Fall Of Troy, The - Quarter Past Lyrics

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If you guys really listen to this song and understand the lyrics Thomas is talking about his opiate addiction hint the "warm embrace" and the 1 2 3 overdose

Justin West and in the dark trail he's talking about meth

lel el like numero 1000 xD

"Quarter Past"

Quarter past midnight,
Sittin' here in the moonlight
No offense my dear
I hope you know
Tonight I write... to you.

There's a question,
and a conversation
But did I mention,
a foul intention

Well let me demonstrate,
elaborate to your liking honey...
Haunt me, how you taunt me
Question after question,
Story after story
Tensions move way too fast
and I'm afraid to say
what would you think of me anyway

Here's a few things that I might say,
If you really wanna know
I've got nothin' in my way...
1 2 3 overdose!

You make me feel like I can fly,
keep me up all damn night
Incredible, I know you're skeptical
Believe me I'm not wastin' any time
I found what I had to find,
is what's on my mind

Sittin' here in the sunshine,
tryin' to put you outta my mind
But oh no my dear!
No way, now how
So much to learn,
so much to find out
What goes around comes around
In anyway, in any case
I'm losing face to find myself in your warm embrace
for just a day
Maybe tomorrow baby, but...

Not today honey,
not today baby

Haunt me, how you taunt me
Question after question,
Story after story
Tensions move way too fast
and I'm afraid to say
what would you think of me anyway

Here's a few things that I might say,
If you really wanna know
I've got nothin' in my way...
1 2 3 overdose!

You make me feel like I can fly,
keep me up all damn night
Incredible, I know you're skeptical
Believe me I'm not wastin' any time
I found what I had to find

In the final act you bend and wave
I won't let anyone harm you
Keep it together for another day
Come to my window, I'll sing you to sleep

Here's a few things that I might say.. if you really wanna know 💖

I wish all of their songs were like this, where the lead singer doesn't yell like a fucking maniac

i fucking love this band, <3

love is understatement x10

I saw them live!! They played this song too :D

can't believe this vid is still up. would listen to this before my 9th grade year back in 08 this exact video

+Star Robertson wish I could have been listening to this in 8th grade at the same time. Better late than never

+joan the mad Dude, me too every day. I was in 8th grade then, graduated in '11 so I'm not sure if I was the same grade as you but it was definitely the same time.

...that's exactly the circumstances I'm in right now

joan the mad trip out lol i was in the same grade as you i fucked with these guys. een dope af old school 👌🎵😡

ive seen them live from ghostship demos to this album.   one of the best  bands to come out of the genre, no one was doing what they did.    I really miss when the genre was just starting to break through great times...

@Angie Nolet ...You should check their facebook page, you'll be quite pleased :)

@Trevor Rumbaugh
im actually an avid listener of chon but im really dissapointed there only going to europe. chon-troy needs to come to the east coast.

Yea theyre a bit unique although there were other bands kinda doing the same, DGD and PTH to name a couple

One of my favourite songs of all time

my childhood :(

yes me too....

<3 dat 7/8 prechorus

Catchiest song ever.

well, thomas erak is in chiodos now....i think that's pretty much just as good lol

is he talking about boofing it? (doing crystal??)

StoneyScenery nah, it's a song about opiate addiction.if I remember correctly they had a good few friends die or being lost to opiate addiction. I think a few other songs on manipulator are about the same thing

They are amazing live

I know right? Such an underrated band! The vocalist being able to play the guitar parts and do the vocals baffles me.

I come here every once in awhile to keep sane

1-2-3 URINALS!

Truly don't know what keeps me coming back to this band, anything else is eh but The Fall of Troy is just too specific.. The randomness of the chord progressions and the different tones and sounds that they create are just amazing, it's like everything else seems pre programmed and just people go and enjoy other types of music because its simple and pre planned but these make you realise how true and complex and fucked up then real life is and your emotions are just like ok, I actually get it.

That's the name of a song. Not an album.

Thomas Erak got full of himself and thought he could shit gold, now he just makes shit.

I'm glad they broke up, if you're going to abandon your amazing experimental sound to try and make teen girls happy you should quit your fucking band. RIP old fall of troy.

did you even listen to in the unlikely event?

Seeing as how young the members of this band were when this cd came out, they have some godly talent behind them. wonder if the singer was ever coached or anything

Dunno who that is :\ But there ya go :)

Se la rifaron los de the fall of troy en esta canción :')

Its funny how I discovered this band my uncle was getting rid of CDs like Nirvana and stuff so I took the CDs home and saw the fall of Troy CD and it was badass!

Jealous butthurts talking shit about blues inspired music. They just mad they are uncreative ^^

hahaha i know just making sure ;)

Circa Survive. they dont really scream but they are amazing

Always my favorite band!!<3

I miss this band so much

Just found a blog called "symphonygoin.blogspot(.fr)" with a lot of bands like TFOT, maybe you could check :)
And if you don't know i suggest you to listen to Hella or Zach Hill's solo albums/projects check the song called "the things people do when they think no one's looking" maybe you'll like it, it's a little bit different but...
Have a nice day anyway.

The Mars Volta /O/

Not even comparable.

Hipster is not a synonim for talentless, if that's what you meant. If not, just pretend I never said a word.

I miss them. Why do all the amazing post hardcore bands have to break up while the shitty scene kid ones still live on..

I suppose it could be interpreted like that but like many other songs out there it was written to be somewhat timeless so people can relate from multiple angles or situations.

is this song about relapse?
can anyone explain the end, is it like withdrawl or something?

idk why but i feel like smoking a cigarette when i listen to this song and i dont even smoke

jt18023 wtf lol

By appropriate title, I meant like some over-arching genre. I kind of worded that wrong.

People need to stop trying to categorize this. Here's a category for you: The Fall Of Troy. While everyone has their influences, only the really stereotypical and similar sounding bands can really have an appropriate title. These guys, they're The Fall Of Troy.

This song gives me goosebumps. Saw TFOT at a small venue in Milwaukee. 150 people tops in a little cabin like building. We didn't even think it was the right place until we walked in and were greeted by Thomas and Tim. Literally 2 feet from the guys right in front. Thomas had everyone take a knee and he played this alone. Talk about intimate. Never seen such a passionate crowd either... I miss The Fall of Troy.

@MrZirip Maybe without the Rush but yeah man, I agree.

@fiestanoob

Led Zeppelin in some songs of TFOT,it´s notorius the influence..

The same Thomas Erak said that and you realize if you've heard a lot of led zeppelin.

@MrZirip
lolno get Zepellin out of there.

@15viceandvirtues they do have talent. Thomas is my fave guitar player.

Thomas Erak has a very special type of making music

LED ZEPPELIN+KING CRIMSON+RUSH+AT THE DRIVE IN= TFOT.

@lightsZeroKaos its more blues than jazz

The Fall of Troy needs to get back together. Just Like Vinyl isn't really cutting it for me...

@apris666 This is... a surprising simple explanation. It actually makes total sense and explain all that shit stuff in radios.

@DunklerZebralord guess this is too complicated for their infant-level of musicality to be understood. and when they dont understand, they count it as shit. Thats why simple radio hits are so popular - its something people with zero musicality can enjoy.

this is more SKILL than talent

Talented doesn't even begin to describe these guys

unbelievable

@MysticDandy If you're referring to the high voice he does, thats intentional. He does it in other songs, like Problem?! and Shh! If You're Quiet I'll Show You a Dinosaur.

Imaging that there are people who really can say that this sucks.... I just want to cry.
HOW can you say TFOT is... anything expect "awesome, orgasmic, ultra" or something like that? =/

@MysticDandy i know that part sucks hahaha

one dislike?
how unprecedented.

@supersilversurferman same here!

everytime this song comes on it takes my mind a second to say Fall of Troy instead of Mars Volta idk why

The Fall of troy, please come back!!!
the fall of troy break up was the worst lost for music in the decade

I miss the fall of troy.... never got to see them live

@kelvinbeyioku i was doing that to stephen juggz the other day, i just said one two three OVERDOSE and i party boy'd him, it was so funny

@joeyman24239 stfu noobb!!

one two three, OVERDOSE!!!

@MysticDandy his voice just cracked its no big deal he was gettin into it.

@naked166 this one is on the not-suck side*

@Zenjashi Nope, it's shit singing. Angry is what he sounded like in Macaulay McCulkin.

How exactly did Thomas think his voice sounded good enough for the recording at 2:48? Jesus Christ, love the song, but that's just bad.

@FTCT not really idk his name but the guitarist is really the whole band he writes pretty much everything

Thomas Erak claimed to not know much theory. The fact that he was able to write stuff like this is amazing.

@jonno6590 :'(

my favourite song by them, maybe

@luvsingin6 Lol one little comment and everyone goes overboard...

i understand that, i agree about the emotion thing, however my personal preference is raw emotion and euphony. and yes i would prefer just the instrumental of the fall of troy if that is what you mean.

@luvsingin6 just because he might not use the "correct" vocal techniques, or sing like you think he should, there's this thing called emotion. this is raw and pure, something a lot of over trained singers can never come close to. you sound like you listen to backing tracks for fun.

@2Dbloodline baseless insults are always useful, nice one man.

@2Dbloodline
pretty sure i never said anything about liking justin over thom..
if you think thom's wailing is "great", you don't have an ear for music. he can't even stay on tune, how can you tell me he's a good singer? and there is NO denying he can't stay on tune, listen to him live and you'll realize. not that you could even tell, ignorant as you are. he should stick to guitar.

@UNDERCOVERBLACKheart
hahah. um wanna settle down there?
no man, what i consider singing is talent..i've been singing for 9 years and i think i know what that is. it's nice how you've conveniently ignored the opera videos and other videos i've favorited on there. good thing you can spell audacity. and your racial slurs make you sound so smart.
although i have to agree liking justin bieber is kind of embarrassing for me but whatever. i like his music. who cares if his balls haven't dropped.

you know, i really do like them. but tom needs to stop pretending he can sing. if he'd just shut up the music would be so much more enjoyable. this and caught up..what a joke

This album came out in 2007, when the members of the band were about 21-22, and the band started in 2000, before that they were The Thirty Years War, but they broke up on I believe Feb. 26 :(

when did this album come out? and how old is the fall of troy?

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

@PAPAtrog : fuck you. stop talking bullshits, dude ;)

fall of troy is not breaking up till a spring US tour in 2010
(all information on wiki)

when you post a comment to the public, it's everyone's business.

i forgot this song existed. i'm like "quarter past...that sounds familiar..." but i remember it

My fav lyrics by band and andrew is the best drummer
well my fav digg his style
my favorite band

if they broke up. why are they playing a show tonite in seattle??

no they didnt. hence the new album.

amazing song...very..erm...bluesy? love it all the same.

1:23, I love the fast pace, my favourite part of the song, hands down.

This is one of my favourites, a nice balance between their usual stuff and songs like "caught up" very happy atm. marry me thomas erak.

every damn time i find an amazing band, the're already broke up. y do guys like this split, yet shity bands lke a.f.i. r still around???!?

nice slow song

Yeah that's what I said you can improve the pitch but as long as you can sing and you're in a scale you're comfortable with it wont make that big a difference since the "autotuner" is working slowly to avoid the T-pain effect.