want to be with you", he says,"I want to taste the salt of your skin"(How's it gonna be). Instead of saying,"I want to spend the rest of my life with you," he writes,"wThere will be no regrets hen the worms come"(I want you). Deciphered this means I will not regret being with you when the worms come(death). His amazing lyrical and poetical abilities hit you right in a place he was aiming for. In his own words, he wants the album "to intoxicate you." Jenkins does just that with his thought provoking word choices such as "happenstance", "residue", "caffinate and incinerate." He even includes a song called "God Of Wine". The God Of Wine, or Dionysses, was the son of Zeus, and the god of intoxication and fertility. There are many ties in which I am sure lead back to his days of sitting in a chair at Berkeley. The depth of the lyrics on this album are just one piece of the puzzle that so perfectly fits together to form this band's debut album. In a day where alot of music seems to flow together and carry the same sound, 3EB captures a sound all their own. While Spin magazine claimed that they were anonymous and predictable, Third Eye Blind is just the opposite (Durcholz 3). It starts with "Semi-charmed life", which carries a funky tune you can almost dance to. Each song carries it's own melody and becomes an experience in itself. Track number two, "Narcolepsy", starts off slow and then comes in fast with amazing drums and lead guitar. Jenkins voice screaming "nightmare" over this give it what it needs to be a hit. Towards the end of the album, they surprise you once again with a completely different sound. For example, in"Motorcycle drive by", Jenkins calmly almost chants the vocals and draws you in with the serenity of his voice. It was hard to believe that this was the same singer who, a few tracks earlier, was letting his insides out. Predictable? I think not. With Frontman Stephan Jenkin's lyrics and the amazing musical abi...
