SONG LORE

Writing Process

I’ve always loved albums that start with an instrumental intro track. This short intro track spawned from a conversation that Sam and I had about wanting a really cool concert opener for when we first come on stage at a show. We then talked about how there could be radio space transmission chatter back and forth and then Sam said, “And then the last line should read: ‘but where am I supposed to go?’” That gave me goosebumps, and I knew we had to do something like this.

So the next week in the studio I toiled over what this should sound like musically. First I thought maybe it needs to be ethereal and gentle, but then I was like NAH.. the first song on the album that cuts right in after this intro track is Shadow/Light which is a banger so this intro has to HIT HARD. From there I heard the slow moving chord progression in my head and spent a whole day finding sounds on the keyboard and on my hundreds of guitar settings that fit this vibe in my head…. until BOOM. This epic track was born. I can’t wait to come out on stage to this.

Song Meaning

I have mentioned it before, but in case you didn’t know… I came from a very religious upbringing, and I have absolutely nothing against anyone who is deep in their religion btw… I have a lot of family members whom I love very much who are still very devoted to this same religion I grew up in. For me and my spouse Sarah it just came to a point that we strongly felt the need to let go of ours and forge our own individual spiritual paths.

I’ve discussed this more depth in a couple different Studio Journals before, but basically it was a very difficult transition to make, and it didn’t happen all at once. It was scary and it felt TERRIBLE at the time to want to let go, and to be deathly afraid to let go… It was entering the unknown. I wanted this radio transmission back-and-forth to sort of represent this in some way. The story cuts short at the end, but will be continued in the counterpart “Beautiful” instrumental track which will play halfway thru the album to introduce the second half of the “Beautiful, Terrible” album.