The band's sophomore effort, "After We Go", again produced by Wright, was released in February 2004, preceded by the single "Hey Now". Described as heavier than their first record, "After We Go" debuted at #56 on the Billboard 200. Unfortunately, the album did not match the success of their debut, in part due to the poor reception of follow-up singles (the title track "After We Go," and their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain"). Nevertheless, Tantric soldiered on, touring with Three Doors Down and Shinedown for much of 2004.
In 2005, it was announced that Jesse Vest had left the band to spend time with his family. He was replaced by Bruce LaFrance. For much of that year, Tantric worked on their third record. Some of the songs tracked for the record include "Letting Go", "People", "Worth Waiting For", "Fall Down", "The One", "July", "Locked Out", and "Stay With You". Todd Whitener recorded the bass guitar parts for the album, and also contributed lead vocals to a number of songs.
In January, 2006 Tantric traveled with hard rock group Drowning Pool to Seoul, South Korea to play several shows for U.S. troops currently stationed along the DMZ. Highly appreciative of this, the troops gave members of the band a plaque with actual barbed wire from the 38th parallel barrier.
In March, 2006, Tantric was dropped from Maverick Records, which was collapsing. In 2007, Matt Taul was arrested on drug-related charges, which would further complicate the band's obtaining a new label. Finally, on May 8, 2007, the release of three songs from Tantric III on the band's MySpace was largely overshadowed by Todd Whitener's farewell announcement on the band's website, which cited a feeling of stagnation that caused him to grow tired of the band's struggle to succeed. Ferreira later said in interviews that Whitener, as well as other members of the band had grown frustrated with the band's record label complications. Taul was sent to prison in later months, but has since been released. Bruce LaFrance was replaced.
Hugo Ferreira began searching for a new band, enlisting former Fuel drummer Kevin Miller, Joe Pessia (guitarist Dramagods) through mutual friend Nuno Bettencourt, Erik Leonhardt (bassist), and Marcus Ratzenboeck (electric violin) as new members of the band. Shortly thereafter, Tantric announced their deal with the Silent Majority Group record label, and their new management company, JHMP.
Because Ferreira remained the only original member of Tantric, Tantric III has been shelved for the time being. Ferreira has said the reasoning for this, other than the logical label complications, was he did not want to produce an album under the Tantric name that was partially written by Whitener and Taul. However, in recent interviews, Ferreira's comments increased the likelihood of Tantric III's release. He has stated that although he did not plan to release it in grand style he would have liked to leak it out to the fans as a potential Christmas 2008 gift for their support. With the indefinite shelving of "T3," Ferreira and his new mates recorded 10 new songs, in addition to a totally revamped version of "The One," featuring Kevin Martin of Candlebox, and finally released the band's third album, The End Begins, on April 22, 2008.
On March 9 2009, Tantric announced through MySpace that their new album will be entitled Mind Control and that the band were in the process of recording the album. Produced by Brett Hestla (Creed), they announced a release date of August 4, and it was released in stores, as well as all digital retailers.
Mind Control
Tantric Lyrics
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Has turned into a barrier
For everything that you can use
To justify your one excuse
You need to fight so you feel safe at home
Don't look behind 'cause you are not alone, anymore.
Mind Control, make your own opinion
(Your feeling outta control)
Oh, your never lacking something new
To find new ways of scaring you
Your questioning, your traveling
Your mind they are imprisoning
You need to fight so you feel safe at home
Don't look behind 'cause you are not alone, anymore.
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion
(Your feeling outta control)
With all these people putting thought in our heads
It's hard to step away from what has been said
Living in fear is really no way to live
If we see clear and found a way to forget.
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion, yeah
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion
(Your feeling outta control)
The lyrics to Tantric's "Mind Control" speak about the dangers of mass hysteria and the power of the media and other external forces to control our thoughts and beliefs. The first stanza describes how the "line of mass hysteria" has become a "barrier" preventing us from being able to use our own judgement and reasoning to see through the falsehoods and lies that are propagated in the media. The next stanza talks about the constant bombardment of scare tactics that are used to keep us in a state of fear and anxiety, thus making it easier for others to control us. The lyrics then call on the listener to fight against this mind control and to make their own opinions.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the importance of keeping a strong mind and making one's own opinion, rather than blindly following the opinions of others. The bridge lyric speaks to the difficulty of stepping away from what has been said and rejecting external influences, but also emphasizes that living in fear and under the control of others is no way to live. The song overall urges the listener to take control of their own thoughts and beliefs and not be swayed by the opinions of others.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, the line of mass hysteria
A common mindset among people can create a boundary
Has turned into a barrier
This boundary can stop you from exploring new things to justify your actions
For everything that you can use
That's why you keep looking for ways to back your claims
To justify your one excuse
And find justifications for your behavior
You need to fight so you feel safe at home
You try to find safety in things you can control
Don't look behind 'cause you are not alone, anymore.
But you forget that others are also facing the same challenge
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
To break free from this mindset, you need to stay strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion
Form your own opinion rather than blindly following the crowd
(Your feeling outta control)
When your thoughts and actions are not your own, you feel out of control
Oh, your never lacking something new
There will always be new fears to replace old ones
To find new ways of scaring you
People will use new information to instill fear in you
Your questioning, your traveling
But if you keep questioning and searching, you'll see through these lies
Your mind they are imprisoning
These fears are keeping your mind captive
With all these people putting thought in our heads
These fears are not self-induced, but rather from external sources
It's hard to step away from what has been said
It's difficult to separate these thoughts from your own
Living in fear is really no way to live
But living in constant fear is not truly living
If we see clear and found a way to forget.
We need to break free and learn to forget these fears
Mind Control, gotta keep your head strong
To break free from the fear, you need to stay strong
Mind Control, make your own opinion, yeah
Form your own opinion and take charge of your life
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ERIK LEONHARDT, HUGO FERREIRA, JOSEPH M PESSIA, MARCUS RATZENBOECK, RICHARD ANTHONY MONICA JR
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@swstryker
This is from the album "Mind Control" but the name of the song is "Down and Out" by Tantric. Great band, great album, great song. Love the electric violins!
@WolfenDreamer
Gotta love how people have their little spats on the video page and not in private messages. Awesome song, awesome vid.
@chrismcdaniel475
Any fan of Tantric knows this is Down and out!
@ZeroWinged
Tried and True - Long Live Tantric
@tkrueger06
I am so fucking glad that Tantric is still together and putting tracks like this. Thumbs up.
@tidus5475
wow seriously how do you not know what "Mind Control" is this is obviously their song "Down and Out", Im just glad im not the only one who noticed this
@outlawslim3759
The song is called down & out
@JayR607
Actually down and out is the "radio friendly" version for YouTube. Which is why there is two versions of it. A bunch of us know it's not the name of the song, but they did so in order to be able to have this video out and then have the YouTube friendly out there as well. Of course we also know there are other ways around it, but oh well.
@ZeroWinged
"Down and Out" - Tantric Throwing that out there.
@Zoochinator
THE Perfect walk on song for baseball.