“Flyleaf is a blank page in the beginning and end of a book.  It is a moment of clarity before you begin a story and after it’s over…we hope our songs can mean to somebody, a new beginning or a moment of clarity” said twenty-five year old Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf.     Flyleaf has been touring for 2 ½ years and is currently with the Music as a Weapon Tour 3 with Disturbed, Stone Sour, and Nonpoint. 

 

   Mosley’s voice ranges from hauntingly beautiful to an almost animal growl in Flyleaf’s self titled debut album.  She was able to replicate that range during Flyleaf’s performance on November 18th at the Dodge Music Center in Hartford, CT.  How does she do that night after night?  “…you have to mean what you are doing, you have to mean what you are saying,” explains Mosley during a phone interview on November 19th. 

 

TMSZ: Your music has an incredible energy and immense amount of emotion.  Each song on your debut album is very intense.  How did you create such an original work of art?

 

LM: When I was younger, I would just lay in bed and I wouldn’t be able to sleep because I had so much going through my head.  I wouldn’t be able to sleep until I wrote it all down.  That’s where a lot of the songs came from.  I still do that sometimes.   If you are honest and really examine yourself and write it all down, then somebody else that feels sort of the same way…might be helped emotionally because you put into words what they couldn’t say.

 

TMSZ: What is your favorite song to play live?

 

LM: Out of the songs that we do play, I would say Cassie.

 

TMSZ: Can you tell me about Cassie?

 

LM: It’s about the Columbine High School shootings.  There were two girls singled out by the gunmen because they were Christian, one of them was Cassie Bernall, the other was Rachel Joy Scott. The gunman pointed the gun at Cassie and Rachels’ faces and asked, “Do you believe in God?” and both of them said “Yes” and were killed.  I like the story because they stood up for what they believed in and sometimes in high school and junior high, we don’t stand up for what we believe in if it costs us being embarrassed or feeling that we don’t fit in.  They stood up for what they believed in and it cost them their lives.  Another reason I like the story is cause it is a good question to ask.  If someone pointed a gun in your face and asked, “Do you believe in God?” and you thought if you said no that they might not shoot you.  But if you said no and they shot you anyway, then you would have to answer to God if he, if he was real.   You wake up every day and it’s good to ask yourself what you believe and what could happen if I die today.  How would that change my day?  What’s important to me and what do I believe and why?  You keep asking questions because you never know what’s going to happen.

 

TMSZ: Is that how you live your life?

 

LM: Yes, as much as I can remember to do that.  I think that’s the best way.

 

TMSZ: What are your plans for Flyleaf in the future?

 

LM: We don’t know what’s going to happen.  We’re just thankful for today…whenever I think about the future; I just can’t believe that we’re here today.  It’s amazing that we’ve gotten here.  I didn’t start out thinking we’re going to make it and have a gold record and we’re going to have a video on MTV.  I never thought that way.  God gave me today and I am going to use it the best way I know how.  If he gives me tomorrow, I’ll thank him for it and try to do the same thing.

 

TMSZ: Is there anything else that you want to say about your band or music that I haven’t asked?

 

LM: We’re doing Music as a Weapon Tour with Disturbed and Stone Sour and while we’re on this tour, we’re going to sell a cd that is only going to be available at the shows.  All of the money is going to go to the Red Campaign and World Vision…there’s a Christmas song on there and you can only get it while we’re on this tour.  My friend’s P.O.D. are putting out a record on November 21st.  The Greatest Hits record.  Some of my favorite songs are on there.  I want to tell everybody about that so they’ll go buy it on November 21st.

 

Be sure to check out Flyleaf when the Music as a Weapon Tour comes near your town!