Early 1990s
In the early 1990s, the band established a cult following through relentless touring with weekly stops at Virginia clubs known as Trax and Floodzone, an active taping community, and an independent LP, Remember Two Things. (Keyboardist Griesar left the band in 1993, shortly before the release of "Remember Two Things".) After signing to RCA Records, Dave Matthews Band, under the direction of producer Steve Lillywhite, released Under the Table and Dreaming in 1994, a critical and popular smash that firmly established the band's style of pop-rock with improvisational leanings. Under the Table and Dreaming would be the first of three albums released under Lillywhite's direction. This was followed by Crash (1996). For most of America, Crash was the record that put the Dave Matthews Band on the map. Featuring the hit single "Crash Into Me", as well as fan-favorites such as "Two Step", "Tripping Billies", and the Grammy-winning "So Much to Say", Crash would go on to be the band's best selling album.
The Mercy Songfacts reports that Lillywhite lent his skills to their 2012 album Away From The World. Lillywhite hadn't worked with the band since a series of unreleased recordings in 2000, which led to the leaked Lillywhite Sessions.
History
David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967. Two years later, his family moved to Westchester County, NY. His father was a physicist and worked for IBM at the time. He has two sisters (Anne and Jane) and a brother (Peter). After living in New York, his family moved to Cambridge, England in the early '70s. The family returned to New York where his father died in 1977. In 1980, the family moved to South Africa where the young Matthews went to several schools and "got more wise about the evils of government, there and in general." He first played at a club in Charlottesville (Miller's) where he worked as a bartender. He admitted to Playboy magazine that he was really never that good at bartending, but loved getting customers...well..."drunk as hell!" He was first discovered in a demo tape that he recorded with a couple of current band members. This all came about when he decided to put together a demo tape and decided that he needed some musical accompaniment; which ended up as the Dave Matthews Band. In 1994, his sister Anne died in a domestic tragedy at her home in South Africa. The Grammy nominated album "Under The Table and Dreaming" is dedicated to her.
Community
Dave Matthews Band is highly involved in giving a helping hand. In 2003, the Band held a concert entitled, "The Central Park Concert" which was held in New York City's Central Park. The concert helped New York City Public Schools, the band is a big supporter of education.
The band also held a concert that helped victims of Katrina.
Sadly, Leroi Moore passed away in 2008. After being seriously injured in an ATV accident in Virginia, Moore succumbed to his injuries on August 19, 2008. He was replaced by Jeff Coffin, famous for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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Rhyme & Reason
Dave Matthews Band Lyrics
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But we stand for nothing
My heart calls to me in my sleep
How can I turn to it
Cause I'm all locked up in this
Dark place
And I do not know
I'm as good as dead
Warped and tied up
I need to kill this pain
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet underground
How long I'm tied up
My mind in knots -
My stomach reels
In concern for what I might do or
What I've don
It's got me living in fear
Well I know these voices must
Be my soul
I've had enough I've had enough of being alone
I've got no place to go
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet under ground
Six feet under
In why grave
Lying wired and shut and quiet in my grave
Leave me here
Leave me here to waste here
So young and here I am again
Talking to myself
A T.V. blares
Oh man
Oh how I wish I didn't smoke
Or drink to reason with my head
But sometimes this thick confusion
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend
I said
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
In my grave
Lying
Lying cold in my grave
The reason
My reason
Take my head off this terror
The fearing won't come back
I can't see
My mind's all wiped clean
The needle
Make my great escape
I seem caught in time
My head leaves me behind
Body fall cold
And I see heaven
The lyrics to Dave Matthews Band's song "Rhyme & Reason" express a sense of despair and hopelessness. The singer is wrestling with inner turmoil and voices in his head that he believes to be coming from his soul. He's locked in a dark place and can't turn to his heart for guidance. The pain he feels is so intense that he just wants to escape it, even if it means death.
At the heart of the song is a struggle for control. The singer feels as though he's not in charge of his own mind and body – his head won't leave him alone – and he's afraid of what he might do. He's looking for a way out, a way to escape the confusion and fear that he's feeling. The only solution he can see is to numb himself with drugs, but he knows that's not a real solution.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh well oh well so here we stand
We find ourselves in our present situation
But we stand for nothing
However, we have no direction in life
My heart calls to me in my sleep
My inner self tries to guide me
How can I turn to it
But I'm unsure how to heed its message
Cause I'm all locked up in this
I feel trapped in my own mind
Dark place
That is a dark and scary place
And I do not know
And I'm lost
I'm as good as dead
I don't feel alive
My head aches -
I suffer from intense emotional pain
Warped and tied up
That twists and knots my thoughts
I need to kill this pain
I yearn to rid myself of this agony
My head won't leave my head alone
My problems haunt me constantly
And I don't believe it will
And I don't think they'll go away
Until I'm dead and gone
Until I pass away
How long I'm tied up
I don't know how much longer I can endure this
My mind in knots -
My thoughts are twisted and jumbled
My stomach reels
I feel physically sick from the stress
In concern for what I might do or
I fear for what I might do
What I've done
And for what I've already done
It's got me living in fear
This fear controls my life
Well I know these voices must
I assume these inner thoughts are coming from my soul
Be my soul
Because they feel like a part of me
I've had enough I've had enough of being alone
I'm tired of feeling alone and lost in my own mind
I've got no place to go
But I don't know where to turn for help
Six feet under
When I'm dead and buried
In why grave
In my own grave
Lying wired and shut and quiet in my grave
Lifeless and still in my coffin
Leave me here
Let me rest in peace
Leave me here to waste here
Don't disturb my eternal slumber
So young and here I am again
Despite my youth, I'm already struggling with life
Talking to myself
And I feel alone with my thoughts
A T.V. blares
To distract me from my own mind
Oh man
I wish I hadn't made the choices I have
Oh how I wish I didn't smoke
I regret the decisions I've made
Or drink to reason with my head
And how I've tried to cope with them
But sometimes this thick confusion
But sometimes this chaos in my mind
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Becomes unbearable
Needle to the vein
So I turn to a means of escaping this pain
Take this needle from my vein my friend
And I plead with my friend to help me break free from it
In my grave
But I don't want to feel this way forever
Lying cold in my grave
Even when I'm gone
The reason
The cause of my pain
My reason
My specific reason for needing to escape
Take my head off this terror
I wish I could forget what I'm going through
The fearing won't come back
So I can feel at peace again
I can't see
But it's hard to imagine a future without this pain
My mind's all wiped clean
And I wish I could start over with a clean slate
The needle
The needle I used to escape
Make my great escape
And how it was my way to break free from my pain
I seem caught in time
But sometimes it feels like my pain will never go away
My head leaves me behind
And that it will keep me from truly feeling alive
Body fall cold
Until my body has truly died
And I see heaven
And I can finally find the peace I've been searching for
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DAVID JOHN MATTHEWS
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@javilopez65
Oh well oh well so here we stand
But we stand for nothing
My heart calls to me in my sleep
How can I turn to it
'Cause I'm all locked up in this
Dark place
And I do not know
I'm as good as dead
My head aches
Warped and tied up
I need to kill this pain
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six-feet underground
How long I'm tied up
My mind in knots
My stomach reels
In concern for what I might do or
What I've done
It's got me living in fear
Well I know these voices must
Be my soul
I've had enough I've had enough of being alone
I've got no place to go
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six-feet under ground
Six-feet under
In my grave
Lying wired and shut and quiet in my grave
Leave me here
Leave me here to waste here
So young and here I am again
Talking to myself
A T.V. blares
Oh man
Oh how I wish I didn't smoke
Or drink to reason with my head
But sometimes this thick confusion
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend
I said
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
In my grave
Lying
Lying cold in my grave
The reason
My reason
Take my head off this terror
The fearing won't come back
I can't see
My mind's all wiped clean
The needle
Make my great escape
I seem caught in time
My head leaves me behind
Body fall cold
And I see heaven
@amircolter3386
I was passed out under a tree and a cop woke me up when this song came on
@washredskin887
THIS version can not be touched. I forgot what the studio version sounds like. Incredible.
@aqualung1466
My favorite DMB song. And this is my favorite performance of it.
@automachinehead
This man has been prog since the beginning and prog fans my age diss him as if he is covid. I told them DMB's Under the Table and Dreaming would demolish entire radiohead's catalogue and proceed to dab on their priceless reaction. We old cunts can be idiot sometimes.
@graceyundercover1663
Def fav song awesome live performance
@narcoleptic988
@@automachinehead yeah...radiohead is pretty amazing as well... Comparing the 2 is like comparing fruits to vegetables... one tastes great, one tastes like crap, both are great for you
@automachinehead
@@narcoleptic988 yes except radiohead is the one that tastes like crap
@narcoleptic988
@@automachinehead lmao I'm unfortunately hopelessly addicted to both bands. Radioheads evolution as musicians just really turns me on.
@310taylor
Its one thing to be able to play this. Its another to have it sound good. Guy is so original such a true artist devoted
@magnuscroify
His dark songs are his best, IMO.