I just wanna say, thank you crown the empire, i have C-PTSD from multiple things and this song in particular, but many others, have helped me in so many ways. I plan to get some of these lyrics tattooed on me because they mean so much to me and this band will always mean the world to me. Thank you, to all members of this band; present and former.
every time i hear this it brings me right back into the concert with them, seeing and feeling mire alive than i’ve ever felt and i love hearing this song because of it.
Best song they've ever made. Goosebumps every time I hear it. Anyone else picture themselves persevering through something difficult while listening to the "YOU CAN'T KILL ME" part?
Best songs of the album 5. Are You Coming with Me? - Great guitar and overall hard rock sound 4. Lucky Us - Heavy heavy heavy love it and i actually love how aggressive and down tempo it sounded 3. Zero - Fast paced, love the screams and the breakdown, love at first listen 2. Hologram - Most emotional song imo, love how its not just "verse,chorus,verse,chorus,chorus again" it actually had a bridge and actual song structure to it which i loved 1. Aftermath - Overall favorite song on this album, love the mix of soft and heavy, this song definitely has the best chorus Worst song: the fear is real - too long considering it is an interlude song BTW for days is a beautiful soft song
Guys... The THEME is FUTURISTIC, SPACE and THIS IS THE FUTURISTIC METAL! Get the theme. The Album teaser. All the elements they wanted to put in this song... Real fans will totally get them. I love this futuristic theme and I would say this is a job well done.
Man, it's great to see them change perspectively and watch them grow into something bigger and more real and bare a more powerful message as they grow bigger lyrically, and also personally opening up more and more through their music. it's truly an eye and heart opening experience to learn and understand more about who they are as people (rather than just musicians) on a much, much, deeper level. Is it just me who thinks this? Greetings here from Minnesota! I come in peace🖖 Cheers and a toast to CTE's achievements man, keep doing what you guys do. This album is fucking wonderful And I don't give a single flying fuck if some of the songs are "softer," either; cause I know for a damn fact that CTE is Hard-to-their-fucking-Core in reality. As hard as a diamond. and that shit shines bright too, just to clarify.
thumbs up if you love CTE no matter the sound. their shit is perfect! Their lyrics still give me chills, the guitar, bass, and drums are always on point too! Plus Andy and Dave's voices.. love! Just love them!
It's really sad how many childish people have the guts to say stuff like, "oMg old cte is so much better!!@ too generic!!!!" like can you chill out? if softer isn't your type of music then that's totally cool, but the whole band has stated so many times so much time and hard work they put in to making this album so that tons of people can listen to it, and i personally think everyone needs to shut the fuck up because it's an outstanding album regardless.
Spicy MiAmes i wld rly like to hear the ppl saying this band isnt hard enough hear as blood runs black the alliance album. This isnt a HARD band at all lol but they are extremly impressive i havw a very wide music span.
Yeah! Sometimes bands goes totally wrong and doing lame job and turn to shit. But usually bands only create kinda new sound for new album and people are like "oh my god this sound different bleh". Bands can't sounds still totally same. Most important things to me band not lost sparkle which make band itself. I still can recognise them when I will hear some new stuff in radio and etc.
it warms my tits to see this album being (generally) well received by their fanbase. It really showcases their creativity and is diverse yet cohesive. you can just start this album and not skip around, just let it ride
I feel kinda sad cuz i didnt notice they have released their album allready 😅 i dont know how i could forget such a great band... But glad i found out now it's awesome!!
honestly this song isn't bad but it's just sad (personally to me) to see CTE change so much. Daves uncleans are just so drowned out in a way.. it's hard to explain :(
This song makes me miss Dave even more. This and Zero are the only songs I really like from the whole album. I feel like they are leaving behind what made their music so enjoyable in the first place.
Who's ever out there saying disrespectful shit about this album just think of it this way they didn't have to make music in the first place they are doing what they love and this is what they wanted to do because really the real and true fans will stick with them no matter what and if this music is the kind they want to make let them make it. If yall don't like it don't write disrespectful shit I know MOST of yall hate it when someone brings yall down so don't bring them down about THEIR album. Ps. Cte yall did an amazing Jo on yalls album
The song that gave me so much confidence. This will forever be my favorite song by you guys. Just had to come back and show it some love. I think this album was when you guys found your true sound
I remember listing to this song for the first time while walking through London Heathrow airport on the way to start the next chapter in my life. "There's nothing I can't face So open the flood gates No fear of what's to come" gonna live by this song till the day I meet my maker
To everyone who thinks this is bad or not as good as their older music: lol. You can't compare one style of music to another. You just don't like this style of music. You're welcome for clarifying that for you. This song is amazing, and I like some of their older stuff too.
Everyone please STFU about "I want the old crown back :(" We all have opinions but you can't change what they want to do so respect the fact they are making something THEY love.
“Everyone STFU about I want the old Crown back” “We all have opinions” “respect the fact they are making something THEY love” View must great from that glass house of yours.
CTE back when they released 'The Fallout', was the literal butt of metalcore. They literally inherited the Risecore genre (Andy even says that himself). Sure, it put them on the map, and the title track 'The Fallout' was decent, but if you listen to the rest of the album (besides Johnny's Revenge) it is literally the most recycled, generic album that has ever been released on this label. This album is so refreshing. Although I couldn't get into the softer songs like Are You Coming With Me and the The Weight of The World - songs like this are just gold. Displaying Andy's mad pipes and STILL even including Dave's screams. Granted, it isn't the best album, but it's a step I, and many other people, didn't mind them taking.
It's funny I loved the EP. Hated The Fallout loved The Resistance. But I think this album is their best effort so far. There's just some songs on here that I think is their best work(Like this song and Hologram). I'll be really interested to see what the do next.
Yo, someone put it into words! i personally love this album, its like they are saying they aren't confined to one sound. Although I could get into the softer songs because I have a wide range of what i listen to I fully agree
🥹I’ve stopped listening to rock and cte since I was 18, when I spiraled into a dark period that lasted for 6 years (addictions, trauma, and a lifestyle that even changed the music I was listening to) - I now feel like I’m gradually getting better mentally, I’ve also slowly gotten into rock again, this try felt like an aftermath🥲
a quick psa: if you prefer the fallout, go listen to the fallout. if you miss the "old" cte, go listen to the "old" cte. if you dislike this album, nobody told you that you had to listen to it. if you dislike their style altogether or prefer heavier stuff, go listen to heavier stuff. i didn't think it was that fucking hard to be honest.
So, this is the first time I've looked at the lyrics for this song and I've realized I've had it so wrong xD 2 years and I've been saying the chorus as "I'm ready to breathe again, I'm beginning to catch my breath. I'm ready to dream again, surviving what left me for dead. I had to bleed to lose, find myself to prove I can be alone without you. I'm all that I am; I am the aftermath."
the fucking ending is insane, for sure the best song they've made in my opinion.
Ainny
Easily my favorite song off the album. ITS SO FUCKING GOOD
Right there with you. I have to scream along everytime I hear it.
+unsivilaudio hell yeah same here!
i totally agree this is my favorite too
BEST SONG OF ALBUM
The Guy Who Games that's wat I'm talking about I totally agree!✌🖖
This album has been the only thing I can listen to since it came out
Best song from this album
dear god this whole album is a masterpiece
I just wanna say, thank you crown the empire, i have C-PTSD from multiple things and this song in particular, but many others, have helped me in so many ways. I plan to get some of these lyrics tattooed on me because they mean so much to me and this band will always mean the world to me. Thank you, to all members of this band; present and former.
"...find myself to prove I could feel love without you"🔥What a beautiful line❤🔥
every time i hear this it brings me right back into the concert with them, seeing and feeling mire alive than i’ve ever felt and i love hearing this song because of it.
Best song they've ever made. Goosebumps every time I hear it. Anyone else picture themselves persevering through something difficult while listening to the "YOU CAN'T KILL ME" part?
Best songs of the album
5. Are You Coming with Me? - Great guitar and overall hard rock sound
4. Lucky Us - Heavy heavy heavy love it and i actually love how aggressive and down tempo it sounded
3. Zero - Fast paced, love the screams and the breakdown, love at first listen
2. Hologram - Most emotional song imo, love how its not just "verse,chorus,verse,chorus,chorus again" it actually had a bridge and actual song structure to it which i loved
1. Aftermath - Overall favorite song on this album, love the mix of soft and heavy, this song definitely has the best chorus
Worst song: the fear is real - too long considering it is an interlude song
BTW for days is a beautiful soft song
And Kaleidoscope?
Guys... The THEME is FUTURISTIC, SPACE and THIS IS THE FUTURISTIC METAL! Get the theme. The Album teaser. All the elements they wanted to put in this song... Real fans will totally get them. I love this futuristic theme and I would say this is a job well done.
Honestly one of their best albums imo
Man, it's great to see them change perspectively and watch them grow into something bigger and more real and bare a more powerful message as they grow bigger lyrically, and also personally opening up more and more through their music. it's truly an eye and heart opening experience to learn and understand more about who they are as people (rather than just musicians) on a much, much, deeper level. Is it just me who thinks this?
Greetings here from Minnesota! I come in peace🖖
Cheers and a toast to CTE's achievements man, keep doing what you guys do. This album is fucking wonderful
And I don't give a single flying fuck if some of the songs are "softer," either; cause I know for a damn fact that CTE is Hard-to-their-fucking-Core in reality. As hard as a diamond. and that shit shines bright too, just to clarify.
Totally agree, I actually was astonished at how good this album was. I enjoy the mix of soft and heavy
This song is SO GOOD
Definitely my favorite on the album. Retrograde kicks ass, enjoying it so much. Nice job to the boys in CTE
It might sound corny but those lyrics really fucking spoke to me.
thumbs up if you love CTE no matter the sound. their shit is perfect! Their lyrics still give me chills, the guitar, bass, and drums are always on point too! Plus Andy and Dave's voices.. love! Just love them!
It's been a while since I've listen to bands. This has to be the best introduction back into the genre. I have to get this album.
It's really sad how many childish people have the guts to say stuff like, "oMg old cte is so much better!!@ too generic!!!!" like can you chill out? if softer isn't your type of music then that's totally cool, but the whole band has stated so many times so much time and hard work they put in to making this album so that tons of people can listen to it, and i personally think everyone needs to shut the fuck up because it's an outstanding album regardless.
Spicy MiAmes i wld rly like to hear the ppl saying this band isnt hard enough hear as blood runs black the alliance album. This isnt a HARD band at all lol but they are extremly impressive i havw a very wide music span.
Spicy MiAmes i agree and this is a great group i love there songs and also any type of music but people need to calm down this group are really good
It happens to every band that changes. It's a shame. They all release good stuff. Sometimes change is good.
Yeah! Sometimes bands goes totally wrong and doing lame job and turn to shit. But usually bands only create kinda new sound for new album and people are like "oh my god this sound different bleh". Bands can't sounds still totally same. Most important things to me band not lost sparkle which make band itself. I still can recognise them when I will hear some new stuff in radio and etc.
Doesn't matter
I absolutely love this album💜💜 I loved the old albums and I love this one, overall best band ever!!
Wish music was still made like how they did it. Easily one of THE best sounding bands on the planet
I love this album, this style is equally good as their old styles, I'd like to see a mix of the two styles in the next album.
it warms my tits to see this album being (generally) well received by their fanbase. It really showcases their creativity and is diverse yet cohesive. you can just start this album and not skip around, just let it ride
FIANLLY ITS ON RUclips IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR LIKE 3000 YEARS
I'm crying
Same ahah
I feel kinda sad cuz i didnt notice they have released their album allready 😅 i dont know how i could forget such a great band... But glad i found out now it's awesome!!
been waiting so long, it felt like millennia *wink wink* ( I'm a loser lmao )
honestly this song isn't bad but it's just sad (personally to me) to see CTE change so much. Daves uncleans are just so drowned out in a way.. it's hard to explain :(
Definitely one of my favorites ❤️
This song makes me miss Dave even more. This and Zero are the only songs I really like from the whole album. I feel like they are leaving behind what made their music so enjoyable in the first place.
I loved their old music, but I love this too. It might not be your preference, but it's great.
Who's ever out there saying disrespectful shit about this album just think of it this way they didn't have to make music in the first place they are doing what they love and this is what they wanted to do because really the real and true fans will stick with them no matter what and if this music is the kind they want to make let them make it. If yall don't like it don't write disrespectful shit I know MOST of yall hate it when someone brings yall down so don't bring them down about THEIR album. Ps. Cte yall did an amazing Jo on yalls album
FOR REAL! THIS ALBUM IS THE BEST EVER REALESED BY CROWN THE EMPIRE!
Best song off the album so far!
cPolonium I prefer are you coming with me
omg i really haven't listened to this album but this song has me in tears and feeling so powerful
Such a shame they never got to perform this one with Dave still in the band. Would've loved to see that.
The song that gave me so much confidence. This will forever be my favorite song by you guys. Just had to come back and show it some love. I think this album was when you guys found your true sound
loving the album so far!
this is very fresh to me compared to their past albums but it still feels like I'm listening to them , ya feel?
Love the album! They did well imo
This whole album is highly underrated. Do people not read the lyrics? Do they not feel this music?
This was my first "metal" song
Thx crown the empire for your soft and beautiful introduction
I love everything they've ever made yes, the fallout and rise of the resistance are my favourite albums but this is a piece of art to ❤
this album is amazing
Stop complaining and just enjoy them! ❤️❤️
i miss david 😫😫😫😢😢
Best song of the record so far!
I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING. BUT I STILL LOVE THEM
MY ANDY DEAR❤️❤️
I remember listing to this song for the first time while walking through London Heathrow airport on the way to start the next chapter in my life.
"There's nothing I can't face
So open the flood gates
No fear of what's to come"
gonna live by this song till the day I meet my maker
I really can't stop listening to this song it's my favorite. I demand a music video for it ❤🔥
you guys never disappoint! been a fan since limitless! have every album/song ever created by you guys!
best song of this album
i liked the song. keep it up cte
the concert i went to recently was AMAZING. I paid for VIP but didn't know what time it started so i missed it, really bummed :(
90% of the comments - "why are people hating on CTE so much this album is gold." 10% of the comments - "this album got me through tough times. "
I really hope they release Mercury at some point, I think that is one of the best songs I've ever heard.
Oo yeah that song is awesome. My favourites (including the bonus tracks) would be: Aftermath, Mercury, Hologram, Kaleidoscope and Signs of Life :p
true true
Its part of a deluxe edition elusive to target so Rise wont take it out BUT an alternative possibly is searching "Crown The Empire - Topic Mercury"
+Gabriel “Runaway” Ramirez I know, but they are still the ones who created the song. so I would hope they have the right to play their music
Please keep doing songs like this *-*
this whole album's shit.. and its funny that the fallout is still one of my favorite album's ever
Still listening to fallout album to this day!
I agree with you m8. sighhh. Miss the good ol' days..
Amazing album but we need a little resistance in here.
loving it!!!
love Retrograde 💜
Maybe best song on the album
this is sick guys! can't stop listening to it. :)
this and zero are probably the only ones i'll listen to more than once.
10/10!!!
To everyone who thinks this is bad or not as good as their older music: lol. You can't compare one style of music to another. You just don't like this style of music. You're welcome for clarifying that for you. This song is amazing, and I like some of their older stuff too.
Crown The Empire, f*ck, you do not make music, you make magic.
This is literally my favourite fucking song I love it so much
this one is the fucking best
I love it.
Just saw them live a few hours ago at Warped
Can people stop comparing this to their older songs
Everyone please STFU about "I want the old crown back :("
We all have opinions but you can't change what they want to do so respect the fact they are making something THEY love.
“Everyone STFU about I want the old Crown back” “We all have opinions” “respect the fact they are making something THEY love”
View must great from that glass house of yours.
this is littttttt
I love this entire album!!
I may miss the old CTE, but I love the tone they make in music now so yea, love CTE no matter what
Easily my favourite off the album.
CTE back when they released 'The Fallout', was the literal butt of metalcore. They literally inherited the Risecore genre (Andy even says that himself). Sure, it put them on the map, and the title track 'The Fallout' was decent, but if you listen to the rest of the album (besides Johnny's Revenge) it is literally the most recycled, generic album that has ever been released on this label.
This album is so refreshing. Although I couldn't get into the softer songs like Are You Coming With Me and the The Weight of The World - songs like this are just gold. Displaying Andy's mad pipes and STILL even including Dave's screams. Granted, it isn't the best album, but it's a step I, and many other people, didn't mind them taking.
It's funny I loved the EP. Hated The Fallout loved The Resistance. But I think this album is their best effort so far. There's just some songs on here that I think is their best work(Like this song and Hologram). I'll be really interested to see what the do next.
i agree this is one of my top favs on retrograde
The Fallout: post-hardcore.
Yo, someone put it into words! i personally love this album, its like they are saying they aren't confined to one sound. Although I could get into the softer songs because I have a wide range of what i listen to I fully agree
I agree that this album is good, but I gotta disagree that their old stuff is bad, I love their old stuff just as much as this album
best song on the album, liked other stuff, not so much this album, lookin forward for the next.
🥹I’ve stopped listening to rock and cte since I was 18, when I spiraled into a dark period that lasted for 6 years (addictions, trauma, and a lifestyle that even changed the music I was listening to) - I now feel like I’m gradually getting better mentally, I’ve also slowly gotten into rock again, this try felt like an aftermath🥲
OMG THEY ARE FINALLY ON RUclips THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH LOVE YOU GUYS
R.I.P Crown The Empire
They said they are taking a break. They said that in TWITTER.
What? o they are cancelling their tour?
THIS COURSE IS A POP ROCK MUSIC TRASH
+Ruben Barahona So does that mean their going to go heavier next album ;p
#fav
im loving this song
a quick psa: if you prefer the fallout, go listen to the fallout. if you miss the "old" cte, go listen to the "old" cte. if you dislike this album, nobody told you that you had to listen to it. if you dislike their style altogether or prefer heavier stuff, go listen to heavier stuff. i didn't think it was that fucking hard to be honest.
Chill
I still love them
honestly my most liked track of the entire album
This song reminds me of the time my ex dumped me in college. It was right about when this song came out. I was listening to it a lot.
Amazing song and album
So, this is the first time I've looked at the lyrics for this song and I've realized I've had it so wrong xD
2 years and I've been saying the chorus as "I'm ready to breathe again, I'm beginning to catch my breath. I'm ready to dream again, surviving what left me for dead. I had to bleed to lose, find myself to prove I can be alone without you. I'm all that I am; I am the aftermath."
2:20 made the song better , I'd have to say I love the older shit more
***** i like music i like xD im not going to say im going to like every song of a band if some are shit
rio i agree
By far, my favorite song.
This sound perfect for the walking dead season 7 for Rick Grime
The whole album is great, quite being so narrow sighted people
Simplemente Gracias!
I love this song
this is a good one, just like lucky us
I love you guys
Definitely one of their best songs imo
I like this style than before
I am all that I have. I am the aftermath
❤❤❤
by far their best song!
i love them u rock crown the empire
i really want a music video for this song
"I'm ready to breathe again"
Me: lol yes, pls i am dying...