Yet again, another interview from Chester regarding Dead By Sunrise. This is a really great in depth interview regarding the subject matter and theme of Out Of Ashes, which is full of great questions and answers and you can check it out fully here. "I wrote [Inside Of Me] specifically about being away from my family and my wife, and how I really don't like that. I get into a very dark place. I'd battled relapse at that point. I'd been away from her for so long that I was like, "I'm not doing well—I want to drink or do something." That's the kind of thought process that my brain goes into—well, it's bad, let's make it worse. That's not cool, you know? That song is exactly about that. "Fire" is the only song where I didn't go directly to something with me, but after I wrote it, it actually related to me. In a lot of ways, that song is about doing some soul searching and trying to feel that greater power out there in the universe—knowing you're connected to that. Some people feel like it's a sad song about losing somebody and having them look down on you. You always imagine, after someone passes, that they're up there looking down at you and watching over you—that brings comfort to people as well. In that way, I think that song does connect in many different facets. Every song on this record is about a specific thing that happened to me—that I dealt with over the past four or five years." Source: artistdirect.com
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Well, it's not a pain in the ass listening to Chester talk about issues that are close to him and that people can relate to. I find it refreshing to see so much life come to these songs finding out their true meanings. In Linkin Park they don't really tell you what was going on in their life when they wrote the song or what it's about, but Chester seems to really be opening up lately when it comes to explaining what these songs are really about, and I love it. It makes the record seem so much more emotional and honest.
Thinking the same thing Babali. I started listening to the song right after reading the interview and it honestly made me not only like the song a lot more, it made the song actually better I think.
I love how transparent he is about the meanings of his songs. Linkin Park is never that direct about their lyrics.