I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band.