“That Was Then, Way Back When” pokes fun at what frontman John Bush felt is this generation’s desire to be connected online. He explained:
People who weren’t friends in high school need to be now? I’m not being mean, I just have a hard enough time communicating with the people I want to communicate...
[Verse 1]
I'm takin' a walk to the neighborhood psychic
Want to find out what's in store for the day
Got all my pictures strewn across Facebook
Want to be liked in a desperate way
I market myself, it's a foregone conclusion
I dish out winks in this busy foray
Living vicariously, living vicariously
I live through every single stranger that I meet
[Pre-Chorus]
Somebody knows me, guess again
Someone likes me, guess again
Love being famous, guess again
My fifteen minutes it came and it went
[Chorus]
That was then
I got lost on purpose so I could be found
Way back when
I got lost on purpose so I could be found
[Verse 2]
I drift on back a couple of decades and regress to a time I was king
The future seems so uncertain but the past is a place I could do anything
Give me a phone call, send me a text
I even gave you your own unique ring
Living harmoniously, living harmoniously
We live through every crappy song that we sing
[Pre-Chorus]
What a confined time, guess again
This is no more, guess again
Ain't it special, guess again
It doesn't post so, well no one listens
[Chorus]
That was then
I got lost on purpose so I could be found
Way back when
I got lost on purpose so I'll buy a round
[Bridge]
Drown
So we can drown, all our sorrows
Mosey up chumps, let's all hit the bar
I'll tell old war stories when I use to be a star
You remember then
Don't you remember then?
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Someone knows me, guess again
Someone loves me, guess again
These are my friends
I can't accept that I'm a has been
[Chorus]
That was then
I got lost on purpose so I could be found
Way back when
I got lost on purpose so I could be found
[Outro]
That was then
Man I was lost
Way back when
Damn I was found
That was then
Suffer the cost
Way back when
So I could be found
Armored Saint released That Was Then, Way Back When on Tue Jun 02 2015.