The Blenders are a vocal harmony-based quartet originally from Fargo, North… Read Full Bio ↴The Blenders are a vocal harmony-based quartet originally from Fargo, North Dakota and are proud to call Minneapolis, Minnesota their home. The group members are Tim Kasper, Ryan Lance, Darren Rust, and Allan Rust. Paul Dunkirk also sang in their formidable years.Their influences range from musical family members to R&B, Pop, and Rock. Their upbeat arrangements and tight harmonies always provide the perfect blend.

They began in the 80's and spent their early years touring hundreds of universities country wide. They received the Contemporary Artist of the Year aware in 1994 and 1994 by the National Association for Campus Activities. They found international success with a number one hit in a handful of European countries with a remake of Dean Friedman's quirky song, "McDonald's Girl." The Blenders continue writing their own music as well as adapting songs of their favorite artists.

More recently they have an enormously successful holiday concert tour from their holiday albums. The Blenders delight their audiences with their signature vocal sound and are often described as, "one of America's best-kept vocal secrets".

Voices
The Blenders Lyrics

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So, are you breathing?
So, do you breathe?

Wake up are you alive
Will you listen to me
I'm gonna talk about some freaky shit now
Someone is gonna die when you listen to me
Let the living die, let the living die

Are you breathing now
Do the wicked see you
You still breathing
You're making me known
Are you breathing now
Do the wicked see you
You still breathing

So, what's up
I wonder why do you listen to me
I'm gonna make you do some freaky shit now
Insane, your gonna die when you listen to me
Let the living die, let the living die, say

So, save me God

I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen
Strap me down and tell me I'll be all right
I can feel the subliminal need to be one
With the voice and make everything go

I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen
Strap me down and tell me I'll be all right

I can feel the subliminal need to be one with
The voice and make everything all right

Overall Meaning

The Blenders' song "Voices" is a haunting and intense piece that seems to speak to the dark and troubled thoughts that can lurk within the human mind. The lyrics are enigmatic and somewhat surreal, full of questions and unanswered mysteries, but they seem to suggest a struggle with the forces of life and death, sanity and madness, and the powerful influence of inner voices.

The opening lines, "So, are you breathing? So, do you breathe?" are a potent reminder of the fragility and impermanence of life, and a call to wake up and pay attention to the present moment. The song then takes a turn towards the macabre, with a warning that "someone is gonna die when you listen to me", and an insistence that "let the living die, let the living die". These lines may suggest a confrontation with mortality, or perhaps an embrace of the darkness and chaos that lurks within us all.

The repeated refrain of "Are you breathing now? Do the wicked see you? You still breathing?" suggests a sense of paranoia and fear, as though the singer is being watched or pursued by unseen malevolent forces. The final lines of the song, "I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen/Strap me down and tell me I'll be all right", suggest a final surrender to the power of the inner voices, and a bleak acceptance of fate.

Line by Line Meaning

So, are you breathing?
Do you actually exist? Are you consciously taking in air?

Wake up are you alive
Are you truly living or is your life just an empty shell?

Will you listen to me
Will you pay attention to my message?

I'm gonna talk about some freaky shit now
The following discussion will be weird, crazy or incomprehensible.

Someone is gonna die when you listen to me
My words are dangerous and could become a trigger.

Let the living die, let the living die
People who are already dead inside don't need to keep living.

Do the wicked see you
Are you perceived by evil or corrupt individuals?

You're making me known
You're causing me to be visible or acknowledged.

So, what's up
What's happening?

I wonder why do you listen to me
I'm surprised that you're paying attention to me.

Insane, your gonna die when you listen to me
My words are so intense that they could result in the listener's death.

So, save me God
A plea for help from a higher power.

I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen
I'm receiving a message but I don't want to accept it.

Strap me down and tell me I'll be all right
Restrict me physically or mentally to assure me that things will be okay.

I can feel the subliminal need to be one
There's an underlying compulsion to become unified or connected.

With the voice and make everything all right
By merging with the message, everything will be corrected.

Let the living die, let the living die, say
Repeating the idea of letting lifeless individuals perish.

Are you breathing now
Are you still alive and taking in air?

You still breathing
Are you still living?

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAN DONEGAN, DAVID DRAIMAN, MICHAEL WENGREN, MIKE WENGREN, STEVE KMAK

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