Spin:
“I think when I first started writing the lyrics to Spin, it was right after our first record broke, and my life completely changed — everything from travelling to being on tour for three years, and it was an amazing time and a confusing time all at the same time, and I think that’s what I meant. You know, my world’s upside-down, I don’t even know what time zone I’m in, but I wouldn’t be doing anything else. I love where I’m at right now, even in all the confusion.” -Jason (listenin.org)

Wash:
“You wash over me like rain, you fall over me like sunshine — The truth is, you can’t have one without the other. You can’t truly know happiness without having experienced sadness.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

The Sky Is Falling:
“I wrote this after September 11th. I didn’t write it specifically about that, but it’s my observation on how quickly people can fall back into their everyday lives even after something unbelievably terrible has happened.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

Anchor:
“I didn’t realize it while I was writing this, but someone pointed out that the stanza ‘Hold my hand while I’m sinking in the sand — no one else would understand,you are my anchor’ can be taken two ways: You can love someone, but they can bring you down, too.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

Am I Ever Gonna Find Out:
“I don’t think you’re ever really gonna find out. It’s one of those things where if you knew everything, what would be the fun of getting there? So I don’t think you are ever going to figure it all out until you’re gone.” -Jason (listenin.org)

“I ask myself questions all the time: ‘Where am I? What am I doing here?’ or ‘Why was I put here?’ And for me, the joy of music is when I hear feedback from someone who says the songs have helped them get through a rough period in their life. That’s the most meaningful thing. Sometimes, it seems you’ve found the answers you’re looking for. But I don’t think you ever truly find them. Nothing will completely make sense and just click. So this song is justa bout the questions I’vebeen asking for the last six or seven years, since when I first started doing music. ‘Am I ever gonne find out?’ The song leaves the question unanswered.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

Stanley Climbfall:
“I developed a character about a guy who’s had negative experiences and positive experiences. That character means to me literally, ‘Stand, climb, fall’ and that to me is life. The whole song is about learning from the negative, accepting anyplace in life where you’re at, whether it’s going really well or going really bad. You need both of them to be balanced.” -Jason (univercity.com)

Out of Breath:
“The record’s overall theme is about moving forward, being on the run. But I believe if you over-think a song or lyric, it takes away its special quality. I’m more of the school that says let the song happen and figure out what it’s about later.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

Just Another Name:
“Just Another Name is just a story I made up in my mind about a girl that moved to, in my mind somewhere like Los Angeles to become an actress, and got famous and then lost herself inside of all the craziness, and what she tried to find, she ended up losing herself in. Sometimes I just write stories about even fictional characters.” -Jason (listenin.org)

Take Me Away:
“It’s kind of like being at your wits end. The lyric ‘I’ve got nothing else to say, just take me away,’ I guess that is about surrender. It’s about not giving up, but asking for help and realizing that you can’t do it on your own, I guess. And wanting to escape. Sometimes life gets hard and you just want to give up and have someone take you away.” -Jason (listenin.org)

“This is a spiritual song I wrote after September 11th. It’s a love song. It’s about wanting to escape from the condition of the world right now.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

My Precious:
“The song came out of nowhere [while I] was in the studio, and in the moment, we recorded it.” -Jason (univercity.com)

Empty Space:
“This is about the good and the bad, the struggle between beauty and darkness and how they’re intertwined. What keeps relationships together is often what drives them apart.” -Jason (theonlinemusicsource.com)

The Beginning:
“The reason why we put that song last is because of the lyric ‘start over after ending,’ and I like the idea of ending a song with kind of a bridge going into the next record or other projects that we might do.” -Jason (Stanley Climbfall DVD)