Inspiration for 'Acquaintance'?

[JustifiedTrueBelief]

Just curious as to the inspiration, if any, for the song ACQUAINTANCE...I find myself drawn to that particular track, as well as The Thirst...awesomely, great lyrical insight....thanks guys!

 

[Douglas A. Ott]

This may be hard to explain, but I will try. I wrote this song for Robin, my wife, before we were married. Actually I wrote it after we had broke up. We were together for about 3 months, 3 wonderful months and then, for reasons that are way too lengthy to go into, we broke up. She called me one day asking how I was and seemingly wanting to be friends. I wrote the song saying that I couldn't be just friends with her. I was in love and you can't go back to being just friends once you've crossed that threshold. So I decided to say "So long!" and wrote just that that...well until 10 months later when we got back together and got engaged 2 months after that. So the songs lyrics are out of date and somewhat moot, but it does bring back a painful memory of a time when I decided to walk away from the only woman I ever truly loved, who I thought didn't love me...luckily I was wrong! I think that is why the song turned out to be so emotional; it had the right amount of true hurt to carry over to the listener. I titled it Acquaintance because I thought, we are no longer lovers and can't really be friends then I guess we have become someone we just knew.

There you have it. I hope it makes sense to you now.

Doug

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Originally posted by Douglas A. Ott
This may be hard to explain, but I will try. I wrote this song for Robin, my wife, before we were married. Actually I wrote it after we had broke up. We were together for about 3 months, 3 wonderful months and then, for reasons that are way too lengthy to go into, we broke up. She called me one day asking how I was and seemingly wanting to be friends. I wrote the song saying that I couldn't be just friends with her. I was in love and you can't go back to being just friends once you've crossed that threshold. So I decided to say "So long!" and wrote just that that...well until 10 months later when we got back together and got engaged 2 months after that. So the songs lyrics are out of date and somewhat moot, but it does bring back a painful memory of a time when I decided to walk away from the only woman I ever truly loved, who I thought didn't love me...luckily I was wrong! I think that is why the song turned out to be so emotional; it had the right amount of true hurt to carry over to the listener. I titled it Acquaintance because I thought, we are no longer lovers and can't really be friends then I guess we have become someone we just knew.

There you have it. I hope it makes sense to you now.

Doug

Thanks for the explanation. It's a beautiful tune. I especially love Craddick's cymbal work during the chorus. I was pleasantly suprised when "Acquaintance" was reprised in "The Ultimate Gift".

 

[JustifiedTrueBelief]

Thanks Doug! Kinda neat to hear your inspiration. And I'm glad things worked out for the both of you...

 

[KorgX3]

Originally posted by ProgMetalFan
I was pleasantly suprised when "Acquaintance" was reprised in "The Ultimate Gift".

Which is altogether interesting as it brings everything full circle.

I think it's ironic that The Thirst is probably the song that hits home the most for me considering it was the first Enchant song I ever heard (of course!). It relates to an experience that I went through about 10 years ago in many, many ways.