Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else.

Through this world I've stumbled, so many times betrayed, trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved.

The more we take, the less we become.

Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memories.

If I cried me a river of all my confessions, would I drown in my shallow regret?

I do think music and the arts are imperative for our kids for their creative learning and their emotional education, which breeds better adults. I'm doing what I can to try and pick up the slack and I applaud anyone who tries to give back to their community.

I want to be alone. Sympathies wasted on my hollow shell. I feel there's nothing left to fight for. No reason for a cause.