Biography:
1) Defeater are an American melodic hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts. To date, they have released three full-length albums, two EPs and a single. The band's current lineup consists of Derek Archambault (vocals/acoustic guitar), Jay Maas (guitar), Jake Woodruff (guitar), Joe Longobardi (drums) and Mike Poulin (bass). All of the band's works have been released via Bridge Nine Records, aside from the album Travels, which was initially released via Top Shelf Records, but was later reissued on Bridge Nine Records.
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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!
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!
F Dm
F
Unwanted, but breathing.
In the next room, sleeping.
D
My mother, she’s crying and my father’s been drinking.
F F
In our run down apartment, where the roof is still leaking.
Dm
He’s cursing and cussing, it’s just the whiskey talking.
A# F
I’ve got lots of memories like this one.
A# F
Of empty days and nights spent tired and lonesome.
A# A#
When I think back to all of it, it’s all too much, it’s all too much when you’re
just a little kid.
F Dm F Dm
F F
My little brother, just a newborn baby.
Dm Dm
In the image of my mother, she says he’s a blessing.
F F
But not to my father, oh how he hates him.
Dm Dm
“An undeserving mistake.” He calls him a burden.
A# F
I’ve got lots of memories like this one.
A# F
Of picking sides and picking fights between them.
Dm7 Dm7
When I think back to all of it, it’s all too much when you’re just a little kid.
A#
When I wake up in the morning it all feels like a bad dream,
A#
one that follows you and haunts you endlessly.
F
Ooh
(only drums and vocals until the Dm)
Broken and beaten from the abuse and the cheating,
Dm
the addiction, and the lying, and the promise of leaving.
F
While my old man was a bastard, I admired and loved him.
Dm
And Us two kids were born in to a family, not a fortune.
F Dm F Dm F Dm F
F
Unwanted, but breathing.
In the next room, sleeping.
D
My mother, she’s crying and my father’s been drinking.
F F
In our run down apartment, where the roof is still leaking.
Dm
He’s cursing and cussing, it’s just the whiskey talking.
A# F
I’ve got lots of memories like this one.
A# F
Of empty days and nights spent tired and lonesome.
A# A#
When I think back to all of it, it’s all too much, it’s all too much when you’re
just a little kid.
F Dm F Dm
F F
My little brother, just a newborn baby.
Dm Dm
In the image of my mother, she says he’s a blessing.
F F
But not to my father, oh how he hates him.
Dm Dm
“An undeserving mistake.” He calls him a burden.
A# F
I’ve got lots of memories like this one.
A# F
Of picking sides and picking fights between them.
Dm7 Dm7
When I think back to all of it, it’s all too much when you’re just a little kid.
A#
When I wake up in the morning it all feels like a bad dream,
A#
one that follows you and haunts you endlessly.
F
Ooh
(only drums and vocals until the Dm)
Broken and beaten from the abuse and the cheating,
Dm
the addiction, and the lying, and the promise of leaving.
F
While my old man was a bastard, I admired and loved him.
Dm
And Us two kids were born in to a family, not a fortune.
F Dm F Dm F Dm F
