Sacrificing Sunday

Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people, November 4th, 2008.

[Music] I've felt the ache of a broken heart and, just like you, I've even broken a few.

And that joy you've felt when a new love sparks, my heart beats out of sync.

Just like yours, I think.

[Music] But this pain that you're feeling is nothing like mine.

We've had our own journeys, healed in our own time.

These paths that we've chosen do not intertwine.

So, whose pain is greater?

Whose scars are deeper?

How do we measure the hurt and the anger when all our emotions are turned into notions?

That we're all alone in this ugly, sad world.

But aren't we all human?

Don't we all feel pain?

Will you deny that you've been playing this game?

[Music] So, brothers and sisters, come down from your perches.

Come out of your churches and look to the sky.

Maybe these words will open your eyes.

Maybe my song will open your mind.

I've heard people don't change, but that's a personal choice.

Take this chance and use your voice.

Whisper it softly or scream it out loud.

This is your life, so live it proud.

Live it proud.

[Music] I'm Lindsay Robeck.

I'm Cliff Nelson.

Yeah.

I'm the vocalist, and he's the drummer, and Aaron Tweed is our bassist, and Damian Rolfsmeier is our guitar player, our guitarist, yeah.

Damian and I started playing together, here and there, practicing in his room.

And we decided to add a couple of extra people.

We pretty much went from there.

It snowballed.

It snowballed pretty quickly, so.

Yeah, I've known Damian for 10 years, and so has Aaron, and so it just kind of fit.

[Music] Gees, I've been listening to music since I was sold enough to remember.

I've just always loved it.

I always loved listening to it, so I started playing guitar, probably about 25 years ago, 30 years ago almost, and then switched over to drums after I realized that everybody plays guitar, so, yeah, you know.

I've been singing since I could talk.

So it's just a love I've always had.

And I've found that it's really easy for me to create songs.

And so, yeah, it just works out well.

And I write lyrics for the band as well so, yeah.

[Music] I'm becoming someone I don't recognize, traumatized and terrified.

These feelings take ahold of me, and I feel so tired and out of reach.

What is this life without you by my side.

I feel so scared to even want to try.

[Music] I don't want to be saved.

I want to heal.

I'm done sacrificing everything just to feel.

How long will it take, this path that I have to walk?

I'm sick of feeling everyday that I'm lost.

[Music] I wish that I was stronger for you, but I can't seem to pull myself through.

Poisoned by what the world has done to me.

Afraid of walking out my door.

I want my life to mean so much more.

Tell me, what the hell am I supposed to do?

I don't want to be saved.

I want to heal.

I'm done sacrificing everything, just to feel.

How long will it take, this path that I have to walk?

I'm sick of feeling everyday that I'm lost.

That I'm lost.

[Music] What will it take to get rid of this pain?

I want to be free of it all, the heartache and the shame.

I want to smile again, feel the sun on my face, to know that I'm gonna be okay.

I don't want to be saved.

I want to heal.

I'm done sacrificing everything just to feel.

How long will this take, this path that I have to walk?

I'm sick of feeling everyday that I'm lost.

I'm not lost.

I'm not lost.

I'm not lost.

When we first started, I had a lot of lyrics already written.

And so we just tried to fit those lyrics with some music.

We all creatively help in some way with the writing.

You know, I come up a melody, and Cliff will introduce the drum beat, and sometimes it just happens when we're messing around in the band room.

Maybe I've got a sheet of lyrics and I feel like, "Hey, that fits."

And then we'll just go from there.

Yeah, that's my favorite way to do it.

Yeah.

Just start playing a beat.

Let everybody, kind of, join in, and then just let it go Yeah and then we polish it.

Polish it over a long, long period of time.

A long period of time, yeah.

[Music] Pick me up and take me.

Far away from here.

I don't care where we're going, as long as you'll be there.

Picture perfect isn't what they said it was going to be.

Happy little faces all dressed up to mask their misery.

[Music] Take me away.

Take me away.

I want the world, but not this way.

[Music] Cookie cutter houses painted every shade of gray.

Pretty painted faces all lined up to face the day The only thing that matters is that you never look like your in pain.

Suffering in silence just to win the games they play.

[Music] Take me away.

Take me away.

I want the world, but not this way.

Let's run away.

Let's run away.

[Music] Run away with me.

Run away with me.

[Music] We practiced for a good year before we even decided to do anything live, and then once we started to do something live, then it's like, "Okay, now we're gonna go here.

We're gonna go there."

Yeah.

Yeah.

We started playing shows just locally.

We actually ended up playing a festival, which was really exciting for us because we were just playing at bars for awhile.

But we've been expanding our horizons pretty quickly, it seems, so yeah.

And we plan to keep going [Music] We've tried to get better at our preforming because we haven't done it very much.

And so, that's something that we're still working on and learning.

It's a whole process in itself, being up there and Not just playing the music, but actually being a show for people to come and see.

So, yeah.

Yeah we could stand there and go through the motions pretty easy.

Yeah.

[Music] I watch the fan blades on the ceiling spin.

Hypnotized, I'm lost again.

It's been raining for a week and I can't sleep.

Time ticks by, and still I cry.

It's not fair.

You're gone way too soon.

The sky is crying.

You had so much living left to do.

I'd rather die without you here.

Chasing headlights on the wall.

My mind wanders and falls.

I see your face in every shadow.

I hear your voice in every echo.

I reach for you even though you're not there.

It's not fair.

It's not fair.

You're gone way too soon.

The sky is crying.

You had so much living left to do.

I'd rather die without you here.

[Music] It's not fair.

You're gone way too soon.

The sky is crying.

You had so much living left to do.

I'd rather die without you here.

It's not fair.

You're gone way too soon.

The sky is crying.

You had so much living left to do.

I'd rather die without you here.

I think it something that people would really enjoy if they took the time to listen to it.

I feel like a lot of our music actually and especially with the way I write the lyrics, so listening to the whole song is kind of important.

And then, when you get to the end of it, you got that conclusion .

It's like hearing a story, but in the music, yeah.

A good rule of thumb is, if you hear a song and you know that you wouldn't skip it on your own then other people will probably like it too.

Yeah, other people will probably like it.

[Music] Fight first, ask questions later.

Stick my neck out just to have you choke it.

Fights first is always what we made it.

You never heard me, no matter how I said it.

No matter how I said it.

Now it's too late, too late, and I'm running away.

Try to chase me down, but baby I'm already gone.

Baby I'm already gone.

Make up and maybe we'll talk later.

Kiss me sweetly and tell me we're forever.

Break up.

I knew we couldn't fix it.

You said you're sorry, but I'm not falling this time around.

Oh, I'm not falling this time around.

[Music] Shack up.

Oh baby how I've missed you.

You drive me crazy just the way you kiss me.

Fake it 'cause I sure don't think you love me.

I said I'm leaving and I really think I mean it this time.

Yeah, I really think I mean it this time.

Now it's too late, too late, and I'm running away.

Try to chase me down but baby I'm already gone.

Yeah, baby, I'm already gone.

Baby.

I'm already gone.

Baby, I'm gone.

Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people, November 4th, 2008.