Excited to release the latest single from Love Like Fiction ‘Misery Maintenance’. The first song off their upcoming EP ‘New Nostalgia’.
Watch the lyric video below.
Listen to it here (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, TikTok). 
—Press Release—
Premiered on iDobi Radio and Punknews (lyric video), “Misery Maintenance” is the latest single from Love Like Fiction from their upcoming EP ‘New Nostalgia’.
Produced by Matt Keller (The Maine, Anarbor, Katastro, Lydia), “Misery Maintenance” tells of the importance of breaking free from our habits and finding strength in the things that keep us happy and healthy. Through our actions we create our own peace. Through connection we find freedom from our vices.
About Love Like Fiction:
Based in Phoenix, AZ, Alt Pop-Punk band Love Like Fiction is the brainchild of Tara Goltz (Drums) and Marin Bridges (Guitar) who brought the band together in July of 2018 by recruiting Nick Barker (Lead Vocals), Frankie Stapley (Guitar and Vocals), and Paul Ritchie (Bass). Drawing inspiration from bands like Panic! At the Disco, New Found Glory and Mayday Parade, Love Like Fiction’s sound is upbeat and poppy with a melancholic undertone.
Sounds like: Grayscale, Mayday Parade, Fall Out Boy, Stand Atlantic, Hellogoodbye, Silverstein, My Chemical Romance, All Time Low
Lyrics:
I’ll take what you said
I’ll burn it straight into my bones
The echoes told me you’re the one I came to find
So let’s begin
Take the needle, hide the pills
I am restless, I am pained, but I am mine
Burn that rope
Toe the line
Repeat after me
“I will be fine”
Don’t lose hope
Keep your head up
Push that note
Over and over
Tear these walls down
Give up my crown
Forgive me all my mistakes, it seems I’ve crossed a line
Though the days may seem colder
Every day we grow bolder
And the angry ghost that haunts my home will leave me alone
So we’ll carry on, master your potential
Leaning in, we’re learning how to let go
For every night that screamed, “you’ve lost this round”
Terrified, but fully in control
Guaranteed to withstand the blows
From heavy hands that tear at our plans
And keep us falling from our calling
Don’t write me off, I’m not done yet
I’m a hopeful mess and a hypocrite
Don’t write me off, we’re not done yet
I’m a hopeful mess
Want you to
Tear these walls down
Give up my crown
Forgive me all my mistakes, it seems I’ve crossed a line
Though the days may seem colder
Every day we grow bolder
And the angry ghost that haunts my home will leave me alone
If I told you, you’d never believe me
Holding on is much too easy
Don’t give up
Just hold the line and you will see
The end is within reach
(If I told you, you’d never believe me
Holding on is much too easy)
For the broken hearts
And their lonely dreams
All of the abuse
Isn’t yours to keep
Let go, let loose the light inside
((Don’t give up
Just hold the line and you will see
The end is within reach))
(If I told you, you’d never believe me
Holding on is much too easy)
For the broken hearts
And their lonely dreams
All of the abuse
Isn’t yours to keep
Let go, let loose the light inside
((Don’t give up
Just hold the line and you will see
The end is within reach))
(If I told you, you’d never believe me
Holding on is just much easy)
Tear these walls down
Give up my crown
Forgive me all my mistakes, it seems I’ve crossed a line
And the bottom line is
With this chip off my shoulder
I’ve found my home
(Tear these walls down, give up my crown)
Tear these walls down, give up my crown
Sweet serenity, how could you do this to me?