Prior to the release of Foo Fighters' 1995 debut album Foo Fighters, which featured Grohl as the only official member, Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, as well as Nirvana touring guitarist Pat Smear. The band began with performances in Portland, Oregon. Goldsmith quit during the recording of their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997); most of the drum parts were re-recorded by Grohl. Smear departed soon afterward but appeared as a guest with the band frequently from 2005; he rejoined in 2010.
Smear and Goldsmith were replaced by Franz Stahl and Taylor Hawkins; Stahl was fired before the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999). The band briefly continued as a trio until Chris Shiflett joined on guitar after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Foo Fighters released their fourth album, One by One, in 2002. It was followed with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. Foo Fighters released their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007.
For Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light (2011), produced by Butch Vig, Smear returned as a full member. Sonic Highways (2014) was released as the soundtrack to the television miniseries directed by Grohl. Concrete and Gold (2017) was the second Foo Fighters album to reach number one in the United States and their first studio album to feature longtime session and touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee as a full member. The band's tenth album, Medicine at Midnight (2021), was the last to feature Hawkins, who died in March 2022.
Produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, "But Here We Are" (the band's 11th) would release on June 2nd, 2023.
On May 21, 2023, some days before the album's release, Foo Fighters would officially announce that Josh Freese would be the new drummer.
Over the course of their career, Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times, making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history. In 2021, the band was announced as recipients of the first-ever "Global Icon" award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, their first year of eligibility.
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Studio albums
Foo Fighters (1995)
The Colour and the Shape (1997)
There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
One by One (2002)
In Your Honor (2005)
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Wasting Light (2011)
Sonic Highways (2014)
Concrete and Gold (2017)
Medicine at Midnight (2021)
But Here We Are (2023)
Free Me
Foo Fighters Lyrics
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You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, yeah
Beautiful prisoner, let it be dead
Promises made and sentences read
Voices and visions are locked in my head
All of the words that we damn never speak
All of our ghosts and the secrets we keep
Gather them all, and we'll bury them deep
Like a safe full of sorrow
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, hey
One for forever
One in your name
One to remember
We're one in the same
One to forget but it always remains
Like a safe full of sorrow
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Could you free what's keepin' you?
Well, I need somebody too
Free me, free me
Free me, free me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Can you free what's keepin' you?
Well, I need somebody too
Free me, free me
Free me, free me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
The song "Free Me" by Foo Fighters is a melancholic yet powerful slow-burner that speaks of wanting to break free from the shackles of one's past. The lyrics paint the picture of a person who is a "beautiful prisoner" caught up in their own self-imposed mental cage. They want to escape this prison and be free but need someone to help them break the chains holding them back. The song uses the metaphor of a safe full of sorrow to describe the emotional baggage we carry with us but choose not to share with others.
The first verse of the song speaks of "promises made and sentences read" which can be interpreted as the personal vows, affirmations or declarations we make to ourselves and others but have difficulty following through. These unfulfilled promises and expectations form the bars of the prison that we build for ourselves. The line "gather them [our ghosts and secrets] all, and we'll bury them deep, like a safe full of sorrow" emphasizes how we often keep our deepest emotions hidden from others and ourselves, choosing to bury them deep within our psyche so that it's well secured and we can't easily access them.
The chorus of the song, "Free me right now, you take me away, take it from me" is a cry for help to alleviate the emotional burden that one carries. The repetitive phrase "Free me" highlights the urgency and desperation of the person to break free from their emotional shackles. The second chorus almost takes on a mantra-like quality with the line "could you free what's keeping you?/ Well, I need somebody too" emphasizing how we can't free ourselves from our internal struggles alone and need someone to help us.
Overall, the song is a powerful reminder that it's okay to seek help from others and that everyone carries their own emotional baggage. We need to take the time to free ourselves from the weight of our past and find the courage to open up to those we trust.
Line by Line Meaning
Free me right now
Please release me from my emotional or mental burdens immediately
You take me away, take it from me
You remove or alleviate the difficult feelings or situations that I am facing.
Beautiful prisoner, let it be dead
I feel trapped by my own attractive confinement, but I wish to escape from it and feel liberated.
Promises made and sentences read
I am held captive by the commitments that I have made or the judgments passed upon me.
Voices and visions are locked in my head
My thoughts and ideas are confined, preventing me from feeling free and expressing myself.
Like a safe full of sorrow
My emotions and memories are locked away, and they hurt me when I remember them.
All of the words that we damn never speak
We both feel trapped by the unspoken words and thoughts that we have, preventing us from feeling free and closer to one another.
All of our ghosts and the secrets we keep
Our past mistakes and the secrets that we hide from one another hold us captive and prevent us from moving on and feeling free.
Gather them all, and we'll bury them deep
Let us come together and acknowledge our hidden emotions and fears so that we can move past them and free ourselves from their hold.
One for forever
I want to be liberated from the oppressive forces in my life permanently.
One in your name
I am doing this for the sake of someone else who matters to me a lot.
One to remember
I want to forget the things that torment me and hold onto the good things that make me feel free and happy.
We're one in the same
We are similar, and we both desire the same freedom and release from our emotional burdens.
Could you free what's keepin' you?
Can you also let go of the emotional or mental burdens that you are keeping inside?
Well, I need somebody too
I cannot tackle these issues alone, and I need someone else's support and understanding to be able to move past them.
Free me, free me
Let me be free from my emotional or mental burdens.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
A vocalization expressing the desire to be free and liberated.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
A vocalization expressing the hope of finally achieving freedom and liberation.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: David Eric Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Christopher A. Shiflett, Nate Mendel
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