I sang that to soften the blow, so it’s a really special line to me, even though it’s a bit comedic.”

That line was just for me to get used to the fact that she wasn’t going to be around, and unfortunately, she wasn’t. We’d go over and take her chocolates as we prepared for the inevitable, because we knew that she wouldn’t be around much longer. She would call me and tell me she was in jail and that no one would let her leave. She was losing her wits, and it was very sad.

We had this ongoing joke at the time that my grandma was in jail because she had been put into a long-term care facility. I sang it, and we ended up keeping it on the final recording. My mind started drifting and I was trying to get a reaction out of my bandmates who were plugged into their headphones. “I sang those words over the demo one day because we got bored of playing that song over and over again. “Hello Jesus, hello Elvis // It’s good to see ya’s // Hello grandma, you’re looking good // I knew you would”, ‘Bathed In Light’ – ‘Master Volume’ (2018) There’s a yearning sentiment behind that line.” I was watching more and more people crumble under drugs, alcohol, and other bad decisions, so I was trying to educate myself and seek other things. I was seeking an alternative way of living, and my transition from my early twenties to my late twenties was me trying to figure out my life a little bit. The early parts of my twenties were spent working in bars and living a life of hedonism. Like many young men my age at that time, I was still learning how not to be a dick. This is my favourite line from that song, and it’s my best attempt at emulating my hero Paul Westerberg from The Replacements. That was my takeaway sentiment from that trip. I had a great time with the people there, and it inspired me to write this song about how when I die, I’d like to be buried at the rodeo there. It was just the three of us in a minivan playing DIY shows that we had booked ourselves, and we such an amazing show in Denver, Colorado. It was my first time across in the United States, and we had the greatest time of our lives. “We did our first US tour when we were about 23 years old. “Got a temper and an eye for truth // Got a shot to shit sweet tooth”, ‘Bury Me At The Rodeo’ – ‘Higher Power’ (2016) I felt completely powerless to do anything, so I went home, picked up my guitar, and I belted those lines out.Ī lot of people over the years have reached out about that song and what it means to them, and it still reminds me of seeing the first set of casualties from your friend group as you transition from adolescence to adulthood. I went to see him, and he was making light of the whole thing and planning on going out that night. He denied the gravity of the situation, and I remember getting a call that he was in the emergency room one day. He wasn’t listening to anybody who was telling him how much he needed to stop. During that time though, one of my best friends was destroying himself with alcohol. When we were writing that song, for a few months we would just jam the verses, but it took a while to build a song around it. It was a lot of fun when I started singing those lyrics in my parent’s basement, and I could hear them yelling from upstairs telling me to stop swearing. To me now, it’s a little on the nose, but I still take great pride in singing it every night. This line is the pre-chorus of the song, and I was quite proud of it when I was 19 years old. “This was the single that kickstarted our humble but righteous little career.

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