Just listening to it now and thinking how little credit it got....it should put to bed any questions about Jon's song-writing and ability. It makes those 'Max Martin wrote IML' and 'Did Dave write ITA' discussions seem laughable. Lyrically, this album is not just a decent effort, but at times it is lyrically outstanding.

Yes, Crush, Bounce and HAND have some questionable lyrics, and it baffles me when I listen to this. I think more easily digestible lyrics fit big loud rock songs better. Plus DA was written off the back of These Days, another lyrically great album and the 'deeper' creative stuff was still flowing. Jon should get depressed again and start writing.