David Usher...

...what happened to you? you used to be such a great lyricist, who wrote incredibly dark songs. now you're dropping happy-go-lucky numbers which, though still a little dark, are filled with cliches like "i forgot the love i used to have" and talk about burning bridges and growing cold inside. i miss the david usher who had great psychotic lyrics like the following:

"i came to burn the sky and tear away the beauty that it sows"

and

"all the things i can't replace i will control"

??? -- though "in this light" is still a great song. "in this light / i can see the angels / burning from the inside out / they spread their wings to die"