Yea, frodriguez is correct.
I live in Virginia, and the band did a 45 minute interview with Elliot in the Morning and they explained the song as pertaining to a house they lived in.
Sam and Pete were working drywall at the time in Chicago, and had parties often. They said when friends would stay at the house after a party, they'd wake up and explain the same nightmares they had that other friends had who had stayed in the house, too.
Pete said they knew about the hauntings but never told their friends, which is hilarious.
They explained that sometimes it'd look like people were walking into the rooms they were sleeping in, and often felt chills and being touched in the house, commonly at night.
Pete also said that one day a woman was dancing in the front lawn and he asked "Can I help you?" The woman smiled, asked to come into the house because she used to live there and said her father and cat were buried under the tree in the back yard... They didn't let her in.
Anyways, everything I explained comes right from the interview and you can see it in the lyrics.
Chevelle does this a lot. I am originally from CHicago and had an opportunity to actually meet them before. I've heard them tell different stories about the same song in different interviews. Pete has said he doesn't like to reveal what they actually wrote the song about, because it takes away from the listening experience and the listener's ability to use the song for how it can help them. That being said, I think in some instances they do reveal the true origins of their songs, and sometimes I think they just mess with all of us make stuff up....
Chevelle does this a lot. I am originally from CHicago and had an opportunity to actually meet them before. I've heard them tell different stories about the same song in different interviews. Pete has said he doesn't like to reveal what they actually wrote the song about, because it takes away from the listening experience and the listener's ability to use the song for how it can help them. That being said, I think in some instances they do reveal the true origins of their songs, and sometimes I think they just mess with all of us make stuff up. At one point Pete and Sam claimed that the entire Sci-Fi Crimes album was nothing more than satire and was just poking fun at deeper meanings. I don't buy that, there is far too much emotion in some of these songs to believe that. I think they just want to put out enough different stories that people will say, their just messing with us and take the song for what it means to them. That's what music is really about, and I kind of like Chevelle's approach to an unending barrage of inquiry on the meaning of their music. Think it out for yourself and let that song permeate you and find your own meaning
Yea, frodriguez is correct. I live in Virginia, and the band did a 45 minute interview with Elliot in the Morning and they explained the song as pertaining to a house they lived in. Sam and Pete were working drywall at the time in Chicago, and had parties often. They said when friends would stay at the house after a party, they'd wake up and explain the same nightmares they had that other friends had who had stayed in the house, too. Pete said they knew about the hauntings but never told their friends, which is hilarious. They explained that sometimes it'd look like people were walking into the rooms they were sleeping in, and often felt chills and being touched in the house, commonly at night. Pete also said that one day a woman was dancing in the front lawn and he asked "Can I help you?" The woman smiled, asked to come into the house because she used to live there and said her father and cat were buried under the tree in the back yard... They didn't let her in. Anyways, everything I explained comes right from the interview and you can see it in the lyrics.
Chevelle does this a lot. I am originally from CHicago and had an opportunity to actually meet them before. I've heard them tell different stories about the same song in different interviews. Pete has said he doesn't like to reveal what they actually wrote the song about, because it takes away from the listening experience and the listener's ability to use the song for how it can help them. That being said, I think in some instances they do reveal the true origins of their songs, and sometimes I think they just mess with all of us make stuff up....
Chevelle does this a lot. I am originally from CHicago and had an opportunity to actually meet them before. I've heard them tell different stories about the same song in different interviews. Pete has said he doesn't like to reveal what they actually wrote the song about, because it takes away from the listening experience and the listener's ability to use the song for how it can help them. That being said, I think in some instances they do reveal the true origins of their songs, and sometimes I think they just mess with all of us make stuff up. At one point Pete and Sam claimed that the entire Sci-Fi Crimes album was nothing more than satire and was just poking fun at deeper meanings. I don't buy that, there is far too much emotion in some of these songs to believe that. I think they just want to put out enough different stories that people will say, their just messing with us and take the song for what it means to them. That's what music is really about, and I kind of like Chevelle's approach to an unending barrage of inquiry on the meaning of their music. Think it out for yourself and let that song permeate you and find your own meaning
@mpulley Darn, wish I tuned into Elliot at that time!
@mpulley Darn, wish I tuned into Elliot at that time!