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* NotChristianRock: Explained in greater detail [[http://verticalhorizonfaq.tripod.com/ here]].
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--> What you've done for me is more that I could hope for; oh you are my friend. And I'll be there for you through happiness and sad times; oh our love will pull us through.

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--> What you've done for me is more that than I could hope for; oh you are my friend. And I'll be there for you through happiness and sad times; oh our love will pull us through.

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* AlliterativeName: Keith Kane.
* BaldOfAwesome: Matthew Scannell.

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* %%* AlliterativeName: Keith Kane.
* BaldOfAwesome: Matthew Scannell.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their songs run anywhere between Levels 1 to 3.

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Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_Horizon a fully detailed page]]. Also, the band has its own webpage, which can be found [[http://www.verticalhorizon.com/ here]].

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Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_Horizon a fully detailed page]]. Also, the The band has its own webpage, which can be found [[http://www.verticalhorizon.com/ here]].
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Matt Scannell is the only consistent member of the member of the band. The closest other was guitarist and vocalist Keith Kane who was present for the first 5 albums but left in 2010 with his position being replaced twice. The band is also on their sixth bass player (Sean Hurley being the only one to be present on two albums) and their second drummer.
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* EpicRocking: "Even Now" clocks in at 6:43, building in intensity throughout.
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''Vertical Horizon'' is an American AlternativeRock band, initially formed by Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane in 1991 while they were students at Georgetown University in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, and later joined at various periods by several members in different roles. The band is best known for its singles "You're A God," "Everything You Want," and "Best I Ever Had," all on its 1999 ''Everything You Want'' album.

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''Vertical Horizon'' is an American AlternativeRock [[AlternativeRock adult alternative]] band, initially formed by Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane in 1991 while they were students at Georgetown University in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, and later joined at various periods by several members in different roles. The band is best known for its singles "You're A God," "Everything You Want," and "Best I Ever Had," all on its 1999 ''Everything You Want'' album.



* BaldOfAwesome: Matthew Scannell.



* BreakupSong: "Shackled," the last track on the ''Everything You Want'' album, was written [[RealLifeWritesThePlot while Keith Kane was going through a relationship breakup.]] "Sunrays and Saturdays," from the ''Running on Ice'' album, tells of a fairly amicable, though still painful, break-up of two people who find they're just not compatible with each other.

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* BreakupSong: BreakupSong
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"Shackled," the last track on the ''Everything You Want'' album, was written [[RealLifeWritesThePlot while Keith Kane was going through a relationship breakup.]] ]]
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"Sunrays and Saturdays," from the ''Running on Ice'' album, tells of a fairly amicable, though still painful, break-up of two people who find they're just not compatible with each other.other.
** "I'm Still Here" isn't about a ''breakup'' per se, but it is about cutting ties with some who's holding you back.
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* ReligionRantSong: According to [[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16593 this interview]], Matt--who was raised Catholic--has had to set the record straight for people who assumed "You're a God" was this kind of song.
--> I just would hate for someone to listen to "You're A God" and have to think that it's a song about letting go of religion. Because it's really about getting ''back'' my power.
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* StepfordSmiler: The plot of the music video for "You're a God" features a beauty pageant contestant who's all smiles when she goes up for the judges...but backstage it's a whole other story, as prior to going up she gets into a fight with a fellow contestant, and once the competition's over and she's alone backstage [[RageAgainstTheReflection she flings her newly-won trophy at her make-up mirror]].
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* AllAbusersAreMale: Played straight in "Wash Away." Averted in "All is Said and Done" and "Back to You," where the man is the one being abused.
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* LighterAndSofter: ''The Lost Mile,'' kind of. It's at least acknowledged by Matt Scannell to be more idealistic than its predecessors.
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* TitleTrack: "Everything You Want", of course. Also "There and Back Again."

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* TitleTrack: "Everything You Want", of course. Also "There and Back Again.Want."
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* HeroicResolve: "I'm Gonna Save You."

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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: According to Matt Scannell, "I'm Gonna Save You" provides this.
--> '''Matt Scannell:''' Sometimes complete disregard for reality and the absolute faith in one’s ability to overcome adversity can be unfounded, but also wonderful. This song comes from this place--thinking, "There’s no question in my mind that I will absolutely take care of you."



* KnightInShiningArmor: "I'm Gonna Save You" embodies this concept, according to Matt.
--> '''Matt Scannell:''' It’s very much a knight in shining armor idea and sometimes that drives me crazy. Other times I think it’d be nice for someone to just come in and save the day.



--> (Matt's girlfriend) understands the mercurial changes in mood and gets that if I’m standing, staring out the window, I’m probably working. That can be a hard thing to get.

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--> (Matt's '''Matt Scannell:''' (His girlfriend) understands the mercurial changes in mood and gets that if I’m standing, staring out the window, I’m probably working. That can be a hard thing to get.



* NewSoundAlbum: ''There And Back Again'' and ''Running On Ice'' consist largely of songs recorded to a soft guitar rhythm with almost no percussion accompaniment. Then you listen to "We Are," the first song on the ''Everything You Want'' album, which has plenty of percussion and louder guitar sounds. From there on out it's a mix of the old and new.

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* NewSoundAlbum: ''There And Back Again'' and ''Running On Ice'' consist largely of songs recorded to a soft guitar rhythm with almost no percussion accompaniment. Then you listen to "We Are," the first song on the ''Everything You Want'' album, which has plenty of percussion and louder guitar sounds. From there on out it's a mix of the old and new.new...and then there's ''The Lost Mile,'' which veers away from the rock-guitar style in favor of the style of old records and artistes who inspired the band's early days.
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* MoodSwinger: Matt, by his own admission.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Discussed in [[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8212025/vertical-horizon-new-album-the-lost-mile-matt-scannell-interview this interview]] concerning the band's album ''The Lost Mile,'' which is noted to be much more optimistic than the albums that came before it.
--> '''Matt Scannell:''' I have an inherent dislike for snappy, happy, the-world-is-great songs because I think reality is never black or white--it’s always a shade of gray. So, if you tell me everything’s perfect, I’ll call you on it, and I don’t want to be the guy who then turns around and makes a shiny, happy record. But at the same time, I’ve learned not to manufacture the emotions that inspire my songs and that if I’m in a good place, to honor that. If I’m not heartbroken, I don’t want to artificially insert myself into that place.
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* BeautifulDreamer: "More" starts with a man and his lover in this position.
--> He pushes your hair back, just like you like it; he watches you sleeping until you wake up, wake up...
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* DeclarationOfProtection: "I'm Gonna Save You" is the It's Just That Simple variety.

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* Cedric [=LeMoyne=] (bass guitar, backing vocals) - 2011-present
* Steve Fekete (guitar, backing vocals) - 2010-present

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* Cedric [=LeMoyne=] (bass guitar, backing vocals) - 2011-present
* Steve Fekete
Donovan White (guitar, backing vocals) - 2010-present
2012-present
* Mark Pacificar (bass, backing vocals) - 2016-present




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* Steve Fekete (guitar, backing vocals) - 2009-2012
* Cedric [=LeMoyne=] (bass guitar, backing vocals) - 2011-2012
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* ''The Lost Mile'' (2018)
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* YouAreNotAlone: "A Song For Someone" is basically written for anyone out there who may be going through their own challenges, with the very first line going "This is a song for someone all alone."
--> "This is a song for someone I don't know; may your days get brighter as you go."
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* DomesticAbuse: "All Is Said and Done" and "Back To You" have Matt taking the role of a man who has been or is being subjected to this by his partner. "Wash Away" implies this is the situation with the husband and wife in the third verse, what with the husband being an alcoholic.
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* TheDogBitesBack: "Back To You."

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* TheDogBitesBack: In "Back To You."You," the narrator does this to someone who's been physically abusing him.
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* TheDogBitesBack: "Back To You."
--> All of your hatred that you hold so sacred, I am elated to give it back to you.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "I Believe In You."
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* TheDitherer: "The Middle Ground" is a plea for the narrator's love interest to make a decision whether to take their relationship head-on or to break up.

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