
rock
band
originally formed in Stockbridge
, Georgia
. Collective Soul broke into mainstream popularity with their first hit single
, "Shine
", which came from their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
, released in 1993. They have recorded seven Number One mainstream rock hits.
Collective Soul was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame
on September 19, 2009.
Before forming Collective Soul, Ed Roland had studied music composition and guitar playing at the Berklee College of Music
in Boston, Massachusetts.
                        Teach me how to speak  Teach me how to share  Tell me where to go  Tell me will love be there? 
                        
                        Now my water's turned to wine  And these thoughts I have  I now can claim as mine 
                        
                        I drink myself of newfound pity  Sitting alone in New York City  And I don't know why  
                        
                        I walk up on high And I step to the edge  To see my world below  And I laugh at myself  As my tears roll down  'Coz it's the world I know, it's the world I know 
                        
                        New meanings to the words I feed upon  Wake within my veins elements of freedom 
                        
                        Silence creates necessity 
                        
                        And here I lie with words to swear  There's something more than the world out there 
                        
                        For what's in a day of a dandy life  For what's in a day of this dandy life  Everything, everything, everything 
                        
                        She said she can't look back to her days of youth  What she thought were lies she later found was truth 
                        
                        Well it's ten years later and stillI haven't a clue 
                        


