I was hanging out with our lyricist who also happens to be one of my best buddies that I've known since kindergarten. His name is Paul Interdonato and he's one of the most interesting and eccentric people I know. The band was on break for the holidays and Paul and I always get together around that time of year to hang out and write songs. It's when we tend to come up with some of our best ideas for some reason. Usually the best songs just come effortlessly and naturally, where we don't have to spend too much time brainstorming or tweaking the ideas. They just flow right off the cuff from first line to the last and then they are complete.

"Megalodon" was one of those songs. The two of us were just hanging out, having a good time and there were some hip hop videos playing on TV in the background. I started messing around with my guitar and loop pedal which allows me to record and layer different parts and then loop them over and over. With the hip hop on in the background, I started looping this simple bass line � Daaaa naaa � Daaaa naaa � Daaaa naaaa �.Da Da Da �.. Daaaa naaa � It was slow and dark and dirty - almost menacing; kinda reminiscent of the theme music from Jaws. I think that's what triggered the image of a shark in Paul's imagination. For those that don't know what the title of the song "Megalodon" is referring to - its the scientific name for a massive pre-historic shark like creature that lived at the bottom of the ocean around the time of the dinosaurs. They were huge. Way way bigger than any shark that's around today.

From there I started to layer funk guitar parts on top of the bass line and Paul started singing "I can see her coming through the murkey water" and right there we had the first line of the song set in stone. He explained the image in his head - the helpless feeling of treading water lost at sea with no escape from this huge majestic force of nature that's making circles around you. "She got me if she wants me she's so majestic its paralyzing." I definitely felt where he was coming from. It could really be about anything that feels to big to overcome - large forces of nature or even habits of human nature that you feel like you can't escape. In the end I think this was a therapeutic song for both of us. I love the way it turned out. It's sort of become a reminder to stay on the right path and not get lost at sea.