The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction & Helmet Roberts
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
This song references Joel’s drinking issue and also his feelings about his depression. At the end of the song he leaves a message for anyone who feels the way he does. If they follow his path, they won’t grow old, see their future and regret it. Much like many of the songs by TAA that encourage its...
[Intro: Joel Birch]
When your aspirations crumble
At the feet of your tormentors
And your jaw feels like it's breaking
On the cold hard tile floor
And you're holding onto something
That does far more harm than good
Well then you've reached the pits of hell
And there in hell you'll find the steel
[Verse 1: Ahren Stringer]
To smash your skin until it's calloused
To grind your teeth down to the bone
To tear your tongue out from its shelter
And bleed out all alone
And when we get there we'll tread heavy
Through the boneyards and the filth
We'll grace the presence of the vultures
And spit fire of the gods
[Pre-Chorus: Joel Birch & Ahren Stringer]
We'll both sit in our skin
And hate the places we have known
When your back feels like it's breaking
And your skin has turned to stone
And you are standing in the fire
And you are wishing to go back!
Well then you've reached the pits of hell
Well then you've reached the pits of hell!
[Chorus: Ahren Stringer]
I took this journey through the mirror
Took a chance to take my time
Just to watch the cold hard steel of burden
Come and break my heart and spine
[Verse 2: Joel Birch]
I took a blade, a glass, a noose
And then I smashed my mind in two
With a bottle, pills and notion that I
Could drink my problems dead
I reached the cold pits of hell
And then I split my mind in two
And dragged my cold heart through the snow
And felt the coldest burn
Of all the grief I've come to know
Of all the grief I've come to know
[Chorus x2: Ahren Stringer]
I took this journey through the mirror
Took a chance to take my time
Just to watch the cold hard steel of burden
Come and break my heart and spine
[Outro: Joel Birch]
I've got a story here to tell you
Best you listen or grow cold
Cause if you choose the path I've chosen
Chances are you won't grow old
Won't, grow, old!...
Olde English 800 was written by Joel Birch.
Olde English 800 was produced by The Machine.
The Amity Affliction released Olde English 800 on Fri Jun 18 2010.
“I’m actually not the biggest fan of this song lyrically. I guess I was trying to stress the violence of being really down, and trying to emote that using hell for imagery (whether you’re religious or not) is the clearest example of struggle; I know there’s not a hell, or a heaven, but when you’re s...