Also, I saw MuteMath live back in April of '06 (surprising how empty the hall was). Paul said he wrote "Control" while on a flight. He lost his cool and penned this song while praying for a safe landing. He now uses Valium when he has to go on long flights. :) Also, many bands with Christians in them will not want to be labeled as "Christian" because of the obvious presumptions made about Christian bands and the narrow genre into which they fit.
For any of you who may doubt the band's origins, take a look at EarthSuit. This band surfaced 11 years ago with Paul Meany and Roy Mitchell Cardenas as two of its members. In the "thanks" section in the liner notes, Paul states, "Thank you, God" and Roy states, "Thanks God for your everlasting love and mercy." This band was Christian, and stated so plainly. Whether or not they (P&R) still believe in it is between them and God. God gives us a choice: take Him or leave Him.
The song that lifts the spirit The one I grew up listening to support the many sorrows of my youth The melodies of my chreerished motivation The perfect surrender for the thousand times I've found no reason to breath unless you are in the air .
Take control of the atmosphere Take me far away from here There is no better loss than to lose myself in you In a parachute to glide, I am captive in your sky Surrender has somehow become so beautiful Take control of the atmosphere Take control of the atmosphere You can take my world you can fill the air Take control, take control It's such a beautiful surrender It's such a beautiful surrender It's such a beautiful surrender It's such a beautiful surrender Move me up through the darkest clouds Till I've lost in the sun every shadow of doubt There is no better find than to find myself with you In a fog you are all I see I'm inviting you closer with each time I breathe Surrender has somehow become so beautiful Take control of the atmosphere Take control of the atmosphere There is no reason I should breathe unless you're in the air Take control Its such a beautiful surrender Its such a beautiful surrender And I'm calling out Would you take control And I'm calling out
Love this song... Free will is a gift from Our Heavenly Father Jehovah. He grants us the right to choose how to live but whispers gently to us how amazing our lives will be if we only allow Him in...
This song, Peculiar People, and Noticed are one of MuteMath's most powerful songs. And even though they don't directly sing about God in their songs, those three are undoubtedly Christian. Pay attention to the lyrics. God and MuteMath ftw
I think what you all need to learn here is everyone is supposed to interpret a song for themself. Some might think this is about God, a girl, whatever. Love it either way, because MUTEMATH is awesome!
this is the song that started MY muteMATH journey. the live version of this (6:56) is really fantastic. they have gone through some major changes for sure and IMHO have maintained the course. genius players no doubt, but most important< brothers in the Lord.
I watch this guys playing this song in live at ROCK AL PARQUE and it was great. They are great....! i love them so much, all of their songs are a rush of blood to the head. They blow it (your head) in just a second and even more when they are on stage
music should be open to interpretation, so if people think it's a Christian song or a love song, let them think so. Don't force what you think on other people. especially since we're on the youtube and no matter what you say and how long you argue, no one is going to change their minds, so let's close our eyes, appreciate these beautiful lyrics, and live and let live :)
@30stmred21 "We're obviously a band; that's really all we ever wanted to be from the very beginning without catering to any particular genre or political or religious agenda. We just want to make music with no barriers." -Paul Meany, mutemath's lead singer
@Biggestmutemathfan @Biggestmutemathfan "I used to be in a very overt Christian band, and I think once we started Mute Math, and there were spiritual undertones in the music--and we'll openly state, yeah, we're Christian--we watched how the Christian division of Warner Bros. just ran with it. And they ran with it faster than Warner Bros. ran with it in the general market," explained Meany.
@Biggestmutemathfan "For us, we just try to keep it simple. We're obviously a band; that's really all we ever wanted to be from the very beginning without catering to any particular genre or political or religious agenda. We just want to make music with no barriers" - Paul Meany -
Go to one of their shows, it will clear everything right up. Just listen and enjoy the music people. It's damn sure better than other mainstream shit. (Gaga, Bieber, etc.)
@Biggestmutemathfan and warpigs777: Here's how I see/understand it: This album and the next (forgot what it was called,) are when they where considered a christian band. Then in Armistice, they were not. I'm sure if you asked them if they are christians, they won't deny it, though.
This is killin me. A few years ago when I had first discovered the greatness that is Top Gear, a fan had posted a music video using this song as a tribute. The song & video were perfect! If you had never seen top gear, or heard of mute math you'd think it was MM's official music vid. Yes, it was that well done. If anyone knows where I can find it do tell... It was taken down and I haven't found it since. Still a great song though.. with or without vid. :)
@mellymeliza My Three Favorites are 1. Burden 2. Progress 3. Picture They are gunna release a new song today if you go to the Concert in New Orleans. I hope i can contact someone thats going and pick it up from them and upload it here. Its going to be the finished version of "The Fight"
@arcka that's the band's stance on things, from what i know. they don't want to cater to any particular audience or demographic, they just want to make the best music they possibly can. that's why they rejected the tags of being a Christian band.
If people want to know, some of the members of this band are christian. If you search Paul Meany on youtube, the first video your going to get is a worship song sung by him. However, Mutemath is not a "Christian Band" just like Switchfoot, Skillet, 12 Stones, The Fray, Owl City, and more. but each of these bands throws in a song about God every once in a while.
This is truly a prayerful song. "Surrender has somehow become so beautiful." As a Catholic, this song basically sums it all up. Not to mention it kicks ass. Rock on, MuteMath.
@lhs04 same way with all bands for me too but all bands are gonna change their style a little bit, but it's proven to be true that we all come back to our roots so i wouldn't be surprised if they started songs like this again
@HOLYtDESTOYER would you please stop Mutemath isnt a "Christian band" like MajrMovieMadnes said so dont go hating and commenting on everyones comment it can get really annoying if you dont want to listen to their songs then dont
@roundabout10people Well don't delay man! Tell..do tell.. this video has eluded me for long enough. Need more info... do you have it? Hand it over and no one gets hurt! lol
ok just going to say, this is a christian song, however they are not a christian band. Paul meany wrote this song while flying on a plane, in fear he wrote this song while on the plane. But as I stated they are not a christian band. it kind of like Anberlin, they write about what they want, and if they feel like writing a few songs about God, then they will.
@indorocker88 Yeah the first time I saw them wow it must be 4 yrs ago was at this Christian festival sort of thing and they were like god bless and such. i'm pretty sure most of them r christian but theyve stated they don't want ne religous affiliations shannonthegreek
They may separate their belief from a total influence of their music, but they said themselves that their belief influenced at least some of their music. They didnt want to be under a christian label because they said that they didnt write all of their music for the purpose of Christianity; however, songs like this are unavoidably christian. Other examples: peculiar people and ok.
