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  • There seems to be a lot of, uh, sort of...

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • ...stormy, dark imagery in this record.

  • Yeah, well, you're getting a rare nice day in Seattle.

  • It's usually not like this, so...

  • (guitar playing)

  • Here.

  • (car door closing)

  • (engine starting)

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • (Steve) So, I type with my eyes.

  • You can ask me questions.

  • Just need a little time to respond.

  • Is it just me? Am I the only interview for the whole record?

  • That would be kind of a really strong statement.

  • Guys, let's lock it up.

  • Just kidding.

  • (laughter)

  • Feel free, if you think the question sucks,

  • to tell me it sucks.

  • Okay. So, with my first question.

  • It's been five years since "Backspacer."

  • That's the longest stretch between records.

  • What the fuck?

  • (laughter)

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • ("Mind Your Manners" playing) ♪ I've got an unfortunate feeling

  • ♪ I've been beaten down

  • ♪ I feel that I don't believe And now, the truth is coming out"

  • What they take is

  • More than a vow

  • They're taking your innocents

  • And then they throw them on a burning pile

  • Yeah

  • And all they say is... ♪ It's good to wait

  • until we feel like we do have something to say.

  • Mind your manners I caught myself believing

  • That I needed god

  • It's just... If you're paying attention

  • to what's going on in the planet,

  • I feel like I can find something to be angry about pretty quick.

  • Makes me want to cry

  • And all they say is... ♪

  • Everybody's kind of playing out of their minds on this record.

  • (guitar solo)

  • I think "Mind Your Manners" will be fun to play live.

  • If I can keep up with him.

  • Just double-timing that thing.

  • Rrrr.

  • The guys really wanted me to go full throtle

  • And all they say is

  • Mind your manners

  • Do you have any hearing loss at all, you think?

  • Ringin' right now.

  • Ow!

  • (Steve) Okay. So, if you step back and look at the record,

  • is there a song that, individually,

  • you are most proud of?

  • ("Sirens" intro playing)

  • (Mike) For me, I'm super proud of that song "Sirens."

  • I think that's a high-water marker for me--

  • to be able to write something like that.

  • I had a lot of help with Ed and Brendan and the band.

  • Hear the sirens

  • How colaborative is it on the lyrics side? Do you guys...

  • Do you guys ever read lyrics and just go like, "No."?

  • I don't know what you're talking about here.

  • Hear the sirens

  • Hear the circus so profound

  • I've learned a lot in my own craft

  • watching how he works.

  • I remember when he played that song for us in his room

  • like right after he wrote the lyrics.

  • And I think he had stayed up the night before writing those lyrics,

  • and I remember hearing the sirens that he was obviously writing about.

  • 'Cause we were staying in L.A.,

  • and there are sirens going off every five or ten minutes in Los Angeles so...

  • That was a cool thing to sort of feel like.

  • We were witnessing what was inspiring him to write.

  • He's on a tear right now.

  • He's got a lot of words, I think, you know.

  • You kinda want him writing as many as he wants.

  • ♪ I could take your hand And feel your breath

  • For feel that this someday will be over

  • But in a way, I've always just thought of it as, you know,

  • surfing a bit, you know, and that the wave is the actually the song.

  • And the words are kinda like the board or the...

  • And so it's really how you're moving around that.

  • (underwater sound effect)

  • Surfin's pretty easy once you're on the wave,

  • and so is song writing.

  • Once you're on the wave, you can spend a lot of days out there

  • paddling around and not getting anything.

  • (Mark) What... Like what sparks a song?

  • Or can it be a lot of things that spark a song?

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • She comes on like a stone

  • But you don’t know where from she was thrown

  • Like a burning meteor from miles high

  • There's always a chance you're gonna write a song.

  • Keep following it. Where does it go? Where does that mistake lead you?

  • Really just kind of waiting for something to hit.

  • It's an arduous proccess,

  • and I go at it, you know, every waking hour

  • and maybe a few while I'm sleeping.

  • Now she comes out the deep

  • With her newly planted seeds

  • And soon youre thrown down on your knees

  • And then youll dig

  • I've been writing probably more

  • the last four, five years than I ever have.

  • ♪ ...With all the wild seeds she sows in your sleep

  • You gotta know youll never let her go

  • She's a lightning bolt

  • Lightning bolt

  • Lightning bolt

  • Ah!

  • There's always a sense of relief when that's kind of done.

  • These songs are just fuckin'...

  • You're running a flophouse with all these fucking tenants

  • that won't pay their rent.

  • And, like, you finish the record, and you just go,

  • "Done. Out. Evicted."

  • And get some new tenants that might, you know,

  • actually clean up after themselves.

  • (playing "Future Days")

  • With everything you think that you've figured out,

  • it's another path

  • to another set of questions, you know.

  • (guitar playing continues)

  • (Steve) Is there a sequence or segment of a song,

  • maybe even a tiny piece of music

  • that a casual listener may not even notice,

  • that puts a smile on your face?

  • (sound of rolling waves)

  • Made me through another one.

  • Can't wait to see what's next.

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, that sounded great. Sounded great in the old Lincoln.

  • ("Getaway" intro playing loudly)

  • Oh, shit! Oh!

  • Hey! Hey!

  • It's locked. We're fcuked!

  • No, we're not fucked.

  • The neighbors are fucked.

  • Here we go!

  • Everyone’s a critic looking back up the river

  • Every boat is leaking in this town

  • (turns up car stereo) ♪ Everybody is thinking they can all be delivered

  • Sitting in a box like lost and found

  • But I found my place and it’s all right

  • Were all searching for a better way

  • Get this off my plate

  • It’s all right

  • ♪ I got my own way to believe

  • Find a lighthouse in the dark stormy weather

  • We all could use a sedative right now

  • Holy rollers sitting with their backs to the middle

  • All alone and sinking the bow

There seems to be a lot of, uh, sort of...

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mind

US /maɪnd/

UK /maɪnd/

  • other
  • Attention or thought.
  • A person's mental state or health.
  • other
  • To be careful.
  • To pay attention to and obey (someone).
  • verb
  • To be bothered or upset by something
  • To object to; be annoyed or disturbed by.
  • To be careful about; pay attention to.
  • To take care of someone e.g. as a bodyguard
  • other
  • To be annoyed or bothered by something.
  • To take care of (someone or something).
  • other
  • The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
  • noun
  • One's opinion or way of thinking about something
  • The faculty of consciousness and thought.
  • A person's opinion or way of thinking.
  • Part of humans that allows us to think or feel
  • other
  • A person's memory.
  • A person's opinion or way of thinking.
kind

US /kaɪnd/

UK /kaɪnd/

  • adjective
  • friendly and considerate
  • Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • noun
  • One type of thing
  • other
  • A class or category of things, people, etc. that share similar characteristics
feel

US /fil/

UK /fi:l/

  • verb
  • To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • To sense through direct contact; touch
throw

US /θroʊ/

UK /θrəʊ/

  • noun
  • Arm movement to make a thing fly through the air
  • Loose cloth or blanket (usually over a chair)
  • Forcibly putting someone on the ground
  • verb
  • To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • To move part of your body suddenly and forcefully
  • To confuse or upset someone
  • (E.g. judo) to forcibly put someone on the ground
  • To propel something through the air with force.
  • To put something somewhere suddenly and roughly
sound

US /saʊnd/

UK /saʊnd/

  • adjective
  • Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • Unbroken or undisturbed, as of sleep
  • Firm or solid in structure
  • Sane; not mentally ill
  • Clearly reasoned; involving sense, good judgment
  • noun
  • Unique quality that characterizes a style of music
  • Waves traveling in air or water that can be heard
  • verb
  • To seem or appear to be, from what was said
  • To say in a clear deliberate manner
  • To make a noise, e.g. to ring a bell
record

US /ˈrekərd/

UK /'rekɔ:d/

  • noun
  • A collection of facts about a particular person or thing.
  • Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • Round plastic disc on which music has been stored
  • A vinyl disk storing recorded sound
  • The best performance ever achieved in a particular sport or activity.
  • A written account of past events
  • A collection of related data elements
  • Official documents or information
  • History of a person's past actions or achievements
  • A thin disc of vinyl on which sound has been recorded.
  • verb
  • To indicate a temperature, speed, etc.; register
  • To write down or say what happened
  • To put music, sounds onto a device to store it
  • other
  • To convert sound or images into permanent form
  • To set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference
hear

US /hɪr/

UK /hɪə(r)/

  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case
  • To perceive with the ear the sound made by someone or something.
lot

US /lɑt/

UK /lɒt/

  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking
burn

US /bɚn/

UK /bɜ:n/

  • noun
  • Damage from fire or heat
  • verb
  • To destroy with fire
  • To feel pain and heat
  • To use as fuel for a fire to make light or heat
  • To overcook food with too much heat it goes black
proud

US /praʊd/

UK /praʊd/

  • adjective
  • Very good; worthy of making one pleased
  • Having an excessively high opinion of oneself; arrogant.
  • Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or something someone close to you has done.
  • Having or showing a feeling of great self-respect or self-importance.
  • Having or showing respect for yourself; having dignity.
  • Feeling satisfaction in someone else's achievements.