

We started talking and he just kind of tells me his story - it was pretty heavy. Low and behold, we get on the airplane and he’s sitting right beside me. The albums lead single Come a Little Closer. The flight attendant asked him if he was going to Nashville to get a record deal and he was like, “No, my label is sending me to rehab.” He was kind of playing into the rock ‘n’ roll persona and I thought, “Oh no…” But I felt drawn to him I had this feeling that I was supposed to talk to this kid. Cage the Elephant regrouped in the studio to record their third album Melophobia (meaning fear of music). "coming back from New York to Nashville and there was this young kid, super flustered, on the jet bridge.

told me all your secrets you were actually quite serious" "I remember clearly, we were both there on the airplane. I ask her to make me a promise not to do anything every week just to see were she's at, it doesn't help that I screw up a lot. I love her and it hurts to love her, she loves me too. I hope 20 years will pass and I can see her look back and laugh. I didn't think she was really really serious. the way it feels like there's two people singing together, one voice lower and softer than the other, but still there. it starts off as something and escalates as something else, and it surprises me and gets me hyped up every time. I think I'm the light that will guide her home. come a little closer, cage the elephant: this song is perfect. She has bad days and good days and so do I. I want her to find a will to live, it hurts me because she doesn't want to. When I first heard this song it made me think of her.
