Too Close To Touch share emotional new single featuring Bad Omens

Too Close To Touch have unveiled an incredibly powerful and emotional new single, Novocaine.

Featuring Bad Omens, the track is taken from the band’s impending final release, For Keeps, which is due out this Friday, March 8 via Epitaph. It is described by TCTT as one “last gift” to fans, and it includes the posthumous vocals of late frontman Keaton Pierce, who tragically passed away in March 2022.

On Novocaine, Keaton and Noah’s voices come together in spine-tingling fashion “as a timeless tribute to the friendship and artistic bond” shared by the pair, say the band.

“It could have never been completed nor would it have ever been released if not for Noah and all of you, the fans, with your immense effort in keeping Keaton’s memory alive and thriving,” they continue. “We can’t thank you enough, but we hope that each and every one of you lose your voices as you scream their words along with them.”

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Read the lyrics in full, via Genius:

[Intro: Noah Sebastian]

Do you remember the way
You used to tell me it's okay?
Cause I can't remember
Those days, those days

[Verse 1: Keaton Pierce]

Overthinking the past
Where'd it slip away?
Safe to say that the new me's here to stay
Can I catch the way the sickness came?
Stole my pain, novocaine, yeah
I succumb, it keeps me numb
It's not alright, it's not alright
It's not okay

[Chorus: Keaton Pierce]

Trying to feel like I'm alive
How many times have I survived?
But I won't change
Trying to feel like I'm alive
But you know, you know
I know you couldn't change me anyway

[Verse 2: Keaton Pierce]

And I can't find the words to say
I'm a helpless mess, how can I stress?
A symptom slips right through my veins
Catch the way the sickness came
Stole my pain, novocaine, yeah
I succumb, it keeps me numb
I'm not okay

[Chorus: Keaton Pierce]

Trying to feel like I'm alive
How many times have I survived?
But I won't change
Trying to feel like I'm alive
But you know, you know
I know you couldn't change me anyway

[Bridge: Noah Sebastian]

If you still want to sing
Fill in the blanks we need
You can do it through me while you're gone
In time the price of peace will cost us everything
But all the love you leave carries on
So you can sing while you're away
Tell me the words you want to say
Give them to me and I'll relay
But know it just won't be the same

[Chorus: Keaton Pierce, Noah Sebastian]

Trying to feel like I'm alive
How many times have I survived?
But I won't change
Trying to feel like I'm alive
But you know, you know
I know you couldn't change me anyway
(Do you remember the way)
(You used to tell me it's okay?)
But you know, you know
I know you couldn't change me anyway
(Do you remember the way)
(You used to tell me)

[Outro: Noah Sebastian]

It's okay

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