

Dude...there's no such thing as an ok AVA album, let alone a piece of shit one....IMO this is their weakest album, but it's still damn great, that's AVA for you

@Adyman182 to me LOVE pt 2 was the weakest, is the only album that I have to Skip songs, I don't feel immerse in the sounds, feels more like a B sides and thats why I think thats their weakest album 

Love part 2 was my favourite album for a very long time. Stfu and stop comparing shit and just enjoy it.

The "ba ba, ba da da dah" part reminds me of the melody for the intro to the cartoon "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" from the late 80s. I wonder if any other weirdo out there besides me has thought this

This album is bosssss!! I know its not the angels and airwaves vibe.... but imagine that its Box Car racers second album.. ya thats I feel like, box car racers 2nd album... f yaaaaa

I L)VE THIS ALBUM! But just curious, what is the cover?! A planet, a marble, a random sphere?! Anyone got any ideas??

"Our cover is based on a key character that will unfold in the Poet storyline. Here's an explanation from one of Poets contributing writers: "Dream Walkers are the elusive warriors of our dreams, protecting us from our nightmares. The orb-like halo is the physical embodiment of a Dream Walker's soul. It hovers around their body, creating a protective shield, turning the deepest vulnerability into the greatest strength." 

gotta be a marble

Sphere of Layers
As we walk on we unfold every chapter of our lives...
Our journey...
To the infinity...

Angels & airwaves would truly be a better band in my opinion if there was no vocals. They're just distracting from the the cool riffs and electronic samples. Tom's lyrics are just so choppy and unnecessary for the song. I empire had the best blend of lyrics and instrumentals. None of the band's albums are bad. I'm simply critical of tom controlling the focus of the song.

I think this album is awesome. maintains the essence of ava but with a darker and mysterious side .. tremors and tunnels are softer melodies. in conclusion the album is very completo..tom transcended this.

these are so addicting

I wish Tom would put as much effort into Blink as he does in AvA

Tom should decide between AvA or Blink-182
Although I love AvA :/

The former bassist of Thrice is now in this band, so that makes me happy. It's a good song too.

AVA 
Teenagers and rituals , guess best songs in this album :)

I'm debating should I but this album?

Buy it! These guys are 100% independent. And it's a fantastic album too. 

The delayed guitar in this song is fucking perfect. Gives me the same boner Valkyrie Missile does.

Sorry but wolf pack is a decent song but belongs on a different album. The rest is a nightmare. Sorry ava. Loved the first 4 albums.

Surprisingly good. And I used to hate these guys.

Where are you supposed to get a physical copy in Canada? Just went to HMV and they don't even have a listing for it...

The album is a digital-only release. 

I had a feeling :(

Sorry bro. 

You know, I don't understand how that stupid take me to church song is so famous and then this song comes on and it's pretty unknown for the most part. It really does not make sense to me. This song and album are amazing!

+Kyle Bricknell I AGREE.

Music like this is too good to go mainstream

Lightning cross the way, no
I can't rest, Been up for weeks
The words they come in close...
They gotta a nerve that never sleeps, for me
I say, I wait in rooms of gold
And crawl down to my knees
A liar, a thief and a coward a crime
I laugh my head clean off at the sight
Bop-Ba-Ba-Da-Da
Pull em in close, Drop into the fight
Light that shit up like the Fourth of July
Lonely, cat-like master
Drive me. Take me faster
Eye-that, side back-alley
Add to the score
Join in the war rally
I can't recite the names
Or events that come to me
The blur of times and dates
That a drink or two, or three, will leave
I walk these streets of gold
And the smell grows on my feet
I cross and slide through a land of mines
I await the gag and my skin to bleed

Anyone else think that this was the best song on the album? I honestly don't know why this wasn't one of the singles released, other than Tom wanting to keep the first track a surprise. It's probably the song most likely to have crossover appeal to mainstream music. Shit, I even thought of a badass music video that could go along with it. This song should have gotten the single treatment it deserves!

@Funkjunk.net That chorus is not radio material.

IMO The Wolfpack is clearly the catchiest. With that said I love this entire album ... just like every other AVA album :)

@Adyman182
Yes. The Wolfpack. I said the catchiest - most catchy- If you dont think woflpack is catchy then I have no more words to spend on you. As a side note - I suggest good headphones and/or a decent surround system with a decent sub. 

Actually I only gave my opinion and an indirect suggestion meant for anybody listening to the new album. I can see how you could have assumed that I was also making an assumption of your specific playback device. In any case I respect your opinion of the album. The entire thing is growing on me and I find each song more pleasing than before, especially the songs you mentioned. Regardless, when I think "catchy" I think of a good hook, bridge, chorus etc... per my preference I find WP has the most catchy chorus on the album, certainly one of, if not the most melodic. Of course that is subjective but only up to a certain point - thus a gauge is needed, in music this gauge is found in a title - "melody" - melody is such that it only earns the title of "melody" if said passage is pleasing to the ears. To my ears it contains the most pleasing melody on the album. Once again, I never said it is the "best" - art is subjective, there really is no "best" - only preference, others on the album are as good or better but to me they simply are not as pleasing, obv to you WP is less pleasing.

+Crusoe ! I AGREE.

The best angels and airwaves' song ive ever heard!!!!

the bass guitar in this whole album is so dang good!

@Max Fields Ilan mades AvA a different band. You can obviously understand it with their sound, but I still prefer the "older" AvA.

@Max Fields agreed.

WDNTW was amazing same with I-empire. Love started becoming ridiculously repetitive. This album would not of been unique without Rubin tom has even admitted to have used up all his tricks. You can tell by how different the songs are that he wanted diversity and it's a good way for them to go. And plus it's just what they put together, it's not like they are trying to sound unlike AvA they just made music they thought sounded really good and put it together. Much brighter future for them with Rubin helping write vs just tom.

@Max Fields also agreed lol. ilan adds a diversity like you said, which tom also wanted and it gives tom and AVA soo many more options and ideas for creating music. ilan also makes the music so much more complex which is a very good thing as well..alot of tom's stuff is really simple so ilan is probably the greatest thing that this band couldve had happened to them

I know! Too bad i suck at bass so i cant cover it.

This is new! And FUCKING PERFECT!!!!!!

South Africa Tom!!!!

Dope. Perfect way to begin the album. AVA All Day! Everyday! I can't wait to experience this live. #goodness

This song gives me chills every time I listen to it, best track on the album!

I can already see all the Blink fans are into this song along with Mercenaries, which both songs could easily pass as new blink songs or bonus tracks from Neighborhoods. 

Agree, but aren't we all Blink Fans? I love the New Album btw

@Stevie Steve You'd be ssurprised to know that some people can't make the connection

@***** I think you'd be surprised at the amount of grown ups who listen to Blink, if it was just shit then Tom would've stopped doing it but obviously he doesn't. Tom himself still acts like a child and has that same fucked up sense of humor he's always had

@***** Riiiight, because "Adam's Song", "Down", "Go", "All of This", "After Midnight","Fighting The Gravity" and "Even if She Falls" are by no means any mature material from Blink 182.

AVA forever :)

best songs on the record:
1.bullets in the wind
2.Mercenaries
3.Teenagers and rituals.

Great job Mr. DeLonge.

best ones are from 1 through 6

@TeslaPlays Agreed! Rarely an album can separate good tracks from ok tracks, in my opinion. For example, OK Computer would probably be my favorite album if the track listing was different.

1-10 are amazing.

1. Tunnels
2. Teenagers & Rituals
3. Kiss With A Spell
4.The Wolfpack
5. Paralyzed
6. The Disease
7. Bullets In The Wind
8. Tremors
9. Anomaly
10. Mercenaries

1 Teenagers and Rituals
2 Tremors
3 Paralyzed
4 Mercenaries
5 Anomaly
6 Kiss with a Spell
7 The Wolfpack
8 Bullets in the Wind
9 Tunnels
10 The Disease

Nooooooo

best song along with anomaly on the album. love the whole album but those two are my absolute favorite

Me gustaría verlos en vivo algún día en Venezuela, aunque se que estamos en una situación critica se que saldremos de esto y algún día podríamos verlos en vivo aquí en Venezuela Dios mediante igualmente a blink182.

Easily the best song on the album.  

That one dislike can just leave, go, leave, don't come back.

kinda feeling amazing that this came out on my birthday!!!

Dude,

This. Is. The. Shit.

The fuckin sickest track on the album. Its staying on repeat

@Evan Alas Right? It's really an awesome way to open the album. I would've put this one out first instead of Paralyzed.

Desde Ecuador... Son lo mejor AVA para la vida....

AMAZING song! Love it.

Such a good song and album...

lyrics?

Hell yeah, love it!

definitely one of my favourites from the album, sounds like it would be amazing live!

Scotland? Pls?

All I can think about at the start of this song is, "Kolo, Kolo Toure, Kolo Toure, Kolo Toure, Toure." :D

LFC fans reunite as AVA fans :) YNWA!

Dear AVA Fans

YNWA

says the gooner

@***** when was the last time Arsenal won the Champions League? Gerrard 1 - 0 Arsenal. 

@***** Liverpool 18 - 13 Arsenal.

Love this song!!!!!!!

Hey Tom do a garage concert tour like Foo Fighters did. Except only do my garage. By garage, I mean bedroom. By concert, I mean spin the bottle. 

#fullhomo   .

Never go full homo

@Commonsense Dictates why not?

4 years later... this is the best comment section ever

182 likes

Why is the album not on spotify?

Wolfpack and Paralysed are on Spotify, I'm hoping the whole record will be up there soon. 

Is it on Soundcloud, it's impossible to find

@Joe Campbell It was yesterday, but they took it down this morning once the album was released.

Damn. Im sad

It's on there now

PLEASE TOM COME TO MÉXICO #AVA #Blink182

Can I come too?