I don't mean infidelity-wise, I mean not being able to see them all the time. Some of us have girlfriends, some of us are single, some of us are a little more serious with their significant other, but I think that it takes a certain kind of person to be able to date someone in a band. It's always been something that we've had the same general idea for. The Ghost Inside have always been a democracy. They just feel they've got everything they wanted out of the band and want to pursue other stuff. It takes five members who are on the same page, and that's why we see a lot of member changes in certain bands. They're all my age or older, so it's definitely a way for me to connect with the youth again.Īll the trappings of the so-called normal life can start to slow bands down, member by member. When I go home, I don't get to hang out with kids, I don't have any younger friends. All that kind of stuff is something I can see myself in the future having, but going on tour and playing shows and looking out and seeing those kids in the crowd that I used to be when I was younger-that keeps me connected to that youthfulness. They have girlfriends or wives, careers and houses. Most of my friends are late 20s, early 30s and they have their lives together-not together, but you know-they have their lives furthering themselves in the future. I come home from tour and spend time with my friends and family. It's really what this record is about for me and us.ĭo you think being in the Ghost Inside helps you hold onto your youth? The letter I wrote to myself had nothing to do with what the lyrics were about-it's in the same vein-but the lyric “dear youth” just really stood out and was a really cool concept. As the album started coming to life-we don't title albums until the album's completely done-we were going through the lyrics and it was actually our guitar player Aaron 's idea because it was a lyric on the song “Dear Youth (Day 52).” The whole letter idea was actually separate from the actual lyrics. It wasn't necessarily going to be the album title. To be honest, it was just a lyric it was just an idea for a song. The idea of the record had been done for a while, but we didn't actually finish recording the record until the start of Warped Tour. No, actually, I finished the record the day before Warped Tour and then flew to start Warped.
Was Dear Youth something that you wrote while on Warped this summer? JONATHAN VIGIL: Dear Youth is basically just about getting in touch with my younger self, with my youth and remembering that feeling of having this world of opportunity in front of me. Can you explain the concept of Dear Youth?
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