Hey guys and girls,

 We've been out on this headlining run for a month now so I thought it was time for an update. The bus we travel on now has a decent internet connection so we're able to stay connected a little easier, as you may have noticed in the forums section.

 This is the first headlining tour we've done in a while. We had a great time touring with Nickelback this summer but it sure is nice to do our own shows, in front of our own fans. Every time we headline, we hear from the opening acts about how cool our fans are. The show is always a great vibe, people having a good time, just enjoying themselves. That makes us proud and even more appreciative.

 We're getting to play some songs on this tour that we've never played before. We're experimenting with songs (josh plays a stand up bass on More Than a Memory, Running away and Pieces both have pleasant surprises during the bridge) and we're playing a longer set than we normally play. We've been honing our backup vocal skills (Josh, Dan and I), something we've yet to try in our 12 year career as a band.

 Hopefully it's adding a much needed element to the songs and not too hard on the ears.

 We're proud to share the stage with our friends in Halifax and Agent Sparks. Both are great bands and very decent as people.

 We've been through some weather on this run. Unseasonably warm weather in South Carolina and Florida, typical ass freezing weather in Michigan, NY and PA. Almost everyone on the bus has had some sort of cough/cold/flu in the last month. I think we're in the clear now, at least there's no more snow on the ground.

 We really appreciate all of you that were able to make it out to a show for making them what they are: a LOTof fucking fun! The rest of you that weren't able to make it, we love you too, hopefully we'll see you next time. To all that we will see in the next couple weeks: We can't wait to put on the best show you've ever seen.

 Take care all

 peace

Chris

Same Direction

 

Whenever i step outside, somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience.
'cause everyone thinks they're right,
And nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination

But i'm not ever going to know if i'm right or wrong
'cause we're all going in the same direction
And i'm not sure which way to go because all along
We've been going in the same direction

I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space, was all of the time i spent a waste
'cause so many choices point the same way i was going.....

So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them
And why are you always telling me what you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that i can go my own way and meet you in the end.

But i'm not ever going to know..........

Pieces

 

Turn around and pick up the pieces
I, like a rock, sink
Sinking til I hit the bottom
The water is much deeper than I thought
Nothing to swim with
Kicking but I keep sinking
A lesson that no one could have ever taught
Cause I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
I see the picture
Blurry but now it's in focus
A fairy tale I purchased on my own
I finally woke up
Everything is better
A chance for me to open up and grow
I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
Suffocating sinking further almost everyday
Barely treading water knowing I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not give up
I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces

Out Of Control

 

I've done everything as you say
I've followed your rules without question
I thought it'd would me see things clearly
But instead of helping me to see
I look around and it's like I'm blinded

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
I don't understand what you want from me

I feel like I'm spinning out of control
Try to focus but everything's twisted
And all alone I thought you would be there
(Thought you would be there)
To let me know I'm not alone
But in fact that's exactly what I was

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
All of the things you've said to me

I may never know the answer
To this famous mystery

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me

It's in a mystery
It's in a mystery

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control...

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
All the things you've said to me

And I may never know the answer
To this famous mystery

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

Crawling in The Dark

 

I will dedicate
And sacrifice my every
Thing for just a second's worth
To find my story's ending.
And I wish I could know
The directions that I take,
And all the choices that I make,
Will end up all for nothing.

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.

Help me carry on.
Show me it's ok to
Use my heart and not my eyes
To navigate the darkness.
You'll be ending me,
If I come in suddenly.
Will I ever get to see
The ending to my story?

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer!

So when the hell will I know (know know know know know know...).
How much further do I have to go?
And how much longer 'til I finally know?
'Cause I'm looking and I just can't see what's in front of me,
In front of me!

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer!

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The affable Estrin, Robb, and Lappalainen recently stopped by LAUNCH's studios to talk about their wholesome upbringing, their friendship with neighborhood band Incubus, and of course, that puzzling band name of theirs. Here's how it went...

LAUNCH: I'm going to ask you the most obvious question ever, which goes against everything I believe in as an interviewer...

DOUG: That's all right, that's all right. Some people actually refrain from this question. But it's all right, we expect it.

LAUNCH: So...are you gay?

DOUG: Yes, 100 percent! Now that that's out of the way...

LAUNCH: Just kidding. Obviously, I mean I'm going to ask you about your band name. We've spent some time around the office trying to figure out what it means.

DOUG: That's the whole point, to be honest with you: You're going to ask me what it means. It doesn't mean anything. And it's really cool, it's one of those old high school inside-joke words that didn't really mean anything, and people started throwing meanings to it and everything, and when we started we were still in high school and it fit at the time. I think if we didn't have the success that we did growing as a band, we probably would have ditched the name a while ago. But it stuck with us, and people know it right away; it's one of those words you can't get right away, but once you do, you don't forget it. So we've gotten lots of cool explanations for what it is, and we just let them run with it. It's all art, you know. We don't really want to say what it means.

LAUNCH: Have you come up with variations for what you tell people when they ask what it means?

DOUG: We tell people sometimes that it's our bass player's middle name, and sometimes we say it's the "H" in Jesus H. Christ. Anything we can think of on

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