With new album, ‘Together In Lonesome’, due for release on November 3rd, Youth Fountain continues to preview the record with ‘Roses In My Backpack’. Tyler Zanon, the leader of the emo/pop-punk project has a reputation for writing heartfelt songs and this is no different. With its vulnerable and despondent lyrics, as Zanon sings about “losing everything”.
“’Roses In My Backpack’ is a personal favourite of mine,” shares Zanon. “This track is all about the feeling of losing everything that ever mattered to me in life – being at a major breaking point and wanting to give up.”
For longtime fans of Youth Fountain, ‘Roses In My Backpack’ might sound familiar as Tyler explains: “I originally wrote this song in 2010 and it went through many different versions. I had it on the back burner for years, once as an old demo I tracked with a friend of mine that never really saw the light of day. I managed to upload an acoustic version of it to YouTube around 2014, and some very die-hard super fans really loved this track. I brought the song idea to Anton (DeLost – producer) and he really made the whole thing come to be what you hear now. I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. It’s a very sentimental and special song to me.”
‘Together In Lonesome’ is released on November 3rd via Pure Noise Records.
‘Roses In My Backpack’ Lyrics
Hey, oh I’ve lost everything close to me
All those memories haunt me to this day
But I’m coming to terms that I’m better off dead
People don’t care if it’s left unsaid
I want out more than anything
I’m on the verge of a forgotten casualty
No home, no friends, no family
I’m losing everything
And everyday’s the same with the sadness I bring
These are the hardest years I’ve ever faced through
To feel this pulse each day
It’s a curse that I’m still awake
Nothing could help set me free
But the thought to hang myself from the tallest tree
Today
Ever get that funny feeling that you’ll die alone someday?
Ever love someone so much but they don’t feel the same?
I let go, and now I’m alone
Is this how it all ends with a barrel in my mouth again?
Is this my only exit?
These are the hardest years I’ve ever faced through
To feel this pulse each day
It’s a curse that I’m still awake
Nothing could help set me free
But the thought to hang myself from the tallest tree
Today
And hey, oh I’ve lost every fucking thing close to me
Even those memories still haunt me to this day
And if I only could forget it all
I just have to run away
Will I run away?
I guess I’ll run away
These are the hardest years I’ve ever faced through
To feel this pulse each day
It’s a curse that I’m still awake
But I’m not awake from those dreams of drowning, sinking below the sea
I’ll be free
