this picture has NOTHING to do with this blog, the mood, or this song…but oh well! thought it would be funny to post…

ZZZZZ..

so i always get asked. “how do you say zzzzz!?” or “so i love zzzzz but how do you say it!?” well folks…i have good news, and i have bad news. the good news is that i have an answer! the bad news is that it’s not the one you’re looking for. i have no idea how to say it. maybe it’s a snoring sound..maybe it’s a bumblebee noise…i have no clue..HOWEVER! i do have an explanation of the song and where i was coming from when i wrote it.

zzzzz was written in new york city. the first time i ever stepped foot there. nyc is a very intimidating place, but has grown to be one of my favorite places in the world. this song rings especially loud in my ears today..it’s about needing someone, and today i need someone more than you’ll ever know,

everyone has that someone. the person that they can’t breathe without. the one person that GETS them, that can finish their sentence, and that makes their day without trying. but what happens when all of that goes away? how do we move on? we don’t.

the song is about not being good enough and about always failing at trying to be the perfect person. i have found that one’s imperfections, are in fact their perfections. every little freckle…every toe…every goofy thing about somone are the things that people fall in love with. when those little things are taken away from you..it’s hard to breathe. those freckles turn to stars. etc etc etc the song is about getting by on your own. what happens when the one i sing to sleep every night is no longer next to me to fill the void? do i sing myself to sleep? do i not sleep at all… that girl no matter how hard i try will always be my heart and soul, or “my favorite melody.” 

the “get out. goodbye. get out of my life.” are kind of the words you want to say, but just can’t. as angry as you want to be for being alone, you turn and you blame yourself. i don’t even know what i’m saying right now..i’m pretty emotional and just rambling.

anyways…i have that someone special. and it hurts more than a thousand knives when she’s not around… it’s hard to sleep. i get homesick alot..and i’ve gotten to know myself pretty well. the goods and the bads. being away from home..you kind of have to become your own bestfriend…you take the best from what’s at home…swallow the memories and hope there’s enough gas in the tank to get home. when you love someone…there always is. 

i love you guys. thanks for keeping me strong when i’m far from home.

-alexander michael

p.s. MY BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW! AHHHHH! SO EXCITED!!!

*ZZZZZ FUN FACTS*

-written in one day and in a very tall brick building in new york while being extremely homesick

-originally called “singing myself to sleep”

-one of the first song recorded for the record

-used to be more “synthy” but we decided to make it more piano based to give it more of a real and organic sound

-really fun to play live, but we haven’t had time to play it on the past few tours and it bums me out!

-produced by SAM and SLUGGO who did boys like girls, metro station, we the kings etc