The New Amsterdams comenzó como un proyecto del cantante de The Get Up Kids, Matt Pryor. En el 2000, sacó su álbum debut Never You Mind, el cual tiene una fuerte prescencia acústica. Dos años después, Pryor publica Para Toda Vida, también acústico. Para 2003, Worse For The Wear incluye por vez primera una banda completa, que para el tiempo incluía a Ryan Rope y su hermano, ambos de Get Up Kids. En 2005, cuando Get Up Kids anunciaba su separación, salió a luz Killed Or Cured.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: DB Don't expect so much at all if the test does beckon me DB If I should fail if I should fall I will lose no stability GA No not at all cause it's the best just not to try
Verse 2: DB Get away got no family but this DB And this little piece of heaven I am not about to risk GADAGA What if I fall? What if I never make it home, home? Home... GAD That's a fear, that I can't bring myself to face
Verse 3: DB So let it go Don't bring it up DB Put more value on what you want to give up GAD What if I fall? Nothing could make me change my mind AGA My travel scar And they break more broken hearts DA When I was younger I'd have run away GAGA My dependence made me stay, now I'm tired and afraid DA And the world at large a frightening place GAD That's a fear I can't bring myself to face