(no audio) (somber rock music) ♪ The thunder struck ♪ ♪ The tourniquet touched ♪ ♪ It startled me ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ The roots I cut ♪ ♪ Were not ♪ ♪ Inside of me ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ (somber rock music continues) ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ The grave I dug ♪ ♪ It was ♪ ♪ Three by three ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ (somber rock music continues) ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ The shovel I stole ♪ ♪ It worked ♪ ♪ Perfectly ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I can guarantee ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ (audience applauds) (gentle rock music) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) ♪ As he stands in the middle ♪ ♪ Of the bridge ♪ ♪ He looks onto the river ♪ ♪ Reflecting ♪ ♪ As he stands in the middle ♪ ♪ Of the bridge ♪ ♪ He thinks about his past ♪ ♪ Regret-filled ♪ ♪ As he jumps into the river ♪ ♪ He sees himself ♪ ♪ He never did consider ♪ ♪ Remaking ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth, warm blood and honey ♪ ♪ Deep in the earth ♪ ♪ Warm blood and honey ♪ - To start off, I was traveling a lot to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and I kind of was just there visiting an ex-partner with nothing to do.

I didn't have a car, and she had a really beat-up parlor guitar, and I started writing these, to me, they're kind of like silly songs.

It was like, this will be fun, just like write this little bluesy song, and I sent it to some friends, and some friends were just like, "You should just do this.

You should do a project of these songs."

And within a year or so, I'd recorded a bunch of single seven-inches, like 12 songs, and ended up releasing 45 seven-inches on four different labels, and the next thing I know, I had a band, and then I was making a full-length, and then another band asked us to go on tour, and then, you know, all of a sudden, I'm doing another band, which wasn't necessarily the plan, And the more I was doing it, the more convenient it was, because my other band, Young Widows, was not active at the time, and so then I sign record deal with a label, and I'm making another record, and the sound changes a little bit and the feel changes a little bit from the beginning, mostly because I wasn't really planning on doing those early songs as a full-time music project, and the more it became a real serious project that was being active, I wanted to express something much differently.

(somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Here at the party of the buried ♪ ♪ We'll celebrate what is falling apart ♪ ♪ I'll introduce you to the trash man ♪ ♪ He's stealing the lambs with broken hearts ♪ ♪ Wasting time with you ♪ ♪ It ain't much of a waste to me ♪ ♪ The party stops when you're redeemed ♪ ♪ Unless you're wasting time with me ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Here at the party of the departed ♪ ♪ We finally found a good use for Mars ♪ ♪ I'll introduce you to the space man ♪ ♪ They're taking it out to the stars ♪ ♪ Wasting time with you ♪ ♪ It ain't much of a waste to me ♪ ♪ The party stops when you're redeemed ♪ ♪ Unless you're wasting time with me ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Here at the party of pretending ♪ ♪ We celebrate joy in the dark ♪ ♪ I'll introduce you to the cave man ♪ ♪ The gleeful line between him and smarts ♪ ♪ Wasting time with you ♪ ♪ It ain't much of a waste to me ♪ ♪ The party stops when you're redeemed ♪ ♪ Unless you're wasting time with me ♪ ♪ Here at the party of redemption ♪ ♪ You've saved up to wager it all ♪ ♪ I'll introduce you to the captains ♪ ♪ They always think they're the ones in charge ♪ ♪ Wasting time with you ♪ ♪ It ain't much of a waste to me ♪ ♪ The party stops when you're redeemed ♪ (guitar notes drone) (drum sticks clack) (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ When you get home, I might not sleep ♪ ♪ Anticipation of if you'll suddenly leave ♪ ♪ Baby, I, I'd really be on the run ♪ ♪ I don't blame you, I can't see what I'm running from ♪ ♪ Our ♪ ♪ Gravity ♪ ♪ Won't stable ♪ ♪ Until we get back on that highway ♪ ♪ Don't let your love life get you down ♪ ♪ We've all got black diamonds in our eyes ♪ ♪ Don't let your love life get you down ♪ ♪ We've all got bad apples on the ground ♪ ♪ When that storm hit, our entry ♪ ♪ Shook off every mystery it sure could bring ♪ ♪ Let's travel a little further ♪ ♪ We grow apart ♪ ♪ Heavy hearts tie together even from afar ♪ ♪ Our ♪ ♪ Gravity ♪ ♪ Won't stable ♪ ♪ Until we get back on that highway ♪ ♪ Highway ♪ ♪ Highway ♪ ♪ Don't let your love life get you down ♪ ♪ We've all got black diamonds in our eyes ♪ ♪ Don't let your love life get you down ♪ ♪ We've all got bad apples on the ground ♪ - I have a whole new concept for the next record that's not really anything to do with the concept of this album or "Prisyn."

I really wanna make a record of just four long songs, just because I've never done that.

It's like, to me, every album isn't about, you know, carrying the torch of the same process and the same sound and the same energy.

To me, it's about experimenting, you know?

And that's kind of always been my thing since I started making music.

It's an artistic endeavor more than it is a business endeavor, or more it is to, like, please the fans, or, you know.

Of course, I wanna make people who like my music happy, but I hope that people that like my music, I hope it makes them happy to hear something different every time, because that's what is exciting to me with other artists, you know?

I mean, when there's an album that hits you and then a band releases another album that's completely different or different enough that can hit you again, that's the reward to me, is just the constant creativity and experimentation to find new things that are successfully creative.

(solemn rock music) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) ♪ Once, there was light ♪ ♪ That held more life ♪ ♪ Then we croquet ♪ ♪ Tore away what we made ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ So tell me live ♪ ♪ So tell me live ♪ ♪ So tell me live ♪ ♪ Tell me live ♪ ♪ Now ♪ (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) ♪ Now that time passed ♪ ♪ I can't see before collapse ♪ ♪ The hand, the heart ♪ ♪ The soul, let 'em go ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ So tell me live ♪ ♪ So tell me live ♪ ♪ Tell me live ♪ ♪ Tell me live ♪ (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ ♪ Stop waiting for that life ♪ ♪ To return ♪ (audience applauds)