things that He makes us feel, and the sensation
when the Spirit enters our being, that He allows
us to step into. I love that perspective, and just
opening that door that God is a romantic, and
He romanticizes over us and with us. It’s the
most beautiful relationship. I love that.
[Scott] As to the song “Cages”, we wrote that
at a Young Life camp, and we actually wrote it
in the same place we wrote “Dancing on the
Waves”. I think what I love about that song is
that it talks about how we all are so prone to
hide behind masks, and I think there has never
been a time in history where that has been
more tangible than it is now in the sense that
were wearing masks everywhere right now.
Masks in the physical world are to keep us from
the virus, and I think in the spiritual world we
use masks to hide from the fact that the virus of
sin is something that we combat, and obviously
Jesus conquered it on the cross and brought
healing, but we fight the symptoms daily.
What I love about “Cages” is it’s saying, “I’m not
going to hide behind the masks of insecurity, or
the masks of arrogance, or the masks of pride,
or whatever has kept me from being vulnerable”.
I’m going to rip those off and I’m not going to be
afraid of what it might mean or the price I might
have to pay to lay my heart bare before God
and before people, and even before myself and
people that I love. So I really love that song, that
it’s a challenge for us to say were going to be
real, and we’re going to be honest, and we’re
going to be candid. I think that sometimes in
the Christian world, we don’t talk about some
of the really hard stuff and some of the really
dark stuff that we walk through as believers and
human beings, So I think that its really vital if
we’re ever going to grow in our faith and in our
relationships with people and with God, that we
have to be candid with who we are and with the
things with which we struggle. So that’s one of
my favorite songs on the record because I think
it’s a declarative anthem, the things that have
held me in the past are no longer going to hold
me, and that starts with honesty.
[WM] I have to ask you about WTK production
dynamics in rehearsal and in the studio. My
background in the studio allows the “last word”
to always be granted to the producer. I’ve
been in the studio with dual producers and it
got a little “hairy” at times. A lot of artists are
rubbed the wrong way by the producer being
in full control, and you have not only sibling, but
also family dynamics involved in songwriting,
performance, production, expectations, and
overall sonics. How do you settle artistic
differences?
[Scott] Man we just bust out swords and
Medieval dual, whatever happens! (laughs)
[Andrew] That would probably be easier!
(laughs)
[Ed] To me, it’s almost as if there is this sixth
member of our band who is the collective voice
of all of us. It’s so interesting because we’re all
producers. Franni acts like she’s not, but she’s
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