
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