Featuring former Boysetsfire vocalist, Nathan Gray and guitarist Josh Latsh… Read Full Bio ↴Featuring former Boysetsfire vocalist, Nathan Gray and guitarist Josh Latshaw.

So Nathan was in a band called BoySetsFire. They did ok, then they broke up. So the Casting Out started, first with some terrible name that (THANK GOD!) was already taken, played some shows, lost some members, got some members, changed their sound, (yeah I know…it “evolved”) It got louder. More raucous. More fun. More of that good stuff that keeps you coming back. Catchier than a plateful of syphalitic lepers. EW. They started touring in a crappy van that broke down. Of course they did. Who didn’t? Played to smatterings of people who began disinterested, but were slowly (so slowly!) run over by their dynamic stage show. But they are doing it the way you are supposed to. They are sleeping on floors. They are eating pasta. Playing freaking VFWs, Which is fine for all the retards out there with their first band who are just excited to get out of Arkansas, But Nathan is no spring chicken. He ain’t even a Winter Goose. He has been touring since he was 20 which was nearly two decades ago. When he started touring, gas was ninety cents a gallon. When he started touring, no-one had cell phones. We used this cracked out gadget called the “Straight Edge Dialer” which somehow imitated the sonic patterns of quarters dropping into the slot. We would gather around a pay-phone and use it to call home and try to get shows. When he started touring, there was no major-label debate because major-labels simply did not sign punk or hardcore bands. When he started touring the internet was a mere gleam in Al Gore’s nutsack. When he started touring, people bought cds. Yeah, I know... That long ago.
So the question was posed as it has been before and will certainly be again.
Why?
Why start over? Why not look back at the admittedly somewhat impressive body of work. (4 full lengths, countless tours, blah blah…) and just say fuck it and get a jobby job?
“Because it is the only thing I am good at”.
To be honest, that isn’t quite true. Nathan can also paint like a mother fucker. He is wonderful at touch up, and even with ideas about certain color schemes, But who the hell wants to paint for the rest of his life? Not me, And I guess not him. I have another idea about why Nathan is still doing it.
Because it is fun.
Because the Casting Out is fun. Lots of fun. Nathan, the grizzled lead singer, seems to have discovered a new tool in his writing tool-bag (?) –a sense of humor. The songs are performed with a knowing wink and jaunty tip of the hat. No cute (is what we aim for) word play. No long ass song titles. Just lyrics written from a good perspective and good punk-influenced pop music. Melodies that will make your heart sing. Starting a new band at 35……… Crazy bitch.

-joshua latshaw-

Walk Away
The Casting Out Lyrics

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One look around this room
This place is nothing new
And I know
It's all been done before
I'd scream, but I'm too bored
Guess that's my cue...

Oh, remember when

We were full of life
Never thought
That would ever die
Walk away, walk away
Walk away, walk away

This place has given up
The soul was left to rust
And I know
No matter what I say
The drive will all soon fade
Into dust

Oh, remember when
We were full of life
Never thought
That would ever die
Walk away, walk away
Walk away, walk away

Walk away, walk away
Walk away, walk away

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Casting Out's song "Walk Away" express an established sense of disillusionment, boredom and indifference towards the state of a situation or a place that has become too familiar. The first verse sets the tone for this sentiment, as the singer looks around the room and finds that it's nothing new, that it's all been done before. The implication is that there is no novelty, no excitement, no inspiration anymore. The singer even feels like screaming, but can't bring themselves to do it, feeling too apathetic and resigned.

The second verse expands on this feeling, as the singer describes how the place has given up, how the soul was left to rust. They acknowledge that no matter what they say, the drive will all soon fade into dust. This could be interpreted as a commentary on the human tendency to get comfortable and complacent, to stop striving for new experiences and simply let things stagnate. The chorus comes as a repetition of the phrase "Walk away", which can be taken as an invitation to leave behind the familiar and the stagnant, to seek out new horizons and rekindle that spark of life that seemed to exist in the past.

Overall, the song seems to express a sense of resignation mixed with a hint of nostalgia, a yearning for a time when things were fresh and exciting, but also an acknowledgement that sometimes it's necessary to move on and leave behind what has become stale and unfulfilling.

Line by Line Meaning

One look around this room
Observing the environment and the objects in the room.

This place is nothing new
The place has become monotonous and uninteresting.

And I know
Having the awareness that something is not right.

It's all been done before
Everything has become predictable and repetitive.

I'd scream, but I'm too bored
Feeling frustrated yet uninterested in expressing it.

Guess that's my cue...
Realizing that it is time to leave and move on.

Oh, remember when
Reflecting on the past and comparing it with the present.

We were full of life
Feeling energetic and passionate about life.

Never thought
Being oblivious to the possibility of losing that energy.

That would ever die
That the energy would never fade away.

Walk away, walk away
To leave behind the current situation.