More lyrical insight from Matthew…

“LifeSpan” is a song that deals with the topic of suicide and how much one can take throughout their life before they are faced with the decision of whether they can go on or not . Its about the resiliency a person can demonstrate through constant disappointment. Holding onto the most faint glimmers of hope until you finally just reach down as deep as possible and give yourself a way out on your own. Nobody will look out for you the way you look out for yourself. Your life is in your own hands at all times.”Holding on I breathe for comfort/ Need the light ahead/ So go on and drop the loaded gun/ The time has come to give yourself a way”.

“Turning a Blind Eye” is a song written for the saying “Ignorance is Bliss”. But bliss is all relative depending upon whos eyes its being seen through. If your eyes arent open on the road of life then you are headed for a head-on collision with yourself. “A warning sign/Like a traffic light/ From green to yellow then turns red again/ Im reticent by accident/ When all your thoughts, they all just started crashing down/ We all will fall sometimes”. For all the attention seekers out there who constantly make regrettable decisions, more often than not someone turns their eyes to them. For those who shoulder their own burdens and suffer quietly, they are the ones left waiting and the recipients of a blind eye. To all who try to do the right thing but always feel alone, this song is for you.

“Leave The Light On” is pretty self-explanatory

-Matthew

Hitting the road…

We’re hitting the road to promote “The Sixes” are very excited to add that we’ll be opening for eOne recording artist, Saving Abel, on Friday, September 28th at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. This show is a “low-dough” show presented by 105.5 WDHA and 95.9 WRAT. Tickets: $10.50 are available through our DFH store:

Ticket Link: http://deadfishhandshake.bigcartel.com/product/dead-fish-handshake-saving-abel-at-starland-ballroom

Dead Fish Handshake & Saving Abel

Matthew Paul speaks about the lyrical content on “The Sixes”

Re: E-Motionless
“We don’t give out enough song meanings, so just thought I’d explain and put some questions to rest. This was a song written around the feeling of emotional paralysis between two people who are afraid to communicate and how it translates to the physical breakdown of someone. “E-motionless” is obviously a hybrid word of emotion and motionless. The “E” stands for “eternally” and is a reference to the cold communication of today’s technology. This all can be summed up in the lyric:

Nobody move, no body moved
I’m motionless/
Nobody move, no body moved
E-motionless.

Re: “Recquiescat” / “The Blackest Skies”
“Recquiescat in Pace” is latin for “Rest In Peace” so that seemed like a fitting title as an intro to “The Blackest Skies”. The Blackest Skies is a reference to being buried alive where obviously the only thing you can see above you is the dark inside of your proverbial coffin. That small imaginary space holds all the stress and pressures of everyday life that seem so heavy and burdensome. Though the lyrics deal with dark undertones there is small message of positivity at the end of the chorus that is a direct contrast to the feeling of hopelessness demonstrated in the song. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Death will take forever
Lie in patience, until its time
Because this stress is heavy,
Tonight I’m buried, Underneath the blackest skies,
But still alive

Enjoy. Now you know.
-Matthew

THE SIXES

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting THE SIXES – the new Dead Fish Handshake EP.

Our new record has arrived. Please pick it up and enjoy! We’re incredibly proud of our work on this record – from the opportunity to work with Clint Lowery and the amazing team at Architekt Music to everyone that helped make this record come true, we thank you. It’s finally a reality.

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New DFH Merch

We have some new merch rolling in to coincide with the release of our new record. These will be available through the DFH Store very soon. Here is the “E-Motionless” shirt for him and “E-Motionless” tank for her, along with the all new “The Sixes” poster.