En la vasta y nublada ciudad de Seattle, cuna del movimiento grunge, un grupo de jóvenes talentosos se reunió en 1990 para formar Candlebox. Bajo las sombras de gigantes como Nirvana y Pearl Jam, Kevin Martin (voz), Peter Klett (guitarra), Bardi Martin (bajo) y Scott Mercado (batería), decidieron dar paso a un sonido fresco y único dentro del género. Su nombre, inspirado en una línea de la canción "Tin Soldier" de Small Faces, capturaba la esencia efímera y brillante de una vela.
En 1993, Candlebox lanzó su álbum homónimo, un debut auspiciado por Maverick Records, la disquera de Madonna. Pocos anticiparon el impacto que este trabajo tendría en la escena musical. Temas como "Far Behind" y "You" no solo escalaron rápidamente las listas de éxitos, sino que se convirtieron en himnos de una generación. Con una mezcla de guitarras distorsionadas, letras profundas y emotivas, y la poderosa voz de Kevin Martin, Candlebox logró encapsular el espíritu de principios de los 90.
El éxito de su primer álbum fue seguido por giras exhaustivas. Candlebox se codeó con bandas icónicas como Metallica y The Flaming Lips, lo que amplió su alcance y consolidó su reputación. En 1995, lanzaron su segundo álbum, "Lucy". A pesar de que no alcanzó el mismo nivel de éxito comercial que su predecesor, canciones como "Simple Lessons" y "Best Friend" demostraron la evolución y madurez de la banda.
Did i feel this way back then?
Did you wake up
to the sound of pouring rain?
fading days of blue rush past your eyes
Would you lose yourself
in someone else's vain?
or should you shout your mind out
when the loss began?
Bring it on!
high until you washed it all away
it's all the same
i realized it through this song
i sing out loud and call your name
do you feel i'm only someone
you could never ever know?
in it all you'll find
you see you're not that far from me
so walk and hold your head up high
a stone's throw away
I feel right now like i felt way back then
the center of my life i lost it all
Never ever knew how much i'd loved
until you left, you're gone
fell right now like i was chasing you
the same way
High until you washed it all away
it's all the same
i realized it through this song
sing out loud and call your name
do you feel the only someone
you could never ever know?
in it all you find
you see you're not that far from me
to walk and hold your head up high
a stone's throw away
I would like this stone to roll!
High until i washed it all away
it's all the same
i realized it through this song
sing out loud and call my name
do you feel the only someone
you could never ever know
in it all you find
you see you're not that far from me
to walk and hold your head up high
a stone's throw away
You're just a stone's throw away
never knew how much i'd loved
until you're gone
never knew how much i'd love
until you're gone away
until you’re gone away
until you’re gone away
until you’re gone away
Feel right now like i felt way back then
the center of my life i lost it, lost it all away
lost it all away
lost it all away
lost it all away
lost it all away
lost it all away
Never knew how much i'd loved
until you're gone
never knew how much i'd loved
until you're gone
never knew how much i'd loved
until you're gone
never knew how much i'd loved
until you're gone away
until you're gone away
until you’re gone away
until you’re gone away
until you’re gone away
a stone's throw away
a stone's throw away
a stone's throw away
a stone's throw away
a stone's throw away…