Relient K
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Released March 6, 2007
Relient K’s fifth album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago, debuting at #6 on the U.S. Billboard charts, has achieved vast mainstream success. While this album is considered by the band to be their happiest record, a few songs, like “Faking My Own Suicide” and “Deathbed” tell another story. “Faking My Own Suicide” with an upbeat tempo and happy harmonica playing, is clearly not a serious song, but still seems mildly inappropriate. The song, about faking a suicide to get the …