JenkinsвЂ™ lyrics become your own because you are forced to create your own meaning for Haight Street (in San Francisco, the bandвЂ™s hometown) and by doing so, his lyrics become your own. ItвЂ™s those weird, very specific place and memory references that Stephan Jenkins drops that let you know that you have both no idea what heвЂ™s talking about and a very close understanding of what heвЂ™s talking about. вЂњAnd IвЂ™m hanging on your words / Like I always used to do / The words they use so lightly/ I only feel for you /I only know because I carry you around /In the backgroundвЂќ (The Background) вЂ“ I challenge you to find a more heartbreaking or deeply resonating song. ItвЂ™s at once an ode to mortality and an echoing proclamation of desire. ItвЂ™s the perfect example of Stephan JenkinsвЂ™ ability to say so many things that you, the listener, donвЂ™t understand, but somehow they connect to create a meaning that you have created for yourself. ItвЂ™s so strange that it actually reminds me of the Doors. Haunting, a little spooky, it is nothing short of a snake-charming song. вЂњYou want to know how deeply my soul goes/ Deeper than bones, deeper than bonesвЂќ (I Want You) вЂ“ This ethereal ode to wanting someone feels like it was written in another dimension. Get more 90s or get more modern day Jim Morrison- you canвЂ™t.Дў. Even if you canвЂ™t tell what the hell theyвЂ™re saying. If you need proof of the poets here, check this song out. It fits together so perfect and the words are so bright. But this one discernable lyric is like a constellation. вЂњBe a dream in color even on a winterвЂ™s night/Thinking Georges Seurat, afternoon bathed in light/Get your joy no matter who says itвЂ™s right/Their coverвЂ™s blown, find the story of your ownвЂќ (Camouflage) вЂ“ At one point in an interview, Stephan Jenkins was quoted admitting that he actually doesnвЂ™t know what all the screaming lyrics in вЂњCamouflageвЂќ are, which is pretty funny. Amazon / Third Eye Blind вЂ“ Never Let You GoДЎ.

For anyone who has ever felt a connection to their music, here are some of their greatest, most beautifully poetic lyrics.

Stephan Jenkins graduated with a BA in English from UC Berkeley in 1987, and his lyrics are poetry to me.

Granted, their latest tours have only consisted of two original members of the band, Stephan Jenkins and Brad Hargreaves, it doesnвЂ™t lessen my love for the music they created in the 90s/early 2000s. Have you ever looked at a work of art or heard a piece of music that made you say, вЂњHey, thatвЂ™s ME, only outside of meвЂќ? If I had to pick one thing that represents me outside of myself, it would be Third Eye BlindвЂ™s lyrics. I get some weird looks when I say that Third Eye Blind is my favorite band of all time, but itвЂ™s the truth.

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