Before their next album, Cave In began experimenting with their sound with Creative Eclipses, a five-song EP which indicated a new space rock direction. Their next album was Jupiter, released in 2000. The album received a good deal of press including a feature in Spin Magazine, in which they were described as an "emo-metal Radiohead," which Cave In would reject. The album also caught the attention of major labels who began courting the band after its release. The band released the six-song EP Tides of Tomorrow on Hydra Head Records before accepting a deal from RCA Records.
In 2003, Cave In released their major debut album Antenna. It had more success than their previous albums and earned them a spot on the second stage of 2003's Lollapalooza tour. After Lollapalooza, they toured Europe in support of Foo Fighters and Muse. Shortly after, the band began to revisit their metal roots during concerts, and new heavy material led to a mutual agreement to cut ties with RCA Records. Cave In returned to Hydra Head Records and released Perfect Pitch Black on September 13, 2005.
Following the release of Perfect Pitch Black, Conners departed from the band due to an injury and temporarily relocating to Germany. He was replaced by Converge drummer Ben Koller. In November of 2006, Cave In announced an indefinite hiatus.
In April of 2009, Cave In announced that they had ended their hiatus. With Conners back in the band, they had recorded a four-song EP titled Planets of Old which was initially made available on vinyl at their reunion show on July 19, 2009 at Great Scott in Allston, MA. The EP was released on CD in January 2010 with a bonus DVD of the show. The band released their fifth album White Silence on May 24, 2011.
After tours in support of White Silence, Cave In entered an undeclared semi-hiatus state as all of the band members shifted focus on their other respective side-projects. Brodsky had moved to New York City and formed Mutoid Man with Ben Koller and bassist Nick Cageao, Conners and McGrath had formed Nomad Stones, and Scofield was a member of Old Man Gloom and his own band Zozobra. On December 7, 2014, they performed live for the first time in 3 years, opening for Doomriders' tenth anniversary show. They wouldn't begin formally writing new material until February 2018.
On March 28, 2018, Caleb Scofield was killed in a car accident in Bedford, New Hampshire, on his way home from jamming with Cave In in their Boston rehearsal space. The band then put the new album on hold in favor of touring in honor of him, his wife, and their two children. Major memorial performances included a Boston show with Converge, a Los Angeles show with a one-off reunion of Isis, and an acoustic performance with Brodsky and McGrath at that year's Jacob Bannon-curated Roadburn Festival. This set was recorded and released as Live at Roadburn 2018: Tribute to Caleb Scofield.
On January 2, 2019, Cave In announced plans to release their first studio album in eight years. This album was released as Final Transmission on June 7, 2019 through Hydra Head Records. Mixed by Andrew Schneider, mastered by James Plotkin, and with artwork by Aaron Turner, it consists of practice-space demos featuring Scofield on every song. Hydra Head has been mostly inactive since 2012 but, as the band's main home for the majority of its career, they worked together to release this album. Half of the proceeds will be given to his wife and children.
Lost In The Air
Cave In Lyrics
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An impossible disguise
Men all around are searching hard
Never mind, he's so long and gone
Boy, he's really hard to find!
And by design you know he won't be found
Otherwise he'll crash into the ground
What a day to be lost in the air!
They won't come across me
Hiding in the sky
'Cause nobody walks without their heads
Pointed down at the ground in a daze
Well, it's amazing what you'd find
And by design you know i won't come down
Otherwise I'll crash into the ground
Lifted away
What a day to be lost in the air!
The lyrics of "Lost in the Air" by Cave In seem to be about a person who is lost or hiding in the air, trying to avoid detection by men who are searching for them. The use of radar and the description of being an "impossible disguise" seem to suggest that this person is either flying or floating in the air, perhaps with some sort of technology or magic. The line "nobody walks without their heads pointed down at the ground in a daze" implies that the person is able to escape detection precisely because they are not walking on the ground like everyone else.
Despite the freedom and escape that being lost in the air seems to offer, there is also a sense of danger and potential disaster. The repeated refrain "Otherwise I'll crash into the ground" suggests that the person could fall or fail at any moment, yet they seem to be willing to accept this risk. This creates an interesting tension between the freedom and exhilaration of being lost in the air and the potential consequences of this choice.
Overall, the lyrics of "Lost in the Air" paint a vivid picture of a person who is simultaneously free and vulnerable, lost and hidden, daring and in danger.
Line by Line Meaning
Radar, you lost me
I am no longer detectable by radar
An impossible disguise
There is no way to hide or disappear completely
Men all around are searching hard
People are trying very hard to find me
Never mind, he's so long and gone
It's been too long since I was last seen
Boy, he's really hard to find!
I am very difficult to locate
And by design you know he won't be found
I purposely made it so that I cannot be found
Otherwise he'll crash into the ground
If I try to come down, I will fail and fall
Lifted away
I am currently elevated
What a day to be lost in the air!
It feels strange to be missing and alone up here
They won't come across me
Nobody will stumble upon me
Hiding in the sky
I am concealed within the clouds and sky
'Cause nobody walks without their heads
People are too preoccupied with their own lives to notice me
Pointed down at the ground in a daze
I am staring at the ground while feeling disoriented
Well, it's amazing what you'd find
It's surprising what can be discovered when you're lost
And by design you know i won't come down
I intentionally chose to stay in the air
Lifted away
I remain suspended in the sky
What a day to be lost in the air!
It's a strange feeling, being lost so high up
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: ADAM MARC MCGRATH, CALEB MARK SCOFIELD, JOHN ROBERT CONNERS, STEPHEN BRODSKY
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