On the first record I created a world, then hid behind it. With 'A Beaitful Lie,' it was time to take a more personal and less cerebral approach. Although this record is still full of conceptual elements and thematic ideas it is ultimately much more wrapped around the heart than the head. It's about brutal honesty, growth, change. It's an incredibly intimate look into a life that is in the crossraods. A raw emotional journey. A story of life, love, death, pain, joy, and passion. Of what it is to be human. [more]