Jordan: "A good part of the song was written while we were on tour with Paramore and The Starting Line in the fall of 2007. Outside a venue in Chicago, Illinois (before doors opened for the evening), a block full of people waited in anticipation for the band's show. Excitement grew more as the stage crew ran in and out of the back doors as the headliners soundchecked their sets for the show that night (a taste of the music that was to come in just a few hours). But 'Illuminated Youth' is an overall invitation to a place where someone can leave all their troubles and worries behind and live in moments made possible by live music and the communities centered around live music. Everyone feels isolated and / or trapped at one point in their life, and this is somewhere you can come to feel complete and content, if only for just one night. "Tomorrow's so far away," so live in just today."
Jordan: "A good part of the song was written while we were on tour with Paramore and The Starting Line in the fall of 2007. Outside a venue in Chicago, Illinois (before doors opened for the evening), a block full of people waited in anticipation for the band's show. Excitement grew more as the stage crew ran in and out of the back doors as the headliners soundchecked their sets for the show that night (a taste of the music that was to come in just a few hours). But 'Illuminated Youth' is an overall invitation to a place where someone can leave all their troubles and worries behind and live in moments made possible by live music and the communities centered around live music. Everyone feels isolated and / or trapped at one point in their life, and this is somewhere you can come to feel complete and content, if only for just one night. "Tomorrow's so far away," so live in just today."