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By   Mon, Feb 23, 2009

I started this blog awhile back and have added to it little at a time.  I was originally going to post it on the day of Carbon 9's CD release of The Bull when it hits stores on March 10th.  But as the digital release is tomorrow on iTunes, Rhapsody, etc, and as I am an impatient creature, I have decided to go ahead and publish it.  My excitement has just increased concerning this band ever since the first article I published about them, and as I have chatted with Darwin on Myspace and have emailed a few times with Stacey, as well as read  and listened to several articles and interviews about them, it has done nothing but confirm to me, and this is solely my personal opinion, that Carbon 9 is the best band of this day and age.  They take you beyond just music into a realm of total sensory immersion.

This blog is actually a continuation of the CD review that I did on The Bull.  Not wanting to get in the way of the band and of their work, I chose to continue what I got out of the songs here as they are my interpretations and for lack of a better word revelations that are personal to me.  And having listened to the songs several more times since those first scribbles, I've found even more, each time that I dissect the lyrics.  Musically, there are times that I just have to stop what I'm doing and listen....deep listen, because there are times that the music will just wash over you and you have to just bask in it.

Having conducted an interview with Stacey through email, I have even more insight now about the band and their music and will say a phrase that will seem somewhat contradictory.  Their music truly is timeless and for all generations, but at the same time this is a band that is way ahead of their time.  I felt this way about Rush back in the 80's.  In the midst of screaming Hair Metal, Rush held music that was on a deeper level and with deeper meaning.  C9 holds to that path in the now, and I would love to see the writing process unfold now that I've read about it.

When listening to The Bull, as I would write as each song played, there was nothing eloquent in the way I would put pen to paper.  It was raw emotion that transferred from my brain to my hand and onto paper.  So, please keep that in mind as you read the breakdown of the track list.  The one phrase to keep in mind with C9 that kept coming to me is this: "layers of complex sounds".

So with all of that said, I hope that you get something out of my scribblings and that you will go buy this CD when it hits stores and see what YOU get out of the songs for your life.  And be sure to check back here at roadcrewmag.com for the CD review of Carbon 9's The Bull on March 10th.

What Is It We're Made Of?

Soul Searching, Questioning

Crawling Over Me

Are we ruled by this life or do we rule it?  Do we allow all the distractions of this life to dictate who we are or do we really live out each day?  Are we allowing life to pass us by?

My Friend

Do we really think we fool people when we're one person to their face and another one behind their backs?  Why do we as humans have to step on whomever we have to trying to make it to the top?

Somebody Like Me

Why can I not be accepted as me and find someone who is like me that appreciates me for who I am.  But on the flip side, why can't I accept others for who they are instead of demanding they be like me?

The Bull

The world is upon my shoulders - I will not bow.  You won't see my weakness.  The stress of life, job, etc may devour me, but I will march along this path and be successful.  I won't give in.

Butterflies In My Head

Abandonment - but not letting go- my world revolved around you and continues to although you're gone

For You

I would do anything for you.  "I'd build a house of orchids for you"  (on a personal note, this is one of my favorite lyrics. It is such an amazingly beautiful way to say, I'd do the impossible for you.  The orchid is my favorite flower as well.)  You make my world complete and perfect.   

This Life

Hiding within my own delusions behind invisible walls.  Living in denial of the real world.

Mary Mannequin

Obsession...trying to know everything about you....you belong to me, you just don't know it..choosing fantasy over reality

I'm Not Broken
 
Dependency - Do we live to please other people, trying to live to their expectations OR do we live our lives to our fullest potential and as who we are?  Don't try to fit me in your cookie cutter mold.

Loving You

I'm done with trying to live in deception.  I have to salvage myself out of this lie of a relationship.  I've loved you and to what end?  I'm flying to freedom.

I'm On My Own (my favorite track)

I'm broken.  My world has fallen apart.  This is death and rebirth at the same time.  How many of us find ourselves in this situation, in a job, a relationship, in our own life.  What doesn't kill me will make me stronger and I will survive.

Lonely In Love (one of the most amazing piano lines, programmed by Stacey)

Can we rebuild what we had?  Take it back to the perfection that it was.  I can not give up on what we have or walk away from you.  This life, OUR life is worth fighting for.

Tongues

No matter what I think that I am, when I look in the mirror, therein lies the truth.  I can run all I want, but I can never escape the truth.

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