Mike Felumlee, a native of Crystal Lake, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), is… Read Full Bio ↴Mike Felumlee, a native of Crystal Lake, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), is chiefly known as the former drummer for the influential rock band The Smoking Popes. He is known to a lesser extent for his stint of several years as drummer in the band Alkaline Trio and for his solo music. Felumlee was the drummer on all of the Popes albums prior to the live album At Metro, released in 2006 in conjunction with a long-awaited reunion of the band. Reportedly, Felumlee discussed with Popes frontman Josh Caterer rejoining the band for its reunion but declined, due to personal relations between himself and the Popes having become a little tense. After the Smoking Popes split in 1999, Felumlee joined Alkaline Trio. He was the drummer on the album "From Here To Infirmary". Fulumlee left Alkaline Trio in 2001 reportedly due to personal friction with Matt Skiba. Felumlee is still involved in the music scene and has released recordings of some of his own music to lukewarm critical reception. He released "64 hours" in late 2001 and recorded a split CD with Alkaline Trio bassist Dan Andriano in 2002. As a drummer, Felumlee was also a founding member of the band Duvall (which over the years has had a rotating cast of members, including notably several other former Smoking Popes members) but his participation in that band was fairly short-lived; he was replaced by the bearded and vaguely Viking-like drummer Rob Kellenberger (previously of the bands Slapstick and Tuesday) not long into the band's existence. Felumlee founded and ran for several years the small, independent record label Double Zero Records, originally conceived as a vehicle to release some then-unreleased Smoking Popes material after the band was dropped from its major label, Capitol, in 1998. The label operated for several years before being closed down. Felumlee graduated in 1993 from Crystal Lake Central High School where he was known to be an indifferent student and -- a fact he took significant pride in -- to be one of the heaviest smokers of the entire student body. Currently, Felumlee is the drummer of the band Squirtgun. Physically a thin individual, Felumlee is often sick due to his non-nutritious diet coupled with excessive consumption of soda and cigarettes.

Felumlee, his wife, former Aria model Meagan Tesch, and his son, Jack, currently live in Algonquin, IL

Weakness
Mike Felumlee Lyrics

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It hits me almost every day,
Especially when you're away,
And every night we'll talk about it
In love with everything you say and every time,
I'm hoping it's all just in my mind,
But I know it's you just like before
I can't say no 'cause I like the way you lead me on, I can't let go
I've already let my weakness show

Overall Meaning

The song "Weakness" by Mike Felumlee is a passionate expression of a love that one can't seem to let go of even though they know it's weakening them. The lyrics go deep into the psyche of someone who can't help but think about the person they love and how hard it is to resist them - even when they know it's wrong. The constant longing for the other person, the pain of being away from them, and the desire to be led by them all come together in a beautifully emotional and relatable way.

The lyrics also highlight the push and pull nature of such love - on the one hand, the individual wants to break free of the hold the other person has on them, but on the other hand, they are too invested in the relationship to walk away. The underlying theme of the song is that love often doesn't make sense and that it can be difficult to let go of something that feels so right even when deep down, we know it's wrong.

Overall, the song captures the feeling of someone who is struggling with a complicated love that they can't seem to walk away from. It's an honest and relatable portrayal of the emotional turbulence of a relationship that is both intense and hurting.

Line by Line Meaning

It hits me almost every day,
The feeling of loneliness strikes him on a regular basis

Especially when you're away,
The loneliness is particularly intense when she is absent

And every night we'll talk about it
They discuss their feelings every night

In love with everything you say and every time,
He loves everything she says and does, every single time

I'm hoping it's all just in my mind,
He wishes that his feelings of weakness and dependency are just figments of his imagination

But I know it's you just like before
Deep down, he knows that she is the cause of his weakness, just like in the past

I can't say no 'cause I like the way you lead me on, I can't let go
He is unable to reject her advances as he enjoys being manipulated by her and cannot move on

I've already let my weakness show
He has already revealed his vulnerability to her

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