Underoath’s Reinventing Your Exit is one of the most successful singles from their most successful album, They’re Only Chasing Safety. This song is probably best suited for general distribution due to the song-to-shout ratio. Aaron Gillespie handles most of the verses and choruses with clean vocals, while Spencer Chamberlain just slips a phrase or two into Gillespie’s melodies. Since the release of Reinventing Your Exit, this method of singing then screaming is one of the most common among screamo and metalcore bands to date.

The common lyrical theme of They’re Only Chasing Safety seems to be about the sudden change of a relationship or relationships. Underoath isn’t breaking new ground there. Reinventing Your Exit follows that theme based largely on the idea that relationships can evolve or sour just as quickly as they arose. Let’s select some of the paragraphs from the Underoath song.

The first verse is almost difficult to understand without following most of the other words in the song. Underoath sings “12th and Hyde on a Sunday, feeling like we’re gold. And we’re invincible” to express that something isn’t entirely real about what’s going on right now. Of course, most people know the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and their transformation from normal to insane. This first stanza of Reinventing Your Exit covers the same concept. We are not really who we pretend to be and we think that nothing can go wrong.

In the second verse, Underoath’s words are “It’s you and me on a Monday, the lies we told. This is where we both go numb now. You broke my heart again this time. You’re fading now, you crossed the line.” .” Now things are starting to unfold within Reinventing Your Exit. If we make comparisons between the first and second verse we can see that this invincible feeling has disappeared overnight. Aaron first referred to the characters as Mr. .Hyde and now are just “you and me on a Monday.” It’s a cool metaphor that seems like a common transformation that happens in most teen relationships.

Now, the chorus from Reinventing Your Exit sheds even more light on what’s going on in Underoath’s song. The words “You have me against your wall” indicate that the speaker is not in the position that he wants to be. Aaron Gillespie might be trying to point out that some relationships are more imaginative feelings than real love and compassion, so we feel cornered, helpless.

The rest of the words in Reinventing Your Exit just solidify this idea of ​​”helplessness in a fake relationship.” The words “We all want to be, we want to be someone. Right now, we’re just looking for the way out” says how the speaker wishes they could leave. Another of Underoath’s lines, “Looking for a hand, it’s not here But you’re not here, but you’re not…” talks about how the speaker doesn’t feel any connection between his partner. The words are quite simple, but very well thought out.

They’re Only Chasing Safety by Underoath is a great album, to say the least. I’ve met many of my friends who complain that “it just isn’t heavy enough” and “it sings too much”. Those sound like some pretty dumb excuses to me. The melodies are incredibly catchy, the screams are intense, the musicians are talented, and the songs are memorable. You can find all of those features at Reinvent Your Outlet.