Yesterday's Son

Album: Out of the Wasteland (2015)
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  • Frontman Jason Wade told Billboard magazine that this is a coming-of-age song. "It's forging your own path and discovering your own identity," he explained. "Oddly, it really came to fruition musically when we muted all the instruments at the beginning and allowed the vocals to tell the story."

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