La banda se formó en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte, en octubre de 2004 por el guitarrista Shawn Milke, el guitarrista Patrick Thompson, el vocalista Dennis Lee, y el bajista Steven Tomany; Alesana rápidamente escaló en la escena post hardcore de Raleigh. El 2005 firmo con el sello Tragic Hero Records. En mayo de 2005, Alesana comenzó a trabajar en su primer EP. El disco Try This With Your Eyes Closed (Intenta esto con tus ojos cerrados) fue lanzado a mediados de junio de 2005.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Chords used: C#m - x46654 A - x02220 E - 022100 B - x24442 G#m - 466444 F#m - 244222
Intro:
Sing: C#mA take everything B away from me G#m(hold) silent angel...
C#m--A--B--G#m--
Verse 1:
Sing: A apathy cries out B from your lungs indifference reeks of fiction
Growl: C#m time will tell how far you will go
Sing: A I can't see why you'd run and B hide excluding such complacence
Growl: C#m as tears rain from bloodshot eyes
Chorus:
Sing: C#mA take everything B away from me G#m silent angel C#m leave me nothing AB to remind me of G#m this time now lost
Verse 2:
Growl: C#m the air now reeks with the presence G#m of your vile voice as your smile masks A the advance you keep B ...I am not your trophy (Repeat)
Sing: AB please try to say more carefully that you no longer need me C#m this back and forth is killing me A the only eyes you'll look B into are those in your reflection C#m you are the means to my end A(hold) this conversation is over it's over... B(hold) your truth is a C#m(hold) deception meant to poison me
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: A--B--G#m--
Bridge:
Sing: A I can't seem to believe BC#m that you ever cared for me A I can't seem to believe BG#m that you ever cared for me A I can't seem to believe BC#m that you ever cared for me
Growl: While singing bridge this conversation is over your empty words now drift away as fragile whispers I saw the day when the fire left your eyes your tongue fell still your treason is silence