1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in… Read Full Bio ↴1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the mid-'90s, eventually breaking out with their Dove Award-nominated second album, 1999's This Might Sting a Little Bit. Over the following decade, Disciple's heavy alt-metal style continued to earn fans thanks to popular albums like Scars Remain and Southern Hospitality. By the 2010s, they'd also established themselves as a consistent crossover act, extending beyond the Christian charts onto Billboard's Hard Rock and Top 200 charts with releases like O God Save Us All and Attack. After a handful of crowdfunded projects, Disciple signed with Tooth & Nail at end of the decade and released Love Letter Kill Shot in 2019.

Disciple was formed in 1992 by friends Kevin Young, Brad Noah, Tim Barrett, and Adrian DiTommasi (who would leave the band shortly after inception) in an attempt to spread the gospel while playing the loud, metallic music they loved. Over the years, their style evolved into one similar to many secular alternative metal groups, as they toured churches, high schools, colleges, and similar venues. Their self-released debut, What Was I Thinking, came out in 1995, followed by an EP, My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, on Warner Resound in 1997. Their sophomore full-length effort, This Might Sting a Little Bit, followed two years later on Rugged Records. By God followed in 2001 on the same label.

2003's Back Again found the band on a new label, their own independent Slain Records. That year, the trio became a quartet with the addition of bassist Joey Fife to their lineup. The group signed with INO Records the following year and released a self-titled LP in June of 2005. Scars Remain arrived on Integrity in late 2006. After years of nominations, the album won the band their first Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year.

In 2008, Noah and Fife stepped down from the band and their spots were filled by bassist Israel Beachy and guitarists Andrew Welch and Micah Sannan. Southern Hospitality arrived later that year. Before their next release, founding drummer Tim Barrett would also part ways with Disciple, replaced by Trent Reiff. Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Disciple's eighth LP, came out in April 2010. It topped the Christian chart and entered the Billboard Top 50. As the band's popularity grew, they embarked on a handful of tours with other top Christian acts like Thousand Foot Krutch and Skillet.

2012 saw the release of O God Save Us All, as well as a flurry of lineup changes. After four years with Disciple, Welch left the band to join Thousand Foot Krutch, while Sannan and Beachy were replaced by Josiah Prince (Philmont) and Jason Wilkes (High Flight Society). By early 2013, Reiff exited and was replaced by Joey West. Andrew Stanton also joined the band, leaving Young as the only original member.

The refreshed quintet forged ahead with the crowdfunded release of 2014's Attack, which became their highest Billboard 200 entry to date, peaking at number 44. Produced by longtime Disciple producer Travis Wyrick, Attack also rose to the number two spots on the Hard Rock and Christian charts. It would be the first and last album with Wilkes on bass, who left the band the next year. Vultures, a six-song EP recorded during the Attack sessions, was released at the end of 2015. Another EP, Live in Denmark, arrived the following year, accompanied by a series of concert videos from Denmark's RiverFest.

The band -- now a quartet -- issued another crowdfunded effort in 2016. Their 11th album, Long Live the Rebels, debuted at number 125, making it the group's sixth Billboard 200 entry to date. After signing with the Tooth & Nail label at the end of 2018, Disciple released their 12th full-length, Love Letter Kill Shot, in September 2019.

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1 2 Conductor
Disciple Lyrics

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What if the whole world got on their feet
And began to cheer for me

I'd be a puppet on a string spinning all around your stage
Would I seek applause and praise

From men in everything I wanted to be
I don't give a rat's rear end

What they say as long as my God's happy
If I never please anyone
I please you Jesus

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

Lord I pray that everything I do
Will bring a smile to your beautiful face

Help me to be faithful in all I do
That I might bring glory to your name

You holy name

If I never please anyone
I please you Jesus

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

If I never please anyone
I please you Jesus

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

I watch the curtain open up
As I stand in front of my only audience

My only audience
My only audience
My only audience

Go!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Disciple's song "1 2 Conductor" speak about the desire to please God above all else, even if that means going against the approval of the world. The first verse starts with the hypothetical scenario of the whole world cheering for the singer, but then questions whether seeking the approval of men is what he truly wants. The chorus repeats the phrase "If I never please anyone, I please you Jesus" multiple times, emphasizing this message. The second verse further reinforces this desire to please God, asking for faithfulness in everything the singer does and that it brings glory to God's name.

The use of the metaphor of the curtain opening up and the singer standing in front of their "only audience" inspires a feeling of intimacy and vulnerability. This highlights the idea that God is the only true audience that matters and that the singer is performing for him alone. The song ends with a powerful declaration of God being the only audience that truly matters.

Overall, "1 2 Conductor" is a reminder to focus on pleasing God above anyone else and to find true fulfillment in his approval rather than the fleeting approval of the world.

Line by Line Meaning

What if the whole world got on their feet
Imagine if everyone in the world stood up and applauded for me

And began to cheer for me
If they all started cheering for me

I'd be a puppet on a string spinning all around your stage
I'd be controlled and manipulated by other people, spinning around on a stage for their entertainment

Would I seek applause and praise
Would I be looking for approval and admiration from others

From men in everything I wanted to be
From people who have achieved what I aspire to be

I don't give a rat's rear end
I don't care at all

What they say as long as my God's happy
I only care about what God thinks of me and what makes Him happy

If I never please anyone
Even if I never make anyone else happy

I please you Jesus
I am still able to make Jesus happy

I watch the curtain open up
I see the stage being set and ready for me to perform

As I stand in front of my only audience
I stand before God, who is my only true audience

Lord I pray that everything I do
I ask God to help me in everything I do

Will bring a smile to your beautiful face
So that what I do would bring joy to God

Help me to be faithful in all I do
Help me to be loyal and committed in all that I do

That I might bring glory to your name
So that my actions would glorify God