Matchbook Romance is an post-hardcore band from Poughkeepsie, New York and were originally known as The Getaway.
The band formed in 1997, constisting of Andrew Jordan (vocals & guitar), Ryan "Judas" DePaolo (backing vocals & guitar), Ryan Kienle (bass) and Aaron Stern (drums).
They have released two albums: Stories and Alibis (2003) and Voices (2006), one EP named West for Wishing (2003) and one split EP with Motion City Soundtrack .
Matchbook Romance headlined the Epitaph Tour in early 2005
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse: Bb What makes us burn every bridge we cross? Or walk aimlessly into oncoming traffic? Third times a charm but would we even get that far? Though I owed it to everyone
Refrain: EG#m but I really owe it to myself
Chorus: Bbm Yeah I've got C# fourteen balloons But, I think I'll let F# them take to the sky Bbm Yeah, I've got C# fourteen balloons We can count them one by F# one and say goodbye