Stavesacre debuted in 1996 with the album Friction. The band's tough, hard rock sound and the very strong, distinctive voice and lyrical work of vocalist Mark Salomon immediately gained Stavesacre a very strong and devoted following. The band continued on with two more exceptionally well-received studio albums, Absolutes and Speakeasy, on Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records. During this period of time the group was associated with the edgier side of the contemporary Christian music scene. But dissatisfaction with what the band saw as hypocrisy in that industry led to a well-publicized break from the scene in 2000. Stavesacre released a split EP with Denison Marrs in 2001 on Velvet Blue Music which featured three new songs and then released Collective, a retrospective best-of/outtakes collection, to complete their contract with Tooth & Nail.
In 2002 Stavesacre signed with the independent Nitro Records and released (stāvz'ā'kər), with producer David Bianco at the helm. The band's first three albums were produced by Bryan Carlstrom. Many fans were averse to the change in production values, and opinion was split regarding the band's shift to a more melodic, less aggressive sound, marking (stāvz'ā'kər) as a somewhat polarized release. Regardless, the change did little to bring Stavesacre into the mainstream limelight. The band then sought release from their contract, and went fully independent. 2002 saw the release of a live DVD of a show recorded in Dallas, Texas as well as the limited-edition four-song Bull Takes Fighter EP, which many dedicated fans hailed as a slight return to form but which was not widely known about.
In 2005 the band signed with Abacus Recordings, an imprint of Century Media Records, and recorded its fifth full-length studio album in Los Angeles with producer Matt Hyde. Titled How To Live With A Curse, it was released on April 18th, 2006. While, again, the album was seen by many of the remaining fans as a strong and triumphant return to the scene, it seemed that Stavesacre's luck had run out; the album failed to gain back much of the limelight in which the band had played during the 90s, and in early 2007 they announced on their Myspace blog that the band was finished.
However, Stavesacre would return to the studio with original guitarist Jeff Bellew (praised for the harder sound of Stavesacre's first two albums) to record the EP Against the Silence (released in 2013) and the independent album MCMXCV (released in 2017).
The name "Stavesacre" is derived from the stavesacre plant, which is poisonous and used as a parasiticide. Its seeds are known to induce vomiting.
Official Site: http://www.stavesacre.com
FreeFall
Stavesacre Lyrics
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Before heaven I stand again
If there's no winning this war tonight
I was wondering
If you could steady my spinning head
And trusting gets harder now
I wish you were here beside me
Have been haunting me
I'm just not who I thought I'd be
Freefall
On I go, crossing over
Weightless and terrified
From living to so alive
And purified
I know weeping is cast for the night
But joy . . .
Thought I was a good man
But fell short of my standards
All or nothing
Now what am I left with?
And my first taste of freedom?
Freefall
Weightless and terrified
On I go, crossing over
And purified
I know weeping is cast for the night
From living to so alive
But joy . . .
If I fall down
If I fail you
When I fall down
I hope to find you there
When I fail you
I've always found you there
I hope to find you there
I know I'll find you there
When I fall down
Down
Weightless and terrified
Freefall
On I go, crossing over
And purified
From living to so alive
I know weeping is cast for the night
But joy
Joy . . Joy comes in the mornin'Joy comes in the mornin'
Joy . . Joy comes in the mornin'
The lyrics to Stavesacre's song Freefall speak of a person who is feeling lost and unsure of themselves. They begin by saying that they have been unable to sleep, and are questioning whether or not they will be successful in their current struggles. The person then asks for help from someone they trust, wishing for their presence by their side to ease their fears and doubts. They confess to feeling like a failure and that they have not lived up to their own standards.
Despite their struggles, the person says that they feel weightless and terrified, as if they are in a state of freefall. They are crossing over from a state of living to becoming truly alive and purified. The person acknowledges that there may be weeping for a time, but ultimately, joy will come in the morning. They are aware of their own shortcomings and their constant need for help, but they express hope that they will always find the person they trust by their side when they fall down or feel like they have failed.
Overall, the lyrics to Freefall speak to the universality of struggling with one's own sense of self-worth and the need for the constant support of loved ones.
Line by Line Meaning
Sleepless eyes open wide
Unable to sleep, my eyes are open wide
Before heaven I stand again
I find myself in front of heaven again
If there's no winning this war tonight
If there is no hope tonight
I was wondering
I am curious
If you could steady my spinning head
If you can help me stabilize my head
And trusting gets harder now
It's harder to trust now
I wish you were here beside me
I wish you were here with me
My failures, my fears and doubts
My failures, fears, and doubts are haunting me
Have been haunting me
They have been causing me distress
I'm just not who I thought I'd be
I am not the person I imagined I would be
Freefall
Falling freely
On I go, crossing over
I keep going, crossing over
Weightless and terrified
I am scared and weightless
From living to so alive
From just existing to now feeling alive
And purified
And clean from all impurities
I know weeping is cast for the night
I know that crying is temporary
But joy . . .
But joy...
Thought I was a good man
I thought I was a good person
But fell short of my standards
But I didn't live up to my own expectations
All or nothing
Either succeed or fail completely
Now what am I left with?
What do I have left now?
And my first taste of freedom?
And my first experience of freedom?
If I fall down
If I stumble
If I fail you
If I disappoint you
When I fall down
When I make a mistake
I hope to find you there
I hope to find you by my side
When I fail you
When I let you down
I've always found you there
You have always been there for me
I know I'll find you there
I am sure I will find you there
Weightless and terrified
I am scared and weightless
Freefall
Falling freely
On I go, crossing over
I keep going, crossing over
And purified
And clean from all impurities
From living to so alive
From just existing to now feeling alive
I know weeping is cast for the night
I know that crying is temporary
But joy
But joy
Joy . . Joy comes in the mornin'
Joy... joy comes in the morning
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