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Who am I?
"I wrote this song during 1998, when my sisters and I were in transit at Singapore airport. We had to wait 6 hours for our connecting flight to Jakarta and, as great as the airport in Singapore is, I found myself completely bored with absolutely nothing to do. My sisters had fallen asleep in the waiting lounge, but I wasn't so lucky. I started to looking back at all the things I had been doing during the last few months and wasn't very satisfied with what I had accomplished. I realised that I really didn't recognise myself because of all the crap I had been doing. So I took out my notebook and started writing this song."
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Resolutions
"Resolutions is quite similar to Who Am I? in the way it talks about not being happy with who you are or what you've been doing. I wrote the first verse on the plane flying back to Indonesia (My songwriting skills are at its highest level when I'm in an airport or plane!). Anyway, the song is more about not growing or going anywhere, which was how I was feeling in by the end of 2001. I had just decided to drop out of my second course and I really felt lost. So this is what I came up with. I finished the song in about 2 weeks, and recorded it in January 2002."
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Consume Me
"As a musician, there has to be at least one love song in your repertoire. This song is about trying to write one and just getting nowhere with it. But then you meet someone that you fall completely head over heels for, and all these beautiful words just come streaming out of your mouth without you even trying. So you grab a pen and paper and start writing, and out comes this love song!"
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Never Be
"This song was very difficult to write. Every time I hear it, I always remember how awful I felt when I was writing it. Since I left high school, I have felt pressured to be something that I'm not. My sisters are successful business women.. and then there's ME... the songwriter - the underachiever. This song is about telling people, whoever they may be, that you'll never be what you want them to be, because you think you're great the way you are right now. Don't let those people make you think any less of yourself. Who cares if you're not successful? As long as you're doing what you love, what else matters?"
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So Here
"While looking through an old online diary of mine, I found this great poem that I had written. I remember how I felt when I wrote it, and changed it into the first verse of the song. This song is about looking up to someone that you really admire, and feeling completely inadequate around them. I feel that way around a lot of my musical friends, because I feel that my skills as a guitarist are rather sub-par."
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So Afraid
"I am a Christian and very proud of what I believe in. If people want to ask me questions about my faith, I have no problem answering. But as a Christian, I am called to share the gospel with everyone that I meet. I wish I could be one of those people who just didn't care what others thought of them - that didn't care when they were laughed at for what they believe in. People who stand on street corners and are heckled when sharing their faith. This song is a prayer to God, telling Him how much I want to be one of those people."
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Beautiful
"This song is about loving yourself... the way that God loves you. We all feel ugly sometimes, and this song is a reminder to me about God's unconditional love - that there is nothing at all in this world you couldever do to make Him hate you or turn away from you."
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Pain
"Being in love with someone who doesn't respect you is a very hard thing to have to deal with. This song talks about being in an abusive relationship - whether it is physical or emotional. It's about empowerment - about saying 'I'm not going to let you hurt me anymore' and walking out the door."
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