Matchbook Romance foi uma banda americana de rock formada em Poughkeepsie, New York em 1997. Lançaram dois álbuns de estúdio e um EP pela Epitaph Records.
O grupo estreou com o EP West for Wishing, lançado no início de 2003, e mais tarde no mesmo ano lançaram seu primeiro álbum Stories and Alibis em setembro. Em 2004 a banda grava um split com a banda Motion City Soundtrack.
Em 2006 lançam seu segundo álbum, Voices, a banda decidiu mudar seu som e assim ficando longe do que eles vinham produzindo originalmente.
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: B The sky looks like patchwork Stitched just enough so the sky won't fall on top of us Ebm It's Alright The city B was covered in gold And made out of dreams Everything we wanted was Ebm within our reach tonight And we stood B Tip-toed eyes-glued at the scene and the realization that
Chorus 1: Ebm Everything was so F#B clear and plain to see This is where I belong G#m you can't take me I was fooling myself all along B I'm never coming back C# I'm never coming back (Intro Riff) I'm home
Verse 2: B And we drove what felt like forever down this street and stopped Ebm at the edge of the earth It looks beautiful from here B This is a place we dreamed of A place made up in our heads Ebm we thought we'd never see B But here I am Eyes blinded by painted smiles We lived a lifetime that night
Chorus 2: Ebm Everything was so F#B clear and plain to see This is where I belong G#m you can't take me I was fooling myself all along B I'm never coming back C# I'm never coming back F#F# I'm home, I'm Home
Interlude: B--Bbm--F#--Ebm-C#/F#-F#-G#m-B--C--
(Repeat Chorus 1 except last line) (Repeat Chorus 1)