Oh, young love of mine
She sleeps beneath the brine
And oh the sound, the tick
The weighty click of her heart against my spine
Now the dark is nigh
And she lays here at my side
But like a steady squall
Her arms they fall and her legs, they grasp me tight
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me in your fall?
All of my love, all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed
Oh my waking world
I leave you for a girl
Cast away into this blight
Swimming blindly through the night
Now my heart is bound
Like a plague upon this sound
And oh, it slips away, such soft decay
Then it grows
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me from the fall?
All of my love, and all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed
Stay clear of the wreckage
She goes down, down, down
And she burns like the sun
And it all falls away
Take your time and I'll take mine here today
But it cuts like a knife
And we're bound here as the night, it breaks away
And it all goes down
Oh, the sun!
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you shaken me from the fall?
All of my life, all of my days
Given to you, cast away
Here's to the war
Here's to the night
All of my love, sacrificed
Soft and kind
Cold as ice
Hold yourself beneath the brine
Smooth as wine
Black as night
Hold yourself beneath the brine
The brainchild of frontman Liam McCormick, The Family Crest began as a recording project in 2009 with co-founder/bassist John Seeterlin. “We always liked making music with people—getting a bunch of people together and singing. So we put ads everywhere,” says McCormick. “We posted on Craigslist and emailed old friends from school.” The outcome was greater than the original duo imagined, with 80 people credited on the first recording the band produced. From that a seven-piece core band emerged, though the Crest boasts over 400 “Extended Family” members.
