Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.