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ohn has said, “This was as deep as potential hope of a connection. That’s al- ing in a… I don’t know… taking a turn down.
JI have ever gotten,” as far as the ways sort of been a thing in my life. I always And those are the people I really wanted to
lyrics on ‘Boxes’. The album sees the want to connect – but I never thought I escape from.”
singer/guitarist open up on various per- would.”
sonal topics, even going as far as to sing ‘I Why didn’t he think he ever would, we o Alive’ is a hopeful and invigorat-
need a family to drive me crazy, call me out ask. ‘Sing song about facing your fear
when I’m low and lazy’. He tells Black Vel- “I don’t know,” he replies. “You could and defeating it. “That song was straight
vet, “It was a lot of fun doing this record. I blame it on certain things. I always felt there from my gut,” says John. “Those lyrics in
found people that I felt incredibly comfort- was a thin piece of glass between me and that song were really like… I learned the
able with and I have really good relation- the rest of the world.” only way to get over anything is to get
ships with those people. It was just very, In ‘Over And Over’ he sings ‘it’s hard to through it. There’s no backing out of life.
very easy to open up in those situations. be yourself when everyone else is chang- There’s really no hiding if you’re really
And they’re all aware of me because we’re ing’. He tells us that that was a comment going to live. Fear and uncertainty and
all friends, and they were all aware of where about how some of his older friends have trauma, addiction, whatever you want to
I was at in my life. I was very forward and taken such diverse paths. “I started to think say, they’re all just life lessons and there’s
open about where I was at… where I’m at in to myself, “Wow, are they changing or am I nothing put in front of you that you can’t
life. And these songs come out of having changing?” Really, the answer to it is, we’re deal with.”
conversations with people, which is difficult all changing and we’re all following our own We ask what moment has he felt the
to do when you get a room full of men to- paths and we’re all doing what we need to most alive recently.
gether – everything inevitably turns into a do to move our lives forward, but that being “Well… I just got a picture of my baby,
dirty joke! But a lot of the album is about a said, I know a lot of people who are chang- who’s not born yet,” he replies. “That blew

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