JOURNAL
BEHIND THE MUSIC
There’s a difference between being cold and becoming guarded. That idea sits at the center of Cold Shoulders. The song comes from the point where distance stops being accidental and starts becoming necessary. People usually notice the change first. They notice when you stop reaching out the same way, when your energy shifts, or when […]
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BEHIND THE MUSIC
I wrote Behind Enemy Lines in 2001. Twenty-five years later, I’m hearing it in a completely different world — but the idea behind the song never really disappeared. That’s what made me want to bring it back. A lot changed in 2001. It was a year when words like war, fear, security, enemies, and survival […]
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LINER NOTES
Some songs start with something happening around you. Others start with something happening inside you. For me, Cold Shoulders and Behind Enemy Lines come from opposite directions, but they meet in the same place. Conflict. Not conflict just for the sake of having something dramatic to write about. I mean the kind of pressure that […]
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VISUAL NOTE
Some ideas don’t need a long explanation. Wolves in Church Clothes was always supposed to feel uneasy before it was fully understood. The visual world of the song leans into that. Church imagery. Shadows. Wolves. A room that should feel safe, but doesn’t. That contrast is the point. The phrase “wolf in sheep’s clothing” is […]
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