The Opportunity to Be

The Opportunity to Be
EP by My Ticket Home
Released	November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)
Genre	Metalcore
Length	24:12
Label	Rise
Producer	Caleb Shomo
My Ticket Home chronology
Above the Great City (2009) The Opportunity to Be (2010) To Create A Cure (2012)

The Opportunity to Be is the second EP released by American metal band My Ticket Home. It was released in 2010, through Rise Records. ^[1] It is the band's first release with Rise Records, as well as the only album to feature guitarist Eli Ford.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Surroundings"	3:00
2.	"Desertion"	3:40
3.	"Refuge in Purpose"	3:31
4.	"In Regret"	3:46
5.	"Half Hearted"	3:08
6.	"Dead Weight (featuring Caleb Shomo)"	3:20
7.	"The Opportunity to Be"	3:47
Total length:		24:12

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Firework (Katy Perry cover)"	3:54
Total length:		28:06

Personnel

My Ticket Home

• Nick Giumenti – unclean vocals
• Sean Mackowski – guitars, clean vocals
• Eli Ford – guitars
• Luke Fletcher - bass
• Marshal Giumenti – drums

Production

• Caleb Shomo – production, engineered, mastering, mixing, keyboards, programming

References

1. "Album Review: My Ticket Home - unReal". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved June 29, 2025.