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The story that is My Epic has been in the works for several years. The whole process started in 1998 when Aaron, Jesse, and Matt first started playing together in what quickly became their first band, The Right Wing Conspiracy, later known as Shaddai. Through their experiences together, the five boys in Shaddai grew as musicians and as a band, and by the summer of 2004, after playing shows ranging from their home town of Fredericksburg, VA to Cornerstone Festival in Illinois and earning a reputation for their energy as well as their technical ability and songwriting prowess, Shaddai was on the brink of taking over the world. Jesse was about to join the rest of the band in the college world, and with the whole band living close together, good things looked to be just ahead. The momentum of the band was brought to a halt in the later part of the summer with the departure of Jono, and the remaining members of Shaddai were faced with the decision of whether to press on, reform, restart, or retire. They knew that it was time to put Shaddai in the past. They threw the ashes of Shaddai to the wind and looked back on the era with a grin. Within a short amount of time, after very little discussion, Aaron, Jesse, and Matt realized the obvious: they had to keep playing together, but something new was in the air. What began as a dilemma actually became a blessing as the three of them found themselves with a chance to refine their focus and take their music in a more adventurous direction. Jono stuck around as the band's closest friend and applied his savvy of all things business to the task of managing the band.

_____It was easy enough to realize the opportunity to begin something new, but the band still needed to complete their lineup with a bass player. Over the remainder of the summer, the as yet unnamed band were working hard to put their heads together, and there was very quick agreement that their school friend Jeremiah would be just the person for the job. As Aaron tells it, the band was thinking of the people they knew, and "the whole time, Jeremiah was just the only person we could think about." They returned to school to find that Jeremiah had moved into the dorm in the room next to Jesse's, and this turn of events was too big to be coincidence. The fit was too natural not to be perfect, and in September of 2004, there were four members of the band with a common vision and a passion waiting to be released. By February, the band was ready to play their first show, which ended up being a very successful and impressive debut in front of a few hundred receptive and enthusiastic audience members. My Epic spent a few days in March of 2005 recording a two-song teaser with their good friend and producer extraordinaire Andrew Prousalis. With the band out of the blocks and off at full speed, it's just a matter of time before their momentum carries them to the attention of anyone with their ear to the ground.

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My Epic Lyrics

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Am I a barren temple left for newer ways of speaking mysteries my veils
Cannot contain?
Should I prepare to winter spans again of silent centuries pierced for only
Certain men?
What if I wake to find You've gone?
What if Your presence was withdrawn and I was mistaken all along to think I
Could become Your home?
It'd be no surprise to finally know that I am truly alone.

Come death but likely sooner I'll be alone.
You moved Your temple inside our bones and it's so hard to trust that You
Won't move again.
For all eternity You stood with Your Father in perfect unity.
And when You walked the earth, You only went where He led.
You only spoke what He said.
So for everything You left, and all of the glory You forfeit, no matter how
Low You were sent, you still couldn't know what it's like to be alone.
Disgraced but You were never alone. Betrayed but You were never alone.
Tortured but still never alone and nothing is worse than being alone.
I have been thinking hard about us trading places that maybe I could wear
Your beauty if You put on my shame.
Jesus I've been trying so hard to look like You that I almost missed the
Worst of what I put You through.
You didn't die for sins, You died covered in them, a prideful lying thief
Gasping out my final breaths.
For that one moment you looked just like me, so Your father left You and You
Died completely alone.
For me, You were alone.
He couldn't bear it so He left You all alone.
No better promise than true sympathy.

You conquered death all alone.
'Cause You've known the deepest of all our needs. Never again. Never alone.

Overall Meaning

The song "Alone" by My Epic explores the themes of human emptiness and loneliness in the face of a deity that is omnipotent and inscrutable. The song begins with a series of rhetorical questions that express the singer's doubt about their own worthiness to receive divine revelation. They wonder if they are nothing but an empty shell, a temple that has been stripped of its idols and left to the elements. They ask if they are fated to spend another winter of silence, alienated from the voice that once spoke to them. They fear that they may be left alone, with no one to speak to, no one to listen to their pleas.

As the song unfolds, the singer's doubts turn into an acknowledgment of the fact that they are not alone in their struggles. They realize that the deity they worship has gone through similar trials and tribulations, and that they can find solace in the fact that they are not the only ones who have suffered. They understand that their deity was not immune to betrayal, torture, or feelings of abandonment, and that their deity knows what it is like to be alone. The singer recognizes that their deity's sacrifice was an act of empathy and sympathy, a way to connect with human beings on a level that transcends language, culture, or time.

Overall, "Alone" is a poignant meditation on the condition of being human, and the ways in which we try to bridge the gap between ourselves and the divine. It is a song of hope and consolation, a reminder that even in our most desperate moments, we are not truly alone.

Line by Line Meaning

Am I a barren temple left for newer ways of speaking mysteries my veils Cannot contain?
Do I feel like an empty structure, unable to comprehend and hold the divine mysteries anymore?

Should I prepare to winter spans again of silent centuries pierced for only Certain men?
Should I get ready to go through long periods of spiritual darkness, where only a few can comprehend the depth of it?

What if I wake to find You've gone?
What if I come to realize that You have left me behind?

What if Your presence was withdrawn and I was mistaken all along to think I Could become Your home?
What if You weren't really here, and I was fooling myself thinking that I could be a dwelling place for You?

It'd be no surprise to finally know that I am truly alone.
It wouldn't be unexpected to find out that I am abandoned and all alone.

Come death but likely sooner I'll be alone.
Death will come but I might feel alone even before that moment arrives.

You moved Your temple inside our bones and it's so hard to trust that You Won't move again.
You have made us Your temple, and it's difficult to trust that You won't move away from us.

For all eternity You stood with Your Father in perfect unity.
You have always existed in perfect harmony and union with Your Father, throughout eternity.

And when You walked the earth, You only went where He led.
When You lived on earth, You only followed Your Father's plan and went where He directed You.

You only spoke what He said.
You always spoke the words that Your Father instructed You to say.

So for everything You left, and all of the glory You forfeit, no matter how Low You were sent, you still couldn't know what it's like to be alone.
You gave up everything, even Your own glory, but You still couldn't experience what it's like to be completely abandoned.

Disgraced but You were never alone. Betrayed but You were never alone. Tortured but still never alone and nothing is worse than being alone.
You went through shame, betrayal, and torture, but You were never left completely alone, and that is the worst thing that could happen to anyone.

I have been thinking hard about us trading places that maybe I could wear Your beauty if You put on my shame.
I have been contemplating if it is possible for us to swap places so that I can bear Your beauty and You can bear my shame.

Jesus I've been trying so hard to look like You that I almost missed the Worst of what I put You through.
I have been striving to imitate Your ways so much that I almost overlooked the extent of pain that I caused You.

You didn't die for sins, You died covered in them, a prideful lying thief Gasping out my final breaths.
You didn't just die for our sins, You died while being covered in all of our sins, as a proud and deceitful criminal, gasping Your last breaths.

For that one moment you looked just like me, so Your father left You and You Died completely alone.
For that particular moment, You took up my wickedness upon Yourself, and so Your Father abandoned You, causing You to die all alone.

For me, You were alone.
You were alone, solely for me.

He couldn't bear it so He left You all alone.
Your Father couldn't bear the sight of You carrying all of our sins, and so He left You by Yourself.

No better promise than true sympathy.
There's no superior assurance than having someone who genuinely empathizes with us.

You conquered death all alone.
You defeated death all by Yourself.

'Cause You've known the deepest of all our needs. Never again. Never alone.
Because You know our profoundest needs, we will never be left alone, ever again.

Contributed by David L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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