Though songs like "Adrenaline" and "Enemies" still have a good, hard edge to them, the sweeping arrangements of tracks like "Unity" and "I'm Not Alright" always seem to pull the album back into more inspirational waters. While the album still has the driving, hard rock backbone that the band has been building their post-grunge sound upon for years, there's something more anthemic about this effort, as if every song is an attempt to rouse listeners out of their seats, and to that end, it's largely successful. With a trend toward the uplifting, Shinedown push their sound in an increasingly positive direction on their fourth album, Amaryllis. Even though the song doesn’t specifically tell us, we can all assume that he didn’t “bloom” he probably just quit and decided to conform to what society wanted him to be.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. The flower represents the narrator/singer: he’s trying to get himself to be himself 100% of the time, instead of just when he’s comfortable.
For those of you that don’t know what an Amaryllis is, i’ll tell you: it’s an African flower that only blooms in March,April, and/or May. Not only is it a well-written song with all the elements of an amazing song, but it also has a meaning that can apply to 100% of all of humanity: be yourself. I know that might sound weird, but, if you listen to REAL music, you know that song that just speaks to you in a way that makes you want to put it on permanent repeat, just like a good story.
But, Amaryllis is no ordinary Shinedown song: it’s a story. Unlike the “music” that many teens listen to today, all of Shinedown’s songs have an actual meaning (drugs/sex and money/fame don’t count as meanings).
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