Here what the song means and also what inspired Stephen to even write it:
Stephen says he is determined to make Anberlin devotees think.
But the fact that they don't always connect to the deeper meaning in his songs can be frustrating.
That notion gave birth to the lyric,
"I'm so tired of writing songs, where people listen but never really hear what's going on,"
on the winning anthem "A Whisper and A Clamor."
"That line isn't an insult," he says.
"It's more of a challenge to fans to study the words.
I think a lot of times, it's kind of draining on me that people only have one kind of interpretation.
I put a lot of thought into what I do.
With our last album, I'd get emails from fans about the song "Symphony of Blasé" and people would say,
'I just broke up with my girlfriend and that song helped me through it.'
And I'd be like,
'It wasn't a break up song at all.
It was about alcoholism.'
I mean, these songs aren't about the basic pop,
'Ooh girl. I love you.'
They're much deeper than that."
I understand what stephan is trying to do, but he doesn't really give you a clue to the underlying message sometimes. In A whisper and a Clamor, the only words that even give a slight hint to alcoholism is "thirst for substance." but even then it only hints to drugs, and liquid form.
I understand what stephan is trying to do, but he doesn't really give you a clue to the underlying message sometimes. In A whisper and a Clamor, the only words that even give a slight hint to alcoholism is "thirst for substance." but even then it only hints to drugs, and liquid form.
More lines of the song point toward a break up.
"you can hear me out alright, Please take these feelings for her inside, My chest hurts when I breathe tonight" "this is our last goodnight" "this is where love ends,"...
More lines of the song point toward a break up.
"you can hear me out alright, Please take these feelings for her inside, My chest hurts when I breathe tonight" "this is our last goodnight" "this is where love ends,"
It makes me laugh that stephan says that we don't understand his song and have to look deeper, because sometimes he only gives us a tiny clue to the actual meaning, i'm sorry but i can't read his mind.
You'd understand if you looked at every possibility and really analyzed the lyrics. He took the time to come up with them, so why should we just overlook it? You could interpret it many ways, but that's the fun part! :)
You'd understand if you looked at every possibility and really analyzed the lyrics. He took the time to come up with them, so why should we just overlook it? You could interpret it many ways, but that's the fun part! :)
Here what the song means and also what inspired Stephen to even write it:
Stephen says he is determined to make Anberlin devotees think. But the fact that they don't always connect to the deeper meaning in his songs can be frustrating.
That notion gave birth to the lyric, "I'm so tired of writing songs, where people listen but never really hear what's going on," on the winning anthem "A Whisper and A Clamor."
"That line isn't an insult," he says. "It's more of a challenge to fans to study the words. I think a lot of times, it's kind of draining on me that people only have one kind of interpretation. I put a lot of thought into what I do.
With our last album, I'd get emails from fans about the song "Symphony of Blasé" and people would say, 'I just broke up with my girlfriend and that song helped me through it.'
And I'd be like, 'It wasn't a break up song at all. It was about alcoholism.' I mean, these songs aren't about the basic pop, 'Ooh girl. I love you.' They're much deeper than that."
*& it's all an excerpt from: http://www.toothandnail.com/artist_bio.php?id=19
I understand what stephan is trying to do, but he doesn't really give you a clue to the underlying message sometimes. In A whisper and a Clamor, the only words that even give a slight hint to alcoholism is "thirst for substance." but even then it only hints to drugs, and liquid form.
I understand what stephan is trying to do, but he doesn't really give you a clue to the underlying message sometimes. In A whisper and a Clamor, the only words that even give a slight hint to alcoholism is "thirst for substance." but even then it only hints to drugs, and liquid form.
More lines of the song point toward a break up. "you can hear me out alright, Please take these feelings for her inside, My chest hurts when I breathe tonight" "this is our last goodnight" "this is where love ends,"...
More lines of the song point toward a break up. "you can hear me out alright, Please take these feelings for her inside, My chest hurts when I breathe tonight" "this is our last goodnight" "this is where love ends,"
It makes me laugh that stephan says that we don't understand his song and have to look deeper, because sometimes he only gives us a tiny clue to the actual meaning, i'm sorry but i can't read his mind.
You'd understand if you looked at every possibility and really analyzed the lyrics. He took the time to come up with them, so why should we just overlook it? You could interpret it many ways, but that's the fun part! :)
You'd understand if you looked at every possibility and really analyzed the lyrics. He took the time to come up with them, so why should we just overlook it? You could interpret it many ways, but that's the fun part! :)