Peter Morrison from Scottish modern rock team SUPERHERO talks us through tracks on the band's new album

Superhero

"LH2 Fly"
Life can be full of clouds. They blur our vision and make it difficult for us to see where we are going. Going through these clouds is almost always uncomfortable. We don't know when we'll get through them and what lies on the other side. "Learning How To Fly" is a song that is intended to bring hope in these cloudy situations. God has given us all something to reach for. We are all going on a journey, to a place of walking with him that we can only imagine. To get there, unfortunately, we have to pass through a few clouds, a few difficult situations. As we go through, it's not always fun, but we fight on through, getting stronger, building up some spiritual muscle to draw us on through to a world above the clouds. Where before, when we were underneath, the clouds were ugly and dark, as we soar above them, they reflect the light of the sun and we can almost see a beautiful new world stretching before us. I like to think of this as a picture of God's best for me, when he's taken me above all of my clouds and I am living my life with him, the way that he intended.
Philippians 3:13, 14

"Blue"
A song I wrote whilst not maybe being in the best place in the world but still seeing the future is good and that I want to reach it.
Written: 24th April 1999
Ephesians 6:12

"I Try"
This is a song about the fact that you maybe can't see God or feel him but if you give your life to him and cry out to him he will meet you. It's up to us to sincerely want to know Jesus in our hearts. The song is also about maybe times when you've turned to your brother or friend and they just don't understand what you are saying and you get to the point where there is nothing more you can say.
Written: 2nd November 1999

"Pre-destiny"
Also a song which I wasn't in a place that I wanted to be. To me it is almost like a modern day psalm. It's a song about longing to live the destiny that God's got for you.
Written: April 1999

"Burn & Dazzle"
This is a song written in one of those special moments when you are amazed by God, by his presence, by what he's done. It's expression from the heart of feeling so close to God and being dazzled by him. The line "...burn and dazzle..." is taken from Isaiah 6:3 where the seraphs are blown away by the presence of God and worship him. A seraph means something burning and dazzling.
Written: 18th October 1999 Isaiah 6:3

"Apple Eye"
This expresses how much God cares for us and how much he wants people to come to know him. It is taken from the song of Moses where God takes the people out of the desert land.
Written: 22nd August 1999
Deuteronomy 32:10

"Forever"
This is a song that just shows my gratitude for all that God has done for me and how when I'm in his presence I want to stay there.
Written: 20th October 1999

"Paintstripper"
I wrote "Paintstripper" while I was working on my pastor's house. I was stripping paint off some stone stairs and it was really difficult and I was thinking I could maybe just get most of it off and leave the difficult bits and then just paint over it. God spoke to me about someone at the time that had a few things in their life that weren't right. Basically, it was that if I didn't get all the paint off and make it totally smooth then the new coat would never look as good as it could just like this person's life, that unless they surrendered completely to God and let go of the stuff that was hindering them their new life would never look as good as it could.
September 1999

"In Love"
Is an encouragement to people to keep singing regardless of how they might feel. It is about how God loves us no matter what and the fact that we can't earn his love. Ultimately, it is a love song to God. Originally the song was called "No Religion". This replaced the line "Everybody keep singing..." in the chorus. We felt that this was a bit misleading. It was just meaning that we don't have to do things religiously or just for tradition but we can do everything the Bible says and have a real relationship with God.
Written: 1st November 1999

"Don't Be Long"
This is a song about feeling that the time is here for something big to happen in God's kingdom. It is a longing for the Church to get ready and for Jesus to come back.

"Today"
It's a very simple song about living for today and putting the past behind us. If we have stuff in our life, if we sincerely ask for forgiveness we can tell it to go and move and we don't have to be held down by it.