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.
Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you bad
But I did anyway
Now maybe
Well some will say your life was sad
But you lived it anyway
And so maybe
Your friends can stand around and watch you crumble
As you fall into the ground
And some day
Your friends can stand beside as you were flying
Oh you were flying oh so high
But then someday people look at you
The world they called their own they watch you suffer
Yeah hear you calling home
And someday we can take our time to brush the leaves aside so you can reach us
And won't you left me far behind
Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
And now I'm sayin
But maybe
Some will say that what you had
But you couldn't tell the pain yeah
No no no
Couldn't share the pain to watch you suffer
Mmm..
Now maybe
Couldn't make my own mistakes
But I live apart alone
And then maybe
We might share and something grey won't you look at where we've grown
Won't you look at where we've grown
And someday comes tomorrow holds
Sense of what I fear for you in my mind
There's a trip of final light
And that cold day when you lost control
Shame you left my life so soon you should have told me
Hey but you left me far behind
Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
Oh but I did it anyway
Now maybe
Some could say that you what you had
But you couldn't share the pain and no no
Oh no
Oh no no no no no
Oh no
Said oh no
Said oh no
Said oh no
Well maybe
Said maybe
I didn't mean to treat you up so bad
Oh but I did it anyway
No said oh maybe baby
Some could say you left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain
Oh said no
Time's have changed and friends have come to watch you crumble to the ground
They watch you suffer
Well they hold you down oh
Your down to the
Maybe
Maybe
Didn't mean to treat you bad
But you left me far behind
Left me far behind
Left me far behind..