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| Comments On: Chasing The Wind Chasing the Wind is about... exactly what it sounds. A "chase after wind" is something unreachable, or a futile effort. In the context of the song, I was chasing a shaky, short relationship with a girl. I was trying to trick myself into thinking that everything was going to work out, and that she was right for me. Eventually I gave up, and wrote the song. Lyrically and musically, I think it's easily the meanest song on the album. It's basically me telling a girl that she wasn't worth my time, because I couldn't get a specific (Archaic) Smile out of my head. - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Away Away is a song about feeling that life isn't completely in my control. Parts of the lyrics sound pessimistic, but that's not really the idea I was trying to portray at all. I wrote it on an airplane. About relationships, dreams, everything (I guess you could say fate). I felt (and usually do) that my life is going somewhere, but I'm not exactly sure yet. Away. I just hang on for the flight, avoiding lay-overs, delays, and turbulance when I can.. Okay, stupid metaphor. Sorry about that... - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Clearview Clearview is a song about living in the here and now. About seeing things for what they are, not what I (you) think they should be or what they were. And most importantly, accepting ALL of the present, the good and bad, as important, healthy, and even necessary. Stain the glass, paint the skin, Carpe f***ing Diem, baby. - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: And Gomorra I wrote the song about a year ago when I was dating this very interesting girl. I was in New York for about a week working with Ken on some new material. I had been seeing her for about 6 months or so. About three days into the trip, I received a call from her telling me about her experiences with another guy, one of my best friends, while I had been gone. She had intended to impress me with her honesty. Needless to say, I was not too impressed. It ruined the rest of the trip. Anyway, the verses are mainly references to him, and her, and me. The song is basically a huge extended metaphor, where I represent the "good" guy in the city, she represents his wife (surprise..), and what I had been calling love, represents God. The entire incident involving her and the other guy is the burning cities of Sodom and Gomorra. To make a very very long story less long, she DID look back. - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Archaic Smile Archaic Smile is a love song (every album needs a good love song) about a girl that I met while I was away from home. It is very positive lyrically, pointing out the apparent lack of importance of distance and absence in the face of a strong relationship, or even love. In case you were wondering, the term "Archaic Smile" is used to describe a mysterious and intriging smile first found on statues from the Archaic period. Since then, the word has been used to describe the Mona Lisa, and even more recent art. And if you weren't wondering, I guess it's too late now - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Is This Home? This is a very introspective type of song. It was inspired by several dreams and a long reflective walk in the snow on the New Year's Eve of 1998. I wrote it when I was questioning a specific relationship, the importance of relationships in general, and my own struggle with remaining comfortable living "here" (home), mentally, as well as geographically - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Stride This is a song about loneliness. In it's truest form. Being lonely, while surrounded by people. People who blindly agree with whatever they are spoonfed, -from their friends, their religion, community, etc. What it comes down to, is that I was searching for someone who could see things in their own way, without being afraid to admit it. Someone to formulate their OWN ideas about the world and why it works the way it does. Stride is the oldest song still in our setlist. It was written my senior year, after a long boring night at a party. The lyrics and music have been reworked several times since then. **Fun Fact**: Stride is the song which convinced Ken (our producer) to start working with a bunch of kids who couldn't play their instruments worth a shit. - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: More Than This More Than This is about moving on. on your own, through a mirror, through a dream, however. About standing up for yourself. realizing when something is having a negative affect on you. About gathering the courage and self-honesty to accept, learn from, and remember your mistakes... and carry on. **Fun Fact**: This song took us four million takes to get it right in the studio. Hence the alternate title Back to the Drawing Board - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Nothing To Hide Nothing to Hide is simply about struggling with the concept that someone could know everything about me, without exchanging honest thoughts and feeling in return. About feeling compelled or even forced to speak my mind, leaving me completely naked and vulnerable. - Joe Hedges - |
| Comments On: Rise The verses are basically me telling my dad about the way that I felt, the emotions that I bore, the complete and utter confusion about the way that I was being treated, during the time that I lived with him. He was always talking about crossing lines and looking at myself in the mirror without ever telling me exactly why those lines were there or what I was looking for in the mirror. The chorus is my way of saying to my father and all of the people who were my friends when I decided to take up music (all of whom, my father included, thought it was a complete waste of time and energy, and made it a point to remind me almost daily), no matter what you say, no matter what you do, I will turn this into something. - Jason Morgan - |
| Comments On: Kings Kings is a song about the good old days. Or more specifically, junior high, and the close friends that I had then. It's about missing childhood and the care-free, invincible attitude that comes along with it. It's about the friends that helped me figure out who Iwas, helped me through the death of my father, helped me learn to trust and to live. We had many titles- "The Seven," "The Inner Circle," "The Losers." I am happy to say that several of these Kings are still a huge part of my life. I have a CONTRACT with them now. I guess that's one way to hang on to your friends - Joe Hedges - |
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