Lo-Pro’s climb has been steep but rewarding, and is reflected with brutal honesty in Revenge’s 14-song rollercoaster. While so many modern rock crews wallow in unearned misery, frontman Pete Murray bluntly and unapologetically retraces his band’s rocky road, from the infectious gallop of “Texas” (“Maybe I did it all because I wanted to”) to the jarring chugs of “Early Morning Anger” (“Was I so out of line to think you’d be there?”) Yet, the quintet is just as adept at conjuring mid-tempo thunderclaps (“A Life That’s Just Begun,” “Wasting Away”) that boast Murray-favorite U2’s sprawling emotional majesty. This is an angry record, but it’s just as confessional and introspective.
“It’s been a challenge,” Murray laughs of his band’s layoff. “That was definitely helped by picking up yoga. I went through a period when I was pissed off, and some of those songs are on the record—but lyrically, the songs track a journey. It goes from finger-pointing to a way more hopeful vibe.”
Little comes easy in the Lo-Pro universe, and that includes geography: guitarist Pete Ricci lives in Massachusetts, and the rest of the band—Murray’s longtime Ultraspank writing partner, guitarist Neil Godfrey, drummer Tommy Stewart (ex-Godsmack) and bassist Jerry Oliviera—are spread out through L.A., Santa Barbara and San Diego. Subtle changes in approach have made Revenge easily their most accomplished work, with principal writers Murray and Godfrey remaining tight through both lean and boom times.
“[The Aaron Lewis acoustic tour] opened up this whole new way of writing, where we started writing everything on acoustic guitar first and building from there,” Murray reveals. “We usually write the music first and I’ll do vocals. Now we strip out the music and I send back [Godfrey] songs with drums and vocals, and he rewrites around the vocals.”
“[Neil and I have] been writing music for almost 20 years now. We’ve known each other since we were little punks out in Isla Vista, CA. We were playing in rival bands for a while; we hated each other for a long time. Now we’ve been writing music together forever, and it’s great. We can criticize what we do and it isn’t a personal attack, which is a huge thing to overcome.”
From the sweeping electronic flourishes on the evocative mid-album segue “Say” to the layered spoken word breaks on the volcanic “Ingenious,” it’s obvious that Lo-Pro couldn’t have picked a better time to be so inspired.
Aaron Lewis of Staind says, “People in the business have come and gone. I’ve always believed in the music, and Lo Pro is the real deal. That’s why I’m still here.”
“The business is brutal,” Murray shrugs. “It’s chewed us up a couple times. We just want to play music—that’s all I’m in it for. From where we’re sitting, we’re in a great place.”
New album The Beautiful Sounds Of Revenge out June 8th, 2010.
Blame Me
Lo-Pro Lyrics
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By ever coming into your life
Please forgive me
Now every day I wish I could do better
So you wouldn't feel this way
But nothing I do matters
It's always me you blame
As I take another hit
I can't get any lower in your eyes
So I've been reduced to this
I'm just another victim of your lies
Please forgive me
Now every day I wish I could do better
So you wouldn't feel this way
But nothing I do matters
It's always me you blame
Please forget me
It's always me you blame
It's always been this way
You'll never change
Now every day I wish I could do better
So you wouldn't feel this way
But nothing I do matters
It's always me you blame
The lyrics to Lo-Pro's song Blame Me revolve around a person who feels guilty for ruining everything in their significant other's life by coming into it. The persona is pleading for forgiveness for causing so much damage and pain. The person is aware that they cannot make up for their past mistakes, no matter how hard they try, as they are always the one to blame. They have reached their lowest point where their significant other's perception of them cannot get any worse, leading to them feeling like just another victim of the other's lies.
The persona is stuck in a seemingly unbreakable cycle of guilt, self-blame, and regret. Despite wanting to do better every day, nothing they do matters, leading to a sense of hopelessness. They ask for forgiveness and even try to push the other away by saying 'please forget me.' However, they are aware that they will always be the one to blame in their significant other's eyes and feel that nothing will ever change.
Overall, Blame Me is a moving and powerful song that portrays the complex emotions that come with guilt and self-blame.
Line by Line Meaning
So I ruined everything
I acknowledge that I am responsible for destroying what we had
By ever coming into your life
I regret ever becoming a part of your life and causing pain
Please forgive me
I humbly ask for your forgiveness
Now every day I wish I could do better
I feel remorse and wish I could undo my mistakes
So you wouldn't feel this way
I don't want you to feel hurt or blame yourself
But nothing I do matters
My efforts to make things better seem futile and don't have an impact
It's always me you blame
You consistently hold me responsible for everything that goes wrong
As I take another hit
I feel like I'm being attacked or criticized again
I can't get any lower in your eyes
I feel like my reputation and character have been irreparably damaged in your eyes
So I've been reduced to this
I feel like I've become a helpless victim of your negative perception of me
I'm just another victim of your lies
I feel like you are not being truthful and your judgments of me are based on falsehoods
Please forget me
I feel like there's no hope for us to reconcile and wish you could just forget me
It's always me you blame
I continue to feel like you place all the blame on me
It's always been this way
I feel like our relationship dynamic has always been this way with you blaming me
You'll never change
I feel like it's unlikely that you'll ever see me in a different light and not hold me responsible for everything
Contributed by Hannah I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Nathan Beller
My wife needs to hear this song and maybe she will finally get it.
Axsaffir JS
Hits home, every time the next attempt. Every time the next failure.
Aloysius .Septian
This Band Should Deserved Bigger...Oh Whyyyyy
clearly8een
This is like a satire of every radio hard rock song.
Ranger McFriendly
@AbstractAlgorithm Doing my best to share Lo-Pro, thanks.
Ranger McFriendly
@RoseBuds38Thornz Hey I know what it is like too. Don't let anyone else bring you down. Prove you're better than that.
abstractalgo
@RoseBuds38Thornz why so negative? be yourself, who cares about the others? @RangerMcFriendlie thanks for videos, great music. :)