Homeland Insecurity (Commentary)

So this is a commentary for Homeland Insecurity

So I didn't have any extra songs for this era of music

As it was, uh, our sophomore record

And, as they say, you have your entire life to write your first album

And you have eighteen months to write every record after that, and so, I was—

It was like trying to squeeze blood from a stone getting all these songs, uh, finished

And luckily, I had some help from my wife, Kaitlin Butts

That helped me finish a few of these songs

And, uh, so yeah, there's not any extra tunes

In this era 'cause it was just, uh—

I barely had enough to get that done, and I really—

It was during this time, though, that— however, it pushed me to learn the craft and reopen up a book

And learn about songwriting and other songwriters

And so I started buying books during this era

And songs like "Come Back Down" and "Pretty Women" and "Sleeping Alone" started to pour out of me