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| Collective Soul – Untitled Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Also, \'Why did you leave the song “Untitled” untitled?\' \'Because I just ran out of words, dude.\'\r\n\r\nSorry for the bad formatting in the previous post. |
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| Collective Soul – Untitled Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Ed Roland did an interview with Variety recently. He talked about spirituality being in his lyrics, but not as a believer:\n\n"Lyrically, there’s spirituality sprinkled in, just because of how I was raised — not because of what I believe in."\n\n"Dad, I believe in the separation of church and rock ’n roll."\n\nSpecifically about Untitled:\n\nVariety: \'Was the line “I don’t believe in preachers” (from “Untitled”) a dig at your dad?\'\n\nRoland: \'Not at all. I just wanted everybody to believe in themselves.\'\n\nIt could be that the "you" in Untitled is Ed talking to himself in second person or to someone else as a form of encouragement, rather than being god.\n\nHere\'s the rest of his response:\n\n\'My first memories with me and my pops is, he took me to see a Johnny Cash show, to see Liberace, The Kinks, Elton John, the Eagles. My father had a beautiful voice, and was actually supposed to sing opera in Italy. And then, him and God had a talk, and he figured something out how he wanted to do his life. … I remember I could hear him talking to mom, they were gonna have some record burning night somewhere in the south. And he said, “I can’t do it.” Dude, I was only like 15 at the time, but I’d already told them I was gonna be a songwriter. I didn’t know I’d be in a band, but he knew my love of music, and he respected it. He goes, “I will not be a part of that.” And I remember thinking: that’s cool. That’s a good sign of support of what I wanted to do in life.\'\n\nhttps://variety.com/2020/music/news/collective-souls-world-i-know-ed-roland-interview-1234728913/ |
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