| Lifehouse – Storm Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I know as a songwriter you've truly achieved success when you can create a song that can be interpreted in many forms. Remember this is an art form! (colors of paint, textures) Consciously one can write a song that relates to religion, faith, a love, the earth and other life experiences. I know we use to do it all the time. The tough part is not using cliches! There is no right or wrong, 100% accurate references, just varying opinions, ideas, concepts. Listeners may come up with some that the artist had NO IDEA even existed in their interpretation and they wrote the song! What's most important is that the listener/interpreter can relate, feels emotion and has an experience. Jason , the lead singer wrote this song at 16 before he made it big. I am guessing but it was probably relationship related. This song is successful in that one can find many interpretations. Excerpt from their website, -“This time around it was about not having any preconceived notions,” confesses Jason. “It was about letting the tape machine roll and getting the music down spontaneously. I’m at a place where it doesn’t matter to me what other people think. I’m comfortable being myself. I’m writing from an honest place, not thinking about who’s going to hear it, what they’re going to think or how they’re going to interpret it. The lyrics can’t be contrived. They have to hit you right in the heart.” One song that does just that is the album finale, “Storm,” which Wade wrote at 16 “when I was going through hard times,” and was included on the band’s first indie record, 1,000 copies of which were pressed back when they were called Bliss. The original version has been circulated over the Internet by the group’s fans and was even licensed by the television show So You Think You Can Dance. Wade decided to re-record the song when he realized how much it meant to people. “That was fun to record because of its starkness,” says Jason. “We love the idea of the title, surrounded by negative space, like the a cappella beginning. Because when you’re lost in confusion, no matter how much is going on around you, you’re still alone.” |
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