Flyleaf’s Lacey Sturm Wants People to Know That Life Has a Purpose
“I see my sister in so many faces of so much of our audience,” she continued. “I have two younger brothers as well. I want so much to be able to convince them or tell them that their lives are important. ‘You’re meant to be here. There’s a purpose that only you can fulfill.’ So many times, at that age, they feel like they’re in the way. They get in some kind of trouble or humiliated somehow and they feel that they can’t stand up afterward. Or they get hurt somehow with a relationship. They feel they can’t keep going because it’s going to last forever.”
For Sturm, this just isn’t the way it’s meant to be. And she wants to make that known. “I just want to say, ‘There’s more to your life than a couple years. There’s more to come. You can be stronger afterward.’ I want them to hear that, because I think that so many amazing people get squashed because of the circumstances in life. They could accomplish so many great things to make the world a better place but they don’t get to because no one ever encouraged them.”
With the title, ‘Memento Mori,’ Flyleaf took that feeling a step further so that it now encompasses meaning for the rest of the band as well. Essentially, it means to make the most of the time we’ve all been given. The album hits stores Oct. 27.
There is a full article about Lacey’s thoughts on Memento Mori. Along with what she thinks about the fans/audience, their job, etc..
This article really got to me. I feel so honored to be a Flyleaf fan :]
Comment by Franklin — September 18, 2009 @ 8:11 pm
Wow Laura thanks so much for finding this!!! And in this article you can truly see (or rather read) how passionate Lacey really feels about what she and the band do! :)
Comment by Jackie — September 18, 2009 @ 8:24 pm
Wow. Thanks for the article. That’s the type of stuff that makes me love this band so much. I might not love all the choices they make musically, but it’s really reassuring to know their hearts are in the right place.
Love and peace.
Comment by k-wil — September 18, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
Yep , See What i mean , More Flyleaf News!!! Great Job Finding this , I Can’t find anything that new =P ima tell you i commented now Lol
Comment by Angela Johnson — September 18, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
Awesome
thanks for this Laura :)
Comment by Braian — September 19, 2009 @ 1:00 am
thank you Laura :)
this made me so happy… i can’t wait to see them and hopefully meet them :D
Comment by rhia — September 19, 2009 @ 1:35 am
Thanks, Laura. So inspiring article.
Comment by Mirta — September 19, 2009 @ 1:42 am
aah x.x i just wish i could tell them all thank you.. i hope they do a autograph meet+greet sort of thing. or maybe i’ll run into one of them in the parking lot. or right as Lacey walks off stage, you’ll hear a squeaky sobbing THAANK YOUU o.0
Comment by rhia — September 20, 2009 @ 12:37 am
they are so imspirationsto me when i feeling sad or mad
they lift my spirits i want to see tjhem in concert btuthey dont come to my stsate:(
rock on love im so sick
Comment by flyleaf rocks my socks — September 21, 2009 @ 9:48 pm