Switchfoot
Monday, November 22nd, 2004Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
Those are lyrics from Dare You to Move by Christian crossover band Switchfoot. The song’s music videos are in heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. I say “music videos” because there are two versions of the video out there. The first one, which came out earlier this year, basically shows a young man “going against the grain” by running through an alley and avoiding a swarm of people going the opposite way. The second one, which can be viewed here, is about a young surfer who is being resuscitated on a beach (in San Diego no doubt - the band is from there). It shows a series of flashbacks going back to the young man’s childhood where he has had to “rise” from adversity in the literal and figurative sense.
Switchfoot’s guitarist/keyboardist, Jerome Fontamillas, talks about the band, surfing, and his supportive Filipino parents here.