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
This Love
Stavesacre Lyrics
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Searching for any signs of hope
Some sign of life among the coals
Can anyone hear this
Seduction of a generation
No common threat to overcome
No one's asking for my blood
How much longer can this go on
Safe in slumber for so long
All is well but something's wrong
Why are you breathing
Revolution is just a word
That loses more each time it's heard
Won't mean a thing until it hurts
Is anyone out there
Passion hoping to find someplace safe for it to rise
This love is real it's pure this love endures
In burning hearts
Taking sides it turns and it divides
It awakens you or you sleep as others do
This love
I'm not a prophet I'm not a priest no sense to lead us to victory
But with everything inside of me I want to know why I'm living
Revolution is just a word it loses more each time it's heard
But in my little world I watch it burn
And I know why I'm out here
Passion hoping to find someplace safe for it to rise
This love is real it's pure this love endures
In burning hearts
Taking sides it turns and it divides
It awakens you or you sleep as others do
This love, this love is real
Strength
Hope
Heart
Truth
This strength this hope this heart this truth
This love
The Stavesacre song "This Love" portrays the idea of a search for hope and life in a world that is engulfed by darkness and storms. The lyrics express a feeling of desperation as the singer begs for someone to hear his voice, to say something in response to the chaos and destruction that is taking place around them. The seduction of a generation puts everything at risk, and there is no common threat to overcome, so the world grows more divided.
The chorus of the song speaks to the power and endurance of love. The love that the singer describes is real and pure, in the burning hearts of those who refuse to be defeated. Despite the divisions and the chaos, the love endures, awakening some and lulling others to slumber. Revolution, a word that has lost its meaning, is just a word until it hurts enough for change, but this love is unbreakable.
Line by Line Meaning
Through the night and through the storm
Even in the toughest times, the search for hope never ceases
Searching for any signs of hope
Looking for anything that can give reasons to carry on
Some sign of life among the coals
A small indication that there is still something worth fighting for
Can anyone hear this
An appeal for anyone to acknowledge the struggle
Seduction of a generation
The influence that compels future generations, often to their detriment
No common threat to overcome
No singular issue to address and resolve
No one's asking for my blood
No one is directly attacking me, but the issues still persist
Can someone say something please
An open request for someone to speak up or offer guidance
How much longer can this go on
A pondering of the breaking point for an ongoing issue
Safe in slumber for so long
Too long of a period in which the struggles haven't been acknowledged
All is well but something's wrong
Appearances can deceive as underlying issues remain
Why are you breathing
A rhetorical question suggesting a lack of purpose or direction
Revolution is just a word
The term has lost meaning through overuse
That loses more each time it's heard
The impact of the word fades over time
Won't mean a thing until it hurts
Until people feel the effects of an issue personally, they won't be motivated to create change
Is anyone out there
A plea to find others who share the same feelings or concerns
Passion hoping to find someplace safe for it to rise
A desire for a suitable environment where passion and drive can be nurtured
This love is real it's pure this love endures
The passion and desire to create meaningful change is authentic and long-lasting
In burning hearts
A metaphorical image of intense passion and motivation
Taking sides it turns and it divides
The pursuit of a cause can be divisive and create factions and conflict among people
It awakens you or you sleep as others do
The issue will either inspire action or allow one to remain complacent while others take the initiative
This love
The fight for change is driven by a deep sense of passion and love for humanity
I'm not a prophet I'm not a priest no sense to lead us to victory
I don't hold the answers or solutions needed to achieve success
But with everything inside of me I want to know why I'm living
An introspective thought about the purpose and meaning of existence
But in my little world I watch it burn
Although I may be limited in my capacity for change, I'll still observe the effects of the struggle
This strength this hope this heart this truth
An announcement of the qualities that motivate the pursuit of change
This love
Ultimately, the desire to bring about meaningful change is driven by a deep sense of love and connection to humanity
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JAMES KERR, CHARLES BURCHILL, STEPHEN LIPSON
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