It’s two sisters, two brothers, four friends, eleven instruments, one fun l… Read Full Bio ↴It’s two sisters, two brothers, four friends, eleven instruments, one fun little folk band. However you do the math, The Vespers are a force to be reckoned with. In the spring of 2010, the newly formed group released their debut album, Tell Your Mama, which has been received greatly by critics and fans alike. The indie release even managed to sneak on to a few top 20 lists before the year’s end. The critics have hailed the band as “magnificently unforgettable” and “fresh and infectious”. “I was just about knocked off my stool”, exclaimed Angie Santiago of No Depression.

This perfect union of sound has been in the making for years though, just never before as the fearsome foursome as it stands today. Callie and Phoebe Cryar have been honing their craft for many years having been brought up in a musical family and having the luxury of being born and raised in a city ripe with undiluted talent. Their vocal exchange and pure harmonies have been described as “two angels”, “ghostly and haunting”, “honey sweet” and “serene”. Excepting no side note to their vocal prowess is their expansive instrumental skills. The sisters travel with guitar, ukulele, banjo, electric bass, accordion, and mandolin in tow knowing full well how to wield each one effectively. As a duo, Phoebe and Callie recognized that all was not complete in the band they had dubbed The Vespers. A bottom end was to be desired. So as the story goes, at a campfire jam one night, the girls met musical eyes with two long-locked boys who were doing their own thing around Music City.

Taylor and Bruno Jones knew instantly that campfire jam was a fateful event. After a single show combining Taylor’s percussion and Bruno’s acoustic bass to the sisters sound, the band was set. The boys’ “tight and creative rhythm section” is grounded in the earthy volume of the gritty southern rock and lowdown blues that they were gratefully exposed to at a young age. That raw approach to the music and to the live stage show was the missing ingredient to The Vespers’ overall approach that is said to be “reminiscent of hearing the words ‘I love you’ for the first time.”

In 2011, The Vespers will pack up their unique take on music in their beloved old green van and travel across the country. Four Nashville natives setting out to share what they love. As all will concur that have had the privilege to hear them perform, this is the band to watch and, most certainly, to listen for.

Not Enough
The Vespers Lyrics

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After true love
what happens after happily ever after?
you give me all I ever wanted our love is everlasting

It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love

It's not enough
It's not enough my love

Plenty of money we live in a castle
you are the king and I'm the queen
beautiful family nobody's hungry
we've got more than everything

It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love

There's something that's missing
does anyone know?
it always escapes me I can't let it go

It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love

It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love
It's not enough
It's not enough my love

It's not enough
It's not enough my love

Overall Meaning

The Vespers' song "Not Enough" is a reflective piece that explores the irony of having achieved everything one could ever hope for in life, yet still finding that something is missing or insufficient. The first verse conveys a sense of contentment and satisfaction that comes with true love as the singer sings, "After true love, what happens after happily ever after? You give me all I ever wanted, our love is everlasting." However, as the song progresses, the chorus repeats the refrain, "It's not enough my love," suggesting that even the fulfillment of true love cannot entirely satisfy or fill the emotional void the singer experiences. The second verse reveals that even material abundance in the form of money and physical comfort, symbolized by the castle and the absence of hunger, does not suffice as the singer questions what is missing.

The bridge of the song ponders the question of whether anyone knows what is missing or what can fill the void that seems to pervade the singer's life, and concludes that it is an elusive and intangible thing that continuously slips away, "It always escapes me, I can't let it go." Thus, the song's message is that even when we seemingly have everything we need, there may persist an unquenchable thirst that can only be satisfied by discovering something that is missing from our lives.

Line by Line Meaning

After true love
What happens after finding true love, the supposed happily ever after?

you give me all I ever wanted our love is everlasting
You've given me everything I ever wanted and our love is supposed to last forever

It's not enough
However, all of this is not enough to fulfill me

Plenty of money we live in a castle
We have plenty of money and live in a castle as if we are royalty

you are the king and I'm the queen
You are the king of our castle and I am your queen

beautiful family nobody's hungry
We have a beautiful family and no one is going hungry

we've got more than everything
We have more than everything we could ever need

There's something that's missing
Despite all of this, there is still something missing

does anyone know?
Does anyone else understand or feel the same way?

it always escapes me I can't let it go
I can't quite put my finger on it, but it always feels like something is missing and I can't shake that feeling

It's not enough
All of our wealth and happiness is still not enough to satisfy me

It's not enough my love
Even your love, which should be more than enough, cannot fill this void

Writer(s): Phoebe Deffenbaugh, Aaron Raitiere

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