Thursday is a post-hardcore band, formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1997. The band consisted of Geoff Rickly (lead vocals), Tom Keeley (lead guitar, backing vocals), Steve Pedulla (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Tim Payne (bass guitar), Andrew Everding (keyboards, backing vocals), and Tucker Rule (drums).
Thursday released their debut album, Waiting, in late 1999 with original guitarist Bill Henderson, who left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Steve Pedulla.
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!
Chords used: F - 133211 G - 320003 Am - x02210 Em - 022000 Dm - xx0231 C - x32010 G/B - x2x003
Intro: F--G-Em-Am--G/B-C
Verse 1: FGEm Standing on the edge of Am the palisades cliffs In the shadow of the FGEm skyline very far away AmDm A lightning rod that couldn’t pull the storm from me FG I was 5 years old my best Am friends older brother died G He fell from these cliffs F The river washed him away the GEm current pulled him downstream Am And our lives float in the DmF headlines so we parked Em these cars Parent’s garage Am Listen to the lullaby GF(hold) Of Carbon Monoxide
Chorus 1: FGEmAm War all of the time G/BCF In the shadow of the New York skyline GEmAm We grew up too fast falling apart G/BCF Like the ashes of American flags G The sun doesn’t rise Em We replaced it with Am an h-bomb explosion DmF A painted jail cell of blood in Em the sky like Three Mile Island Am Nightmares on TV they G used to sing us to sleep FEm They burn on and on like an oil field AmDm Or a memory of what it felt like FEm To burn on and on and not just fade away Am All those nights in the basement G the kids are still screaming F(Hold) On and on and on and on
Chorus 2: FGEmAm War all of the time G/BCF In the shadow of the New York skyline GEmAm We grew up too fast falling apart G/BCF Like the ashes of American flags
Verse 2: CEmAmDm And we’re blowing in the wind FC We don’t know where to land AmDm So we kiss like little kids FC We used to be very tall buildings EmAmDm We’ve been falling for so long F Now your eyes follow the CEm sign on the edge of town Am They offer a welcome GF(hold) when you are leaving
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Verse 3: G The pieces fall it’s Am like a last day parade C And the fires in our F streets start to rage G so wave, to the people EmAm that long to wave back G/BC from the fabric of a flag FGEmAmG/BCF(hold) that sang "love all of the time"
Interlude: F--Am--
Outro: F War all the time G War all the time Am All of the time F War all the time G War all the time Am All of the time All of the time FGAm War all of the time FGAm War all of the time FGAm War all of the time F(hold) all of the time