The guys have started work on the Fading West movie! Check out this tweet from Tim’s Twitter page:
AKEE! HUZZAH! YAY!
Speaking of exciting updates, Fiction Family is back in the studio again… and they’ve been posting photos and updates!:
From Sean: Last day in the studio with Fiction Family couldn’t have gone better.
From Tyler: One more fiction family jam for the new record.
Sean and Jon
From Jon: New fiction family recording @ Foot Studio….
We have a few more For The Sender concert updates for you today – let’s start with this fantastic review of the show by KPIRfm:
The show at La Paloma was essentially a public version of the get togethers the artists would hold where they would meet at someone’s house, share dinner and jam together. In fact, the furniture on stage actually belonged to Woodward. The idea that all of the people on stage were also close friends made the event particularly special.
“These are deep, deep friendships here,” said Jon Foreman, “a lot of times you have that in music, but it’s rare that something like this actually happens outside of the home.”
Although the stage was filled with artists that Tempchin described as “world class,” the show focused less on the musicians and more on the people behind the stories. This made the evening especially significant and important for the 600 people who showed up that night, each with their own stories of heartache, hurt and tragedy. “For us this is the driving force for what we do,” said A New Found Glory’s lead singer, Jordan Pundik, who had flown in from Southeast Asia to be at the show.
For Jon, it’s the people in the audience who inspire him, “There are 300 stories walking into the theater right now,” he said. “I find it really powerful to be the songwriter of their life’s story.” Foreman hoped that his songs would translate back to the storyteller as a gift.
If I had to condense the night down to one word, I would have to use the word ‘intimate.’ The theater itself was small and quaint but it contributed to the heart of the evening perfectly. The use of Woodard’s personal furniture on stage was a symbolic invitation to each audience member to come inside his home and to catch a glimpse of the story that he wanted to tell. A heartfelt connection arose between the artists and the people inside that 1920s theater. A connection that contributed to an atmosphere that was both cozy and comfortable.
Last Thursday night was dedicated to the millions of untold stories and the people who lived through them. It was for the truly dedicated like Alison, for the broken and hurting like Emily, and for the lost and empty like Katelyn. Now the director of a homeless shelter for children, Kim’s emergence from the cavernous black hole that was her life “began as a whisper.” Her dramatic life-change began with an open ear and an encouraging comment.
Take the time to listen. Sometimes the unlocked stories of our lives can be told for us. Perhaps in a better way than we could ever tell it. A sympathetic ear, a smile, a late-night cup of coffee or a hand on the shoulder can be the dynamic life-changing event someone could so desperately need and the therapeutic treatment you seek. Alex Woodard and company did and in doing so, touched lives.
Read the full review right HERE.
The For the Sender facebook page posted some awesome shots from the night. Click HERE to view the full set:
Photo Credit: For The Sender facebook
Photo Credit: For The Sender facebook
Photo Credit: For The Sender facebook
We have a few new video recordings for you as well – watch videos of “Unbroken” and “Never Alone” below!:
Keep up with more For The Sender updates and news by visiting the connect page HERE - they’re asking for fans to submit their own letters to the project… and they just might write a song based on YOUR letter! Be sure to check that out.
Hey Minnesota, Switchfoot is heading your way for a concert in April! (Thanks Daniel!)
For more info, click right HERE. Hmmm… this isn’t the first college tour date we’ve seen set for the spring… I wonder if they’re just scattered date… or is a tour shaping up?
ChristianMusicZine posted a poll asking fans to vote for their favorite Switchfoot album – go vote for yours HERE! (P.S. Mine? Nothing Is Sound.)
Discussion Point: It’s been WAY too long since we’ve had a Monday Comes Around song discussion! It’s Tuesday, but we’re going to have on this week anyway… so join us as we discuss… Daisy! Here’s Jon’s song story:
Ah, daisy! sweet daisy… this one is my wife’s favorite. I wrote it a while ago yet somehow it didn’t make it onto the last record. I’m really thankful it didn’t; I don’t think we were ready for it then. Some songs age like wine and others age like milk finding a sour, over-thought, overproduced end. This one lasted for a long time and kept getting better. I feel really great about how it came out. In fact, the end of the tune might be my favorite rock moment on the record, ironic because the beginning of the tune is anything but rock- so sparse and pretty. Because of the different tuning, it’s a pain to get the guitar back to normal afterwards so we’ve never played this one live. I want to wait for just the right moment. I remember chad was hitting so hard on this one that he ended up breaking the kick pedal on the last hit of the song, he shouts out, “I think I broke the kick pedal!” We ended up cutting it out for the record because it seemed a little camp. Maybe we’ll put it up online or something, because it needs to be heard. Classic Chad: the man with the iron foot strikes again!
For me, this is an appropriate way to finish the record- A song about letting go. When we’re making an album I tend to go into this mode where all I think about is the record, the record, the record- in very unhealthy ways at times. I usually put a lot of pressure on myself because the music means so much to me. But, like everything else, a record has a beginning and an end. You have to put the brush down and walk away. I’m not sure I’ve done that yet but I’m working on it! I’ve heard it said that a record is never completed, you just move on to the next one. I’m very proud of this record and feel like this is better than anything we’ve done so far and yet I’m anxious to beat it. Thanks for listening and thanks for reading.
I know this song means a LOT to most Switchfoot fans, and many consider it to be in the top 10 list of Switchfoot’s best songs. Others insist it’s the best closer they’ve ever had on a record… though Where I Belong might be dethroning it! We want to hear about your own thoughts, experiences and memories with this song. Do you think it’s one of Switchfoot’s finest songs? What does this song mean to you? What’s your favorite lyric? Moment? Share in the comments below!
This is my favorite song on Nothing Is Sound.
Switchfoot AND Company of Thieves?! I seriously thought I was the only one who had ever heard of the latter band. Very jealous of you little Minnesota folks. Grrr >:P
I could go on forever about Daisy. The metaphor of God with the rain (that’s how I interpret it at least) bring about genius lyrics. The music is a pretty ballad, but Jon brings in some clever dissonances that make it so interesting to listen to, and then naturally Switchfoot bursts out of their cage behind Jon and tear the speakers to shreds. It reminds me of the ending to a lot of their concerts (or maybe older concerts) where Jon would play the first half of Dare You To Move acoustic, and then the band would punch in for the last half. Really wish they would play this song live more, though many probably don’t know it.
If anyone enjoys Daisy and hasn’t heard the iTunes Session version I highly recommend checking it out.
I had no idea they did an iTunes session!!!!! THANK YOU!! Im eternally in your debt o.o
I cant possibly get enough Daisy
Definitely make sure you check out all the songs they did for that iTunes session, Jacob – my personal favorite is Only Hope.
You need to visit this page on LOBH! http://landofbrokenhearts.org/switchfoot/discography/
Daisy continues be my favorite closer in terms of sheer epicness. I love the build to the franctic scream at the end. And its lyrics are top notch to boot!
I think Jon really hit his lyrically peak with NiS and O!G – Daisy is a perfect example of that! I’d love to see more of that type of writing from Jon on the next album
I fell in love with For The Sender project, im just mad that I live too far to attend one of these concerts =/ but thanks LOBH for all the info!
Daisy… special. Definetly. First because is my mom’s name. Do I have to say anything else? Wow. I love how Jon looks like begging “let it go” as if you’re struggling so hard with something and everyone tried to convince you to let go, but you’re so stubborn and hurt that you just cant. And Jon is like the last person thats asking “let it go…” and you’re this close to let go…. I cant even describe the image I have… I love the analogy with the rain and the nature that they are pretty and gifts for us because they give themselves away.
Wow. Just… Wow.
I heard Daisy live as part of an encore, and it was flipping amazing. Jon solo with just him and his guitar on a stool, singing beautifully. Then the rest of the guys joining in at the end with one of Switchfoot’s coolest rock moments ever. Truly a perfect way to end a show. Brilliant song too, it makes you think a lot.
This is my absolute favorite Switchfoot song of all time. Not only do I think its the best closer of any SF record (Sorry Where I Belong…), but I don’t know of any song with an ending like Daisy’s. The song is just perfect–it provides such a release. This is the song that gets me through tough times. The guys would be hard pressed to improve on it.
I actually saw them play this one live, making it one of my favorite SF concert moments. There’s definitely something special about having not only your favorite band, but also all your friends around you singing your favorite song.
I love how you put that – Daisy provides such a release. I have often felt that myself – something about Jon’s raw screaming and the painful lyrics really resonate in difficult times…
Carlos, you hit it on the nail with your description. RELEASE!
Daisy is such a powerful song, and it means a lot to me. It’s gotten me through a lot. The whole song is just amazing.
“This fallen world doesn’t hold your interest. It doesn’t hold your soul. Daisy, let it go.”
Possibly some of his strongest lyrics. But with Jon, you never know.
just one word for never alone! MAGNIFICENT
For some crazy reason, at one point I didn’t like Daisy very much. Now I really like that song and it’s currently one of my top 5 Switchfoot songs. *Goes and listens to Daisy* I like everything about this song, the lyrics and how it starts off quiet then builds to the end…
Any word about when we can expect to the new Fiction Family?
“Daisy” is a very good song. For me, it feels a little overshadowed by the other acoustic album-closers that precede and follow it – “Twenty-Four” and “Let Your Love Be Strong” – but when I actually sit down and listen to “Daisy” I’m reminded of how good it is. Quiet, stripped down, and elegiac, with powerful but slightly mysterious lyrics. Just who this “Daisy” character is never quite fully unfolds, but Jon’s instruction to “let it go” is clear enough. And then, of course, there’s the ending…a little under a minute of drum-bashing, feedback-oozing catharsis to bring the album to a conclusion. Which is exactly what the song (and the album) needed.
Glad to have your comments back on our song discussions – I always learn something.
The mysterious lyrics of Daisy are one of my favorite elements of the song. I love that the song has been out for almost 7 years, and I still don’t fully understand what it’s about. A Commentator, do you think that he’s using the image of a daisy figuratively or literally?
I once heard that a daisy (the flower) is symbolic for suffering, which I feel fits well with the aching message in this song and the call for surrender. It can also represent innocence, giving the lyrics another interesting twist.
I love “Daisy,” and I immediately thought of it when I first heard “Restless.” I have noticed that water, rain, and the ocean are featured so much in Jon Foreman’s songs. Even in “Vice Verses” when he calls upon the Pacific to laugh brings up the theme of water/rain again. It’s interesting, because it really emphasizes to me that the context of writing is important. Just like poets I appreciate (WB Yeats is my fav) have their context infused in their writing, I appreciate that Jon’s lyrics have some of his own context in them.
I never noticed that.. that’s an interesting observation. Someone needs to find out how many times “water” “rain” or the “ocean” is mentioned in a SF song…
Well, since they’re from San Diego, the references to water and ocean make sense. I am a writer, and much of my childhood view of light, landscape and context finds it way into my writing.
And of course, there is the whole water theme in the video for “Happy is a Yuppie Word.”
It’s also present in “Stars”!
They’re on the ocean in part of Company Car as well…
You’re right!!!
Don’t forget The Sound music video – there’s a lot of water in there too!
I’m on the case! Switchfoot marathon is a go!
I recently listened through all of Switchfoot’s records within a matter of days and was also struck by the number of references to the ocean, rain, water, etc. There are a number of other ‘key words’ that pop up in many of their songs; I like the continuity, personally. It serves to connect the songs together (in my mind), even when they’re on different albums.
My sister and I have often tried to figure out just that!
Okay, I just made a list:
“She burned like a fire despite these rains” – Amy’s Song
“Spirit fall like rain on my thirsty soul” – Erosion
“More than oceans away from the dawn” – More Than Fine
“Dark water planet” – The Beautiful Letdown
“Twenty four oceans” – 24
“She turns like the ocean” – Lonely Nation
“Maybe Im the chance of rain” – Stars
“My heart is darker than these oceans” “Dry eyes in the pouring rain” – The Shadow Proves The Sunshine
“Look up at the rain” – Daisy
“Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain” – Awakening
“Adrift on your ocean floor” – Yesterdays
“I run like the ocean to find your shore” – Restless
“We’ll survive the rain” – Dark Horses
“The ocean sounds like a garage band” “Its just water and I am just soul” – Vice Verses
Notes: a few songs dont bring these words “water, rain, ocean” but belong to this scenary of beach or rain:
Underwater
“Cause I just landed on your shore” – The Edge of My Seat
“To be there when the sea turns gray” – Might Have Ben Hur
“And all my sand castles spend their time collapsing” – Let That Be Enough
“She was headed for the shore fighting off the volatile gray skies” – Amy’s Song
“I looked outside the glass at golden shores” – Faust, Midas & Myself
” Enough to weather through the thunder cloud” – Let Your Love Be Strong
“There’s a storm up ahead” – Hello Hurricane
“I am the sea on a moonless night” – Restless
“Storms on the wasteland, dark clouds on the plains again” – Where I Belong
key-words: ocean (7 times), rain (7 times), water (2 times), shore (4 times), sea (2 times), storm (2 times), cloud (2 times)
I noticed that skies, sunshine, sunrise, sunset, stars and moon are also very present on their songs.
*Feel free to correct this list*
What an awesome list, Claudia. I was out walking today and listening to my Switchfoot Walking list – yes, I have a list of Switchfoot specifically for walking! I caught the reference in “Twenty-Four,” and “Shadow Proves the Sunshine” and “Awakening.” Definitely most of “Restless.” And in the last part of “Vice Verses,” when he sings that “everything feels rusted over; you can’t have rust without rain, also in Vice Verses, he talks about being the leaky dripping pipe.
Storm and water imagery is prevalent in all kinds of literature, so I guess it’s only natural they’d be in the song, but when you know they are all surfers and come from San Diego, it’s just kinda cool.
Oops, I meant in “Restless” he talks about the “leaky dripping pipe.” I’ve listened to a lot of Switchfoot today!
Agree! Well, the entire VV album brings me the image of a gray-sky-shoreline because, there are a lot of battles and effort and Vice Verses really help us to connect with that. Beautiful.
Wow that’s quite a list! and I would also add, from Fading West (and I so can’t wait for you guys to hear this song so we can discuss it) “The sun goes down for the summer, middle sky full of water” and “California waters won’t you bring me home?”
There’s a LOT of sun and coast mentioned in that song as well
Now Im curious about this song, Jeanna! haha I just loved this little piece you shared!
Well, I think I figured out why I love the rain and the beach… Switchfoot influence.
Nice little teaser there, Jeanna! Can’t wait to hear it! One of the most poignant literary images, I think, is the transition from summer to fall. It’s rather nostalgic, and when you add waters and beach, it is more so.
Oh man, Daisy. I was singing Daisy the other day and my sister’s like “Why are you singing that song? Its like the worst one on the record.” I was like “SACRILEDGE!!” I love how it slowly builds, almost cautiously, and then CRESCENDO!! LET IT GOOOOO!!! Lyrically brilliant as well. We really need to let the world go. We all know it. Its got nothing thats gonna last…so it really shouldn’t hold our interest. Let’s focus on the One who saved us from the fallen world and is going to take His elect to the perfect place one day. Now THAT is what should hold our interest.
The vocal line at 3:51 in “Daisy.” Oh yes.
Absolutely!
There were only a few lines in this song that spoke to me at first but after given it more thought it is quite a sad song.The name Daisy to me in my own view is my old selfish spirit.The one that tries to steel and rob me of all that i truly long for.Letting go of this can be quite a task if i don’t allow the Holy Spirit in.It causes me great pain which leads me to deep regrets.And for me as a person who wants all of God and less of this world it makes me feel deep shame.
But there is hope in this song that also shows me that Jesus has given Himself away for our rainy days.I just need to let go of all that is meaningless and give myself away to Him.
There is more i would like to say on this but i’ll leave it that.
Wow. Fiction Familey`s new album is almost finished and I havn’t even bought their first album yet.
Same here. Also, (prepare your gasp) I haven’t even bought ANY of Jon’s solo work. Yes, I know. I’ll get around to that soon.
Do it. Listen to it. I heard Jon Foreman before I heard Switchfoot. I didn’t really listen to the lyrics of Switchfoot until I knew who the songwriter was.
Okay, you really need to buy Jon’s music. It is STUNNING!!! I mean, there are a couple that I’m not a huge fan of (Baptize My Mind, March (a Prelude to Spring), Lord Save me from Myself, and The Moon is a Magnet) but the rest of the songs….oh my…oh my…Broken From the Start is one of the best…but then, they’re all good. I love how some of Jon’s solo songs are taken right from prophets in the Bible (Equally Skilled is straight from Micah 7). I was extremely blessed to be able to play Only Hope for my piano exam!! It was…wonderful *sighs happily*
WHAT!? Seriously dude Jon’s solo work is his BEST song writing. You need to get them NOW. Incredible, incredible music.
Don’t worry everyone. I’ll save up to buy the four EPs and Limbs and Branches soon.
“Daisy” is defiantly one of their best songs! NiS was my favorite album but VV became my favorite within the first chords of “Afterlife”! For me, “Where I Belong” HAS dethroned “Daisy” as not only the best closer but it also toped “Stars” as my favorite song
Daisy for me is a song that lets me think really deeply about things. Why do I go another day? I know it’s going to be just another rainy day. But I keep giving myself away. I don’t know why. It’s something I ponder but I never answer fully. I’ll get bits and pieces of the answer but never a complete answer. So the easier question I ask myself is what am I holding on to. Cause I need to yell at myself to let it go. Like in the end of the song lol. Just my thoughts on this tho. Thanks for the Monday Comes Around song again. I was just thinking about that yesterday when that song showed up.
Nothing is Sound is my favorite Switchfoot album, and I think Daisy is the perfect ending song. I feel like it’s almost a conversation Jon is having with someone, and he begins slowly and kindly at the beginning, but then at the end it’s like he’s screaming and begging. Maybe not, but that’s how I see it. This song is close to my heart cause I know what is like to be “daisy.” My favorite line is, “open up your fist, this fallen world doesn’t hold your interest, it doesn’t hold your soul, daisy let it go.”
It’s so hard to let it go. Whatever “it” is for you. In our lives we all have our “it”, or many of them, the toxic and the pointed which for some inexplicable reason we cling to. What I love about Daisy is that the song simultaneously screams this pure, resonant, painful begging that we let go of those hurtful things we love. And yet it’s also so joyful, so tender. A song of understanding, not one of judgement for the loves we have with which we inadvertantly self-harm. An acceptance of our skewed priorities, as well as a plea to escape them. I think we’ve all wondered “Why another day, why another sunrise, who can take the blame?” Life goes on, and we can either move with it and let go gracefully – or we can fall, like the fallen world.
I’m not saying that is easy, in fact like the song it is intense, and sometimes painful. It is raw. It is wild. Daisy captures the chaos and the gentleness of loss at both ends of the spectrum.
I remember the day I purchased nothing is sound. It opened a whole new world of
Music/lyrics for me. Daisy just took me on a visual journey. One line of a song would
Speak so clearly and the next would have thinking for days and that is why that album
Was so great. It didnt require just one listen and then u had it mastered. It kept u
Coming back to find the missing pieces. The honesty of daisy can bring u to tears. Truth just overwhelms that song making it a timeless favorite.
I’ve always seen Daisy as a song about pain, surrender, and Jesus’ redemptive suffering. My favorite lyrics are:
Pain, give yourself a name
Call yourself contrition, avarice or blame
I feel like Jon is tackling the age-old question of “why do bad things happen to good people”? When we’re going through something especially painful, we want to know the reason for it: is it because I’ve done something wrong and this suffering is punishment? Is it because I’ve sinned? Is it my fault?! Surely, if I’ve done everything right, surely God wouldn’t let this be happening to me??
However, when Jesus’ redemptive suffering on the Cross comes into the picture, things begin to make more sense and it is here that our individual pain can actually become incredibly worthwhile, to us and to others. Suffering falls on everyone, on rich and debt the same. Jon has actually addressed suffering quite a bit in recent interviews and in writings, and explained how twisted society’s view of pain and suffering has become. After all, it’s not something we should run away from and avoid at all costs. Rather, suffering is a gift (hard as that may be to grasp!) and is given to us to make us stronger.
So all this to say – I see Daisy as a song that’s calling us to surrender ourselves and our suffering to the One Who suffered the most. To open up your fist and let it go…
I agree. From a biblical point of view (if a person has one; I do) we are supposed to rejoice in the struggle, because that is truly how to identify with Jesus. We live in a world that does not want to struggle, but at the same time feels the pressure of the world.
I agree. I think of the verse in Romans 5 “Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame.” The world wants to endure without suffering. They want everything to be right without working for it. Everything is so backwards…but it doesn’t have to stay that way. I’ve been discussing with some friends lately about how we shouldn’t be afraid to pray big prayers. Is God small? No. Can He do anything He wants? Yes. So I ask myself, why am I asking God for such small things like, “Please convert my one friend.” when I should be asking for God to give me strength to witness to ALL my unbelieving friends and for Him to work in ALL of them, so that they ALL may come to know Jesus.
I have not listened to ‘Daisy’ enough to form a solid opinion on whether or not I like it as much as it probably deserves, but my opinion of it the first time I heard it was that it was boring. After listening to it in context with the rest of the record, I no longer think it’s boring, but it is the Switchfoot song most likely to put me to sleep… until the rock kicks in at the end. Jon’s lyrical work and singing are very solid throughout, and the acoustic guitar work is lovely. Overall, the song is pretty, but it is not my favorite, and there are many other Switchfoot songs that I like more. (and yeah, I also think ‘Where I Belong’ trumps it as an album closer)
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry! Daisy is just my number one all time favorite Switchfoot song ever, hands down! My acoustic is in Daisy tuning right now! To describe it in as few words as possible I would have to go with “tender” “pure” and “innocent” The song has always sounded to me like a beautiful lullaby of sorts (with an awesome rock outro :p) The whole feel of the song is that of singing to someone young and hurt. The song is obviously about letting go. Letting go of pain and grief, maybe guilt or shame, learning to move on. Perhaps Daisy is meant to forgive herself or maybe Daisy just needs to move on to her true home/purpose (Where I Belong [close 2nd or tied for 1st at best
])
When I listen to this song I always see a tiny little yellow flower basically alone on a tall hill as the rain rolls in, and the sun sets behind a hill or mountain, burning the sky orange along the horizon. The flower is sad, alone… maybe its mourning the other flowers that used to cover the hill, i dont know. but theres a little ray of sunshine peeking through the clouds as rain drops gently splash on the ground around it, and as the song goes on the bent over, crumpled, little flower learns to look up and welcome the rain and to let go of its pain and loneliness and spread its petals wide, and then maybe the winter comes and it withers, and it lets its seeds loose into the wind where they eventually take root in a field BURSTING with daisies.
Its the most beautiful thing ive ever heard and I dont think anything will ever change that
On a more technical note Tim MAKES this song, the bass line and backing vocals are downright inspired, only second to Romey’s backing melody. Drew’s unison bends really add extra punch to the outro. I really can NOT say enough about this song, its simply perfect in every way
I so relate to your enthusiasm about Daisy!
Nothing is Sound is my favorite SF album. And Daisy is definitely one of my top 5 all time favorites! The song unveils its meaning when you listen to it when you’re depressed and disappointed to yourself. “Lookup at the rain, the beautiful display of power and surrender, giving us today and she gives herself away” feels like Jon wants me to trust everything to God. Most of the time we rely so much on our own abilities, strengths, and wisdom that we often feel bad when the outcome didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to be. “Open up your fist. This fallen world doesn’t hold your interest. It doesn’t hold your soul” is all about surrendering your life and hopes to God. Earthly things can sometimes become God to us and Jon recognizes that the One in Heaven must always be superior than any earthly thing.
Daisy: A classic the whole world should hear. That’s how I feel.
I feel extremely fortunate to have heard Daisy for the first time ever Live at a concert in Richmond, VA in 2010. I had not known of Switchfoot until earlier that year and hadn’t gone back that far in their cd’s. All I’d heard was HH, Oh!G and Best Yet (which btw have no idea how Daisy didn’t make it on BY). It’s one of those unexpected treasures of life
…I can still remember every moment of hearing Daisy for the first time. Luckily a fan had requested Daisy and Jon obliged! So happy about that. From the very first note I was at full attention. I can still remember thinking that not many songs, especially in concert, get my attention when I’ve never heard them before. But there’s something really special about this one. When I think about Daisy and think about the music and lyrics, I am amazed. Jon and the gang have so much to be proud of with this song (as with so many other gems they share with us).
For me, this song is quite a ride! It starts off taking your hand softly and walking you along a quiet meadow that leads to a trickling stream. Then suddenly you are thrust into a raft down a raging river until finally you go over a fall only to land back in a quiet pool to savor and ponder and wonder what just happened?! LOL. Daisy is way too short. I want more
Or maybe that’s part of her beauty.
that was a beautiful analogy
Hey, Jeanna! I have a list of all the songs (Sf and Jon Foreman) which have a reference to water if you would like it!
feel free to post it in these comments!
“Daisy” is a song that the guys should still play at concerts. I love that song, and I have to agree with everyone’s opinions on here
I wish they’d play more Nothing Is Sound songs at shows – I’d love to hear some Lonely Nation again. Tim’s live backing vocals on that song are KILLER
Agreed!
So with you on that Jeanna! And ironically the first time I heard Daisy, I had requested they play Lonely Nation(which I’d known from Best Yet only), not realizing they were from the same album. They opted to play it the following night in Norfolk where I was also. So that vacation to Virginia was definately the highlight of my year! Now if I could only hear Happy in concert I can die Happy…pun intended.
Okay, these are the Switchfoot songs:
Restless
Dark Horses
Rise Above it
Vice Verses
Where I Belong
The Sound
Hello Hurricane
Awakening
Faust, Midas, and Myself
Yesterdays
Let Your Love Be Strong
Lonely Nation
Stars
Shadow Proves the Sunshine
Daisy
More Than Fine
Beautiful Letdown
Twenty-Four
Erosion
Incomplete
Company Car
Amy’s Song
Underwater
Edge of My Seat
Concrete Girl
Life and Love and Why
Jon’s solo stuff:
Cure For Pain
Southbound Train
Love Isn’t Made
A Mirror is Harder to Hold
Deep in Your Eyes (There is a River)
House of God, Forever
I think Jon likes water
Water has always been featured in literature. It’s one of the basic elements in the world. It’s an amazing property, actually, because it is not only life-giving, it is also destructive, as is evident in floods and hurricanes. It’s actually an amazing image to pull into music.
Missed a solo one!
In My Arms – “Like the shore and the sea….My ocean and me”
I always thought of the daisy in the song as being both literal and metaphorical in a sense….
literally, he’s talking about the daisies, the flowers that grow in the field. They give themselves away like the rain, and it seems like he’s almost asking in a backwards way if it’s hard for them to let go – to give away their beauty and die so they can be reborn (like a flower that’s half-dead and straggly but just keeps hanging on to life and won’t die fully) This song, in this sense really reminds me of ‘My Coffin’.
metaphorically, I think he compares us to daisies. Like how in the Bible, flowers and grass are always metaphors for the fleetingness of life – they come, they live and they die, here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he tells us, whose lives are equally fleeting, to let it go. Look at the rain, look at the daisies, and take example from them. Let it go, because this fallen world doesn’t hold our souls. You are just a daisy, a fleeting breath, so let it go.
“Pain, give yourself a name, call yourself contrition, avarice or blame” … (anybody else ever notice he clearly sings ‘blame’ but the lyrics booklet says ‘shame’?) this part always confused me. ‘contrition’ is sincere remorse, ‘avarice’ is a greed for riches, and ‘blame’ is to place responsibility…. you know, I just realized this, but this makes me think of the Garden of Eden, and the story of how sin (and pain) came into the world. Adam and Eve were contrite and remorseful after they sinned. They sinned and ate the fruit because of a greed to be like God – they had everything they could ever need, but they wanted more. And when asked about it, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
And it fits with the next verse – “who will take the blame?” Jesus took the blame, in a redemptive motion to take away the “rainy days” and gave HIMSELF (‘when he gives himself away’, the only time in the song when it’s ‘he’, not ‘she’ or ‘you’) away.
He gave Himself away for you, so give yourself away to Him. This life is not where your soul lies, so don’t hold on to it. I think I like this song.
dude, you should get all these song discussions together and put them in a book for Switchfoot!
rae – That was so well thought out and seems right on! You get an A+ and a gold star
I do believe I had my own ‘let it go’ moment today. Sometimes your schedule gets a little overwhelming and you just have to let a couple things go! Okay, may just postpone.
May I just say, that picture of Jon close-up playing the guitar makes him look like a psycho-stalker, haha!