Cell Content: “The inspiration for the song ‘Turn on the Light’ came from a group of hippies who came into my recording studio. They had all the lights off and were using candles, incense, and love beads to create a certain atmosphere while trying to write a record. It really annoyed me because I couldn’t understand how anyone could make a record that way. So, I decided to write a song about turning on all the lights. The song’s meaning is about living life to the fullest and shining as brightly as possible. The line ‘burn, like a Roman fucking candle’ in the lyrics may have been inspired by a passage from Jack Kerouac’s book ‘On The Road.’ In the song, Kerouac is also mentioned in the line ‘caringosity killed the Kerouac cat.’ In the ‘Big Bang’ video, Greg sings the line ‘he used to fuck it when the wind…’.”
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