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Farewell is an American pop punk band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were signed to Epitaph Records releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractural obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended.
The band released its debut EP in 2005, entitled Poisoning the Lark, on Forsaken Records.
After posting new tracks on the their MySpace page, Farewell was scouted by the owner of Epitaph Records, Brett Gurewitz who offered them a deal in March 2007. The band's first full-length album, Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun? appeared on the label in September 2007. The album was released in The UK on February 4, 2008. Farewell was slated to tour the UK with Cartel in 2008, but the tour was cancelled. They then proceeded to tour the UK with You Me at Six and Houston Calls in October 2008.
Farewell cites punk rock bands such as Green Day,Jawbreaker and Alkaline Trio as influences. On July 25, 2008, Chris Lee left the band. Their second album entitled Run It Up the Flagpole was released on September 1, 2009.
my heart will cry
a thousand tears tonight
to a black sky
and my friend
prepare me a place
by your side
the blood falls from my fingers
onto your headstone
tracing the letters
and i am left alone
the angels will sing us
a requiem
to announce your arrival
this is my reply
as the heavens ring in harmony
we cry
goodbye Eric
farewell friend
my open wounds will heal
scarring over
to fill a void