Sunday, February 17, 2013

Bet you never had a Friday night like this

I could cry ok I spent like an hour typing out this great post this morning on the concert last night and I didn't save it freaking fishcake omg FREAAAK :'(((((((((

SOBBBBBBBBBB.

Ok no choice. Just gotta make do with my memory.

Last night was most definitely one of the best nights of my life, if not the best.

Jaime's stage presence omg. Newfound love for Jaime. He just had so much energy, jumping around and spinning with his bass and even going down to personally high-five the frontliners omg Jaime I love you. Vic's voice was perfection, I swear. How can anyone sound so amazing live? And Tony's riffs and headbanging. And Mike was beastly on the drums his epic facial expressions and energy omg I wish I could see more of him :'( I love Pierce The Veil so much.

If I'm not wrong this was the set list.

1. May These Noises Startle You In Your Sleep Tonight
2. Hell Above
3. Disasterology
4. Besitos
5. A Match Into Water
6. I'm Low On Gas And You Need A Jacket
7. Bulletproof Love
8. Hold On Till May
9. Caraphernelia
10. Bulls In The Bronx
11. King For A Day

I felt bad for the opening act actually cause everyone was just stoning during it. Initially the crowd was super hyped because the band opened with Let Love Bleed Red by Sleeping With Sirens which was just amazing, mainly because everyone was singing along and it's one of my favourite SWS songs.

After like half an hour of waiting while the crew set up (I saw their drum tech Casey he's quite cute in real life! haha) IT FINALLY BEGAN.

I was so so so happy that they started with May These Noises because I've always imagined it like that :') And then Vic started screaming the opening line and the crowd just went crazy. There was so much noise and everyone was pushing everyone in front. And just when I thought it couldn't get crazier, Hell Above started and everyone just went insane.

I was being moshed left to right right to left back to front and front to back. Couldn't stand straight, my feet were being trampled on (thank God I had good shoes on) and all I could see and feel were flashing lights and bodies. I'm not even exaggerating. Mosh pits are scary, at least to me. But then again, I don't even dare to go on roller coasters HAHA. #chicken

I was so scared I would get lost in the crowd! Couldn't even look around to find my friends (went with Jessica, Atiqa, Mistika, Charles and Shuqi) but I managed to find Mistika somehow and we just grabbed each other's hands and forced our way out of the mosh and got to the back, whew.

Cause this is a wasteland
My only retreat
With heaven above you, there's hell over me
The water is rusted
The air is unclean
And there for a second I feel free
Cause this is a wasteland
My only retreat


Hearing Disasterology live made my entire year. Yes I know it's a bit early to be saying that seeing as it's only February but I'm pretty sure nothing else this year is going to top that. It's one of my favourite songs in the whole wide world, when I'm tired after a long day and the opening riff plays on my headphones I just have to smile, at least internally. I love this song so much, and it was so beautifully played live. Bless them.

Can we create something beautiful and destroy it?
Nobody knows I dream about it
This is my imagination
If every living thing dies alone, what am I doing here
If every living thing dies alone
What am I doing here?


One song that hit me really hard that night (every song hit me hard though) was I'm Low On Gas And You Need A Jacket. It was PTV's first time playing it live omg so honoured. Vic played it acoustic-style on his electric and it was just beautiful. There were so many capture-it moments during that song, like how the crowd was just singing and moving along.

No, no more eyes to see the sun
You slide into bed while I get drunk
Slow conversations with a gun mean more than I've ever said to anyone, anyone

So keep in happiness and torture me while I tell you let's go in style
A million hooks around a million ways to die
Darling let's go inside
It'll be alright

But last night you said you ended up in Palm Springs dancing on tables
Almost fought some bitch at the club
Got kicked out of your hotel and lost your shoes well
Fuck what am I supposed to be, impressed?
You're just another set of bones to lay to rest
Guess it's time to say good night
Hope you had a really good time


Bulletproof Love was... just. No words to describe it. Hits so close to home, I think not just for me, but for nearly everyone that was there last night. And I will never forget how Vic held out the mic to us for the whole crowd to sing, "This isn't fair, no, don't you try to blame this on me, my love for you was bulletproof but you're the one who shot me."

I breathe you in with smoke in the backyard lights
We used to laugh until we choked into the wasted nights
It was the best time of my life but now I sleep alone
So darling don't, don't wake me up because my thrill is gone
(Say I'm wrong)
In the sunset turning red behind the smoke
Forever and alone


Me and Mistika were dying to hear Hold On Till May and when the intro riff played we just about screamed, as did everyone else. No words to describe this either, the riff itself gave me chills, and the words, and how Vic sang "Darling you'll be okay". Such a beautiful song.

And as the sun went down we ended up on the ground
I heard the train shake the windows, you screamed over the sound
And as we own this night I'll put your body to the test with mine
This love was out of control
3, 2, 1 where did it go?


I was so sad when Pierce The Veil said Bulls In The Bronx was going to be their last song, so I just went all out, jumping and singing every line and headbanging where appropriate. How I love the line "Murder the moment, my God I'm a serpent." I don't even know why. It's like my favourite part of the song next to the beautiful classical guitar solo and Vic's lines in the bridge after that.

Then they left, the stage was still dark and the crowd was all like "aw man" "that was an amazing show" "well played" "damn" and a group of people started chanting "King for a day, king for a day, king for a day" and everyone immediately picked it up too so soon the whole crowd was clamouring for PTV to come out and play one last famous song.

Then this weird music was playing, sounded like sirens and talking and noise, and everyone was quiet suddenly, like what was going on? It was so intense. And then the riff to King For A Day played and I swear we all just about died. I couldn't even believe my ears at that moment because I was so sure PTV wouldn't be playing that song since it's featuring Kellin Quinn who has big parts in it and Vic wouldn't be able to manage without him.

Then the band came out again and everyone cheered and yelled, and Vic told us to fill up Kellin's parts for him, and they played the song omg they played King For A Day.

Dare me to jump off of this Jersey bridge
I bet you never had a Friday night like this
Keep it up, keep it up let's raise our hands
I take a look up at the sky and I see red for the cancer
Red for the wealthy, red for the drink that's mixed with suicide
Everything red

Please won't you push me for the last time
Let's scream until there's nothing left
So sick of playing I don't want to anymore
The thought of you's no fucking fun
You want a martyr, I'll be one
Because enough's enough, we're done


So yep, amazing concert. So happy I went. Definitely worth every dollar, the minor bruises from the mosh pit, my entire aching body (everywhere aches I can't even find a body part that feels fine) and my sore voice.

Thank you Pierce The Veil for coming, you made my first concert ever an amazing experience, and I'll always be proud to say that I saw your first show in Singapore and that we were the first country you played Low On Gas to! I love each and every one of you, you're all incredibly talented, though you probably hear that every day.

Much love xx

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