(upbeat rock music)
- [Zach] Yeah, there's something about music that,
or just art, in general, that makes you want to create art.
- [John] I'm obsessed with music.
That's what it's for me.
- We realize more and more that
it's just something we have to do.
♪ Can't keep my hands to myself ♪
♪ Think I'll dust 'em off, put 'em back up on the shelf ♪
♪ In case my little baby girl is in need ♪
♪ Am I coming out of left field ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ I been feeling it since 1966 ♪
♪ Now ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ Let me kick it like it's 1986 ♪ ♪ Now ♪ ♪ Hey ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ Got another mouth to feed ♪
♪ Leave her with a baby sitter ♪
♪ Mama, call the grave digger ♪
♪ Gone with the fallen leaves ♪
♪ Am I coming out of left field ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ I been feeling it since 1966, now ♪
♪ Might've had your fill, I can feel it still ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ Let me kick it like it's 1986, now ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ We could fight a war ♪
♪ For peace ♪ ♪ Ooh woo ♪
♪ I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ Give in to that easy living ♪
♪ Goodbye to my hopes and dreams ♪
♪ Stop flipping for my enemies ♪
♪ We could wait until the walls ♪
♪ Come down ♪ ♪ Ooh woo ♪
♪ I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ It's time to give a little to the kids in the middle ♪
♪ But oh 'til it falls, won't bother me ♪
♪ Is it coming ♪
♪ Is it coming back ♪
♪ Ha ha ha ho ho ho ho ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, yeah ♪
♪ Your love is an abyss for my heart to eclipse, now ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ I've been feeling it since 1966 ♪ ♪ Now ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪
♪ Let me kick it like it's 1986, now ♪
♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪
♪ Might've had your fill, I can feel it still ♪
♪ Whoo ♪
So "Feel it Still" was written-
- Really fast. - This is actually like one
of the fastest songs I've ever written.
- Oh, by far. I mean, it was pretty (John laughs)
much done in an hour and a half.
- There was just a point
when we were making the last record,
and I think it was when we were mixing "Live in the Moment."
I was really frustrated with everything.
I stepped into a side room,
and I started playing this bass line,
and our buddy Asa Taccone
from Electric Guest just happens to be in there.
He was working on his own music,
and he just kinda like kicked his headphones back,
and he looked over and he was like,
"Hey, Jake, can I record that real quick?"
I was like, "Yeah, sure."
He's kind of messing around,
He starts banging on the desk, makes his little beat,
and he goes, "Hey, you got like a bridge?"
So yeah, sure, whatever. It's music, music's easy.
We could do this all day.
I played this part, and then he asked if I had any lyrics,
and I gave him the first verse and the chorus,
like right there.
And it's the same thing that's still on the song.
It was like 45 minutes.
- Yeah.
- Just so quick.
There's this part where it's going.
♪ Is it coming ♪
And it was Asa asking me to write a bridge, and going,
♪ Is it coming ♪
♪ Is it coming ♪ - He was singing it
in your face. - And he's singing it
in my face.
I was sitting there going,
there's no way I'm gonna write a bridge right now,
but this has such an Isley Brothers.
- Yeah.
- A little bit louder now,
a little quieter. - Yeah, it was like that.
Yeah. - It had this thing going on
with it where I was like,
wow, that's something really special.
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And after the thing that spills, if it spills out,
then I wanna hear it.
And that feeling that I get when it it's totally done
and oh my God, it all clicked, and it all made sense.
That's the greatest feeling in the world.
Everything else is pain and anguish,
and just trying to chase that moment.
- Self-doubt and just like self-loathing
and hating everything.
And then once it's just done and that just, yeah,
a tiny little second, just that moment.
And then you try to share that moment.
Yeah, songwriting is weird
when it comes to why people do it,
and I think everybody's different.
- I mean, there's definitely thoughts
and the things that I wanna express,
and stories that I wanna tell,
but I'm not as interested in myself
and what I have going on, but I am really interested
in what's happening in the broader sense.
(upbeat rock music)
♪ News came today we found a sea of air ♪
♪ But when we went back, nothing was there ♪
♪ It towered so tall it nearly left the ground ♪
♪ Still, when we looked, nothing was found ♪
♪ There was nothing up there, no, no nothing at all ♪
♪ Nothing but space, nothing but ground ♪
♪ Are the things I want and the things I need ♪
♪ When there's nothing but stars looking back at me ♪
♪ I'll be brave, I'll be brave, I'll be brave ♪
♪ When the time it comes around ♪
♪ I'll be brave, yeah, I'll be brave ♪
♪ Just let me go now ♪
♪ Let me go now ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world just hangin' out ♪
♪ We got no seed of doubt ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ When you talk to God about suicide ♪
♪ When you never hear back I hope you're still alive ♪
♪ And the part of you that never cared ♪
♪ You can leave it here, we're in the sea of air ♪
♪ But I'll be brave, I'll be brave, I'll be brave ♪
♪ When the time it comes around ♪
♪ I'll be brave, yeah, I'll be brave ♪
♪ Just let me go now ♪
♪ Let me go now ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world just hangin' out ♪
♪ We got no seed of doubt ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ We got the whole world hangin' there ♪
♪ In our little sea of air ♪
♪ Air ♪
This was one of those spilling moments.
(Zach laughs) This was one
of the moments where it just,
the song just kind of came out.
My daughter was, she's a year old,
and she's sitting in her little
whatever the thing is called where she just
kicks herself around. - It is, yeah.
- And (laughs) it holds her up, whatever the thing is.
She was just like kinda rolling around,
and I would start playing that,
that kind of like really simple guitar part.
And it reminded me
of being a kid and watching her walk around.
It started making me feel like
the kid I was two years ago, you know?
And then 15 years ago, and then this is me in high school.
And there were a lot of feelings that I had that,
and feelings that I watched a lot of friends have,
that a lot of friends didn't make it through.
And it was just this idea of how fragile we all are.
We live on this planet, and it has air,
and we're just kind of sitting here floating in space.
I don't know how it all works, or why it all happens.
That's what "Sea of Air" is to me, is like,
we're all kind of living in this space,
and we are all very fragile, and just enjoy the ride.
(upbeat rock music)
- The Fenders, ah, it's just the original, man,
which is what it is
from the second I remember seeing guitars.
It's the neck, the shape.
All my favorite artists just, they have that.
- There's a feeling I get when I pick up a Fender guitar
that I don't get out of other guitars.
I just don't.
- I'm really loving these new things.
The Meteora, it's a little ripper.
It's fun.
It's like, well, it's just something new.
Especially as a bassist,
you can't stray too much from just what works,
and this is the perfect amount.
(upbeat blues-rock music)
- Yeah, I've always drawn on my guitars.
You need to make it yours.
My ADD manifests itself in this way,
that is, I need to be distracted by something,
(whistling rhythmically)
and also my stage fright.
The more that's on this,
the more it will attract the attention from this to this.
Check this out. - My eyes are up here.
(both laugh)
♪ My home ♪
♪ Is a girl with eyes like wishing wells ♪
♪ And I'm not alone ♪
♪ But I'm still lone, lonely ♪
♪ When I was young ♪
♪ Always go below the midnight sun ♪
♪ Those days are done ♪
♪ But I'm still glowing ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Oh my, oh well ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Got soul to sell ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
(whistling rhythmically)
♪ My home ♪
♪ Is a girl who can't wait for time to tell ♪
♪ God only knows ♪
♪ We don't need history ♪
♪ Your family ♪
♪ Swinging from the branches of a tree ♪
♪ God only knows ♪
♪ We don't need ghost stories ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Oh my, oh well ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Got soul to sell ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
♪ You, your company don't ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna comfort me now ♪
♪ You, your company don't ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna comfort me ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Oh my, oh well ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
♪ Ooh la la la la la ♪
♪ Let's live in the moment ♪
♪ Come back Sunday morning ♪
♪ Got soul to sell ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪
"Live in the Moment" was the song that got me so mad
that I had to leave the studio,
and really, "Feel it Still." - Yeah, totally.
- There are these concepts that kind
of bounce around throughout the music,
and "Live in the Moment" - Those things.
- is very much a partner song to "Feel it Still."
My home is this girl.
It's my daughter. That's where I'm really living.
It's things like that that really bring me back
and make me want to write music.
Yeah, this band's always been about living in the moment.
- Still feeling it.
(both laugh)
- Why didn't we write a song for that for the new record?
(both laugh)
- I got a hit.
- I got a
great idea, guys. - Still feeling it.
(Zach laughs)