Florida's “Sleeping with Sirens” falls on the more melodic side of the post-hardcore world create a whirlwind of emotion with their yearning and aggressive blend of metal and emo music influences. Formed in 2009, Sleeping with Sirensfeaturing vocalist Kellin Quinn, guitarists Jack Fowler and Jesse Lawson, bassist Justin Hills, and drummer Gabe Barham quickly caught the attention of metalcore label Rise Records, which signed them and released their debut record, “With Ears to See, and Eyes to Hear,” in 2010. The album launched the band onto the Billboard Heatseekers chart, debuting at number seven and selling over 25,000 copies. Their sophomore effort, “Let's Cheers to This,” arrived in May of the following year. At the beginning of 2013 the bandmembers announced they had entered the studio to record their third album, and Feel was released just six months later. The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. “Madness,” the band's fourth studio long-player and first outing for Epitaph Records, arrived in early 2015.
“If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn” is one of their favoured songs from the album “With Ears to See, and Eyes to Hear.” It is probably because the band has shown their soft side in this track, especially in the acoustic version. And NO, this isn’t about James Dean and Audrey Hepburn. Kellin said that the title of this song was inspired by his girlfriend when she told Kellin that he looked like James Dean. He responded that “If I’m James Dean, you’re Audrey Hepburn.” Thus became the title of this swoony track.
This track sounds like a sweet love song but in reality it’s about breask-up.
“How the hell did we end up like this?
You bring out the beast in me
I fell in love from the moment we kissed
Since then we've been history”
This clearly points out that what they “are” is already in the past and the person singing is thoroughly in love with the girl.
“They say that love is forever
Your forever is all that I need
Please stay as long as you need
Can't promise that things won't be broken
But I swear that I will never leave
Please stay forever with me”
Aren’t the first two lines sweet? Well almost all the words in this song were perfectly fitted to tug at the heartstrings of listeners, adding up Quinn’s dreamy calm voice.
Throughout the whole song there is some underlying anger or hurt towards his ex that is being conveyed, trying to make a point of "I meant everything I said. I told you I would love you forever. Where is your promise?"
