Hollow is an acoustic song by the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

 from their fourth studio album, IV

IV (Godsmack album)

-Track listing:-Godsmack:* Sully Erna - rhythm guitar, vocals, producer* Tony Rombola - lead guitar, backing vocals* Robbie Merrill - bass guitar* Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion-Others:*P. R...

. Frontman Sully Erna

Sully Erna

Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna , is an American vocalist and primary songwriter for the American heavy metal band, Godsmack. Erna is also a guitarist and drummer, performing these both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skylar Brooke Erna and an older sister named Maria.-Early...

 and Lisa Guyer are on the song vocals. "Hollow" is the only acoustic song that appeared in the album

IV (Godsmack album)

-Track listing:-Godsmack:* Sully Erna - rhythm guitar, vocals, producer* Tony Rombola - lead guitar, backing vocals* Robbie Merrill - bass guitar* Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion-Others:*P. R...

, and Erna has played it frequently on his solo tour.

Hollow's more explanation

Among the many highlights on the album is the haunting ballad Hollow, a complete departure for Godsmack. Featuring backing vocals from Lisa Guyer (a friend of the band), and a beautiful orchestration of acoustic guitars, mandolin strings and cello, this song shows a poignant— and for Erna, especially, evocative— side of the band. "It's simple, with feeling and emotion," says Sully. "It's the piece that was necessary to make the record feel whole, to give it both sides of the Godsmack yin and yang

Yin and yang

In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only...

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Song meaning

This song is about realizing that nothing is the way it used to be. The same things that used to be fun for the singer now just make him feel empty. He realizes it's time to change his ways and become that better person, while still acknowledging that he wouldn't change the past.