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Forgive (ft. Knuckle Puck)

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There’s a certain beauty in chaos—Chicago knows this, and so does Just a Mess. Their first album, Reservations, crashed onto the scene in 2019 like a bar fight at last call, all heart, sweat, and blistered-knuckle ambition. It’s pop punk with dirt under its nails, emo with a bleeding heart and a busted lip. The sound of late nights, bad decisions, and the kind of reckless optimism that only exists when you’re young and hungry. Even as a freshman effort, it delivered in a big way—Manifest Destiny emerged from the track list to become one of their biggest hits, a testament to the raw energy and undeniable hooks that defined Just a Mess from the start.

Imagine Drowning in a Pool of Your Own Blood

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This song deals with themes of mental health, emotional neglect, and implied suicide. Please listen with care.

“I Didn’t Know I Was Breaking” is a track about the quiet damage we don’t notice until it’s too late. It’s not loud, but it hurts. If you’re in a fragile place, skip it for now.

You matter more than the story this song tells. ⚠️

Lyrics:

You made tea, didn’t drink it
Said the silence helped you think
I joked about the weather
You smiled like you might sink

You said, “Do you ever feel like you're still 13?”
I said, “Yeah… but I’m better at pretending now.”
You laughed too hard
Then looked down

I saw the mess behind your eyes
But I didn’t ask
Didn’t know how
Didn’t know I was allowed

Were you screaming in a language
I forgot how to hear?
Were you dying while I stood there
Just trying to disappear?
I thought I was holding space
But I was making you small
I didn’t know I was breaking you
By not breaking your fall

Found your note in the bathroom drawer
Folded like a prayer you never meant to send
You wrote:
“I’m not sure what hurts more
being seen, or being pretend.”

I kept the sweater you bled on
The song you said you’d die to
The toothbrush you left
Still waits like I do

Were you screaming in a silence
That I dressed up as peace?
Were you begging me for rescue
In your quietest release?
I thought I was giving love
But I just built up the wall
I didn’t know I was breaking you
Until you couldn’t call

…I didn’t know I was breaking
I didn’t know
You were already
Gone

I Didn't Know I Was Breaking

Beyond the Stars is a 20-track odyssey that explodes with raw rebellion and cosmic soul.
Split into two distinct halves — Side A: Fire and Grit, and Side B: Dream and Infinity — the album tears through the noise of the world before ascending into something eternal.

Side A is all heat — electric guitars, thunderous drums, and truth on fire. It speaks to political chaos, cultural decay, youth defiance, and the cost of living in a system built to consume. These tracks punch like classic rock and funk gods—echoes of Hendrix, Prince, AC/DC, Janis Joplin, and Bowie clash with modern urgency. The message is clear: burn through the lies or be burned by them.

Side B leaves the wreckage behind and takes flight. It drifts into the stars with cinematic beauty, emotional depth, and surreal introspection. This is where identity melts, memories echo, and love haunts the void. You’ll hear dream-pop, synth-soul, and space-age ballads touched byThe fire becomes starlight.

This album is a rebellion, a breakdown, and a rebirth.
A cry from Earth. A prayer to the cosmos.
A mirror. A myth. A message.

_Corporate Messiah

New Found Glory’s ‘Resurrection: Ascension’ is available to preorder now on Hopeless Records and is out October 9, 2015!

►Preorder it from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/NFGascension
►Preorder it from Hopeless: http://smarturl.it/NFGmerch

New Found Glory - Vicious Love (feat. Hayley Williams)

Pre-order 'Around The World and Back' here: http://statechampsny.com

Around The World and Back (Deluxe)

Secrets

State Champs "Secrets"

Grayscale - Say Something

LYRICS 

The patience I once had is running away with my youth
Away in its hands
I’ve been neglecting who I am
That’s just who I was back then
Don’t need to be perfect, just happy
I’m still a lost boy

Last year I was a train wreck, now I’m just a mess
I’m letting go so I don’t lose myself

Every once in a while I listen to Death Cab and think about how it used to be
We thought that we knew the answers
When no one was asking the questions

Last year I was a train wreck, now I’m just a mess
I’m letting go so I don’t lose myself
I’m starting to be where I need to be

It feels like I’ve been taking the long way for a while now
Haven’t been at home in more years than I care to say
I keep letting my past carve out what the present shouldn’t be
What I shouldn’t be


The Home Inside My Head

Real Friends - Mess

Tonight Alive - 'Little Lion Man'

"Restart," new single from Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! available now: http://smarturl.it/Restart

New album 'Pardon My French' will be available April 30th via Fearless Records. 

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Restart

Just a Mess is an Alternative Rock band from Downtown Chicago.