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Artist Description | Paul Alan
Paul Alan is no stranger to success. As lead singer of the group Nouveaux, his record sales steadily climbed, reaching beyond 100,000 units while delivering numerous radio hits, including the #1 singles “If Only” and “Through Heaven’s Fields”. In 2001, Paul stepped out on his own, taking his music in an entirely new direction. The transition allowed him to reveal a new perspective on the Christian message, while focusing on the realities of life in a very real and personal way.
With his solo debut, Falling Awake, he continued climbing the charts and drawing new fans with the hits “She’s the Reason” and “Leaving Lonely”. In 2008, Paul emerges with his long awaited sophomore release, Drive It Home. Combining his unmistakable voice and infectious melodies, he draws the listener even closer in with perceptive lyrics and musical dynamics that display the calibre of a veteran artist in his prime.
Drive It Home reveals a depth and maturity in Paul as many of life’s questions have now been answered for him, yet through every lyric he places lasting truth and tangible hope in reach of all who listen. “I am doing this album because it is my calling and my gift,” says Paul, “Music is the one thing I have that gives me a chance to say something that has eternal relevance.” And with Drive It Home he offers exactly that.
“As it turns out, this record did emerge with a bit of a reoccurring theme; many of the songs rather unintentionally allude to the idea of the prodigal’s redemption. One song in particular, “To Bring You Back”, was written in 1998. It was considered for Falling Awake, but it just didn’t seem to fit.” He continues, “Bethlehem was just finished recently; we wrestled with that thing for a year before feeling good about it, piecing it together from the “parts bin” of half-written songs, only to stumble on the same theme - some guy leaves what is real and true in order to search for who knows what, only to come full circle via the hog pen. And then it hit me… I am that guy.”
Paul reveals, “For the past several years, I have honestly wanted little to do with the Christian religion, and I have kept God at arm’s length. I really believe that God is using my own songs to tell me that the god of the Christian religion is much too small and complicated, and that He wants to boil it down to this: “I left the 99 to find the one - and you’re the one.” Simply put, it’s not about a subculture version of Christianity; it’s about a real relationship and returning to the simplicity of a childlike faith in God. And that regardless of your situation, your experience in life or the state of your Christian walk; God loves you and is constantly pursuing you… you’re the one.
“I know that there are churches full of people who are restless, broken, angry, confused, defeated, hopeless, faithless, burned out… and too ashamed to admit it, because Christians are supposed to be none of those things.” All too often, people find themselves trying to live up to what they have been told a Christian is supposed to be and lose sight of God altogether. Paul continues, “I want to find those people, wrap my arms around them, and make it absolutely clear to them that I have been there… I am with them.”
In Drive It Home, Paul speaks clearly to those that often go ignored. With a lyrical depth and poignancy that comes only through life experience and maturity, he draws vivid imagery contrasting real life struggles in the light of Jesus Christ. “And not the subculture Jesus you see ironed on t-shirts, but the Jesus who loved people even when it was hard and He knew He would be criticized for it,” says Paul, “the same Jesus who turned over tables and openly criticized the terminally fake.”
There are nuances to Drive It Home that show deep conviction in Paul, both artistically and personally. Although Paul is never one to write trivial or clichéd lyrics, the songs on this record very clearly point to Christ. Paul found in the writing of this record that he was actually writing songs to himself and that these songs were what God was trying to tell him all along. Summed up in the meaningful lyrics of his new track “Just Come to Jesus”:
This is for the weary and the weak
this is for the broken and ashamed
this is for the hopeless
hiding in the shadows
cupping hands around a flicker of faith
this is for the ones who don’t belong
this is for the silent castaways
this is for the sinner
peeking through the stained glass
from a sidewalk in the cold driving rain
we all fall down
we all need saving once in a while
you are not alone
we all lose faith
and lean on mercy
but through our darkest night
He said He’d wait for us
just come to Jesus
“Drive It Home,” says Paul, “is for anyone who is broken. This album is for anyone who feels hopeless, for those that feel they are somehow too small, too imperfect, and too insignificant to be loved by anyone, let alone a perfect God… those who may find themselves in darkness all the while putting on the Christian face every morning because “we are not supposed to feel like this...” For those searching for truth and pursuing a deeper relationship with God, Paul Alan not only pushes the envelope, he opens it for all to see. In the lyrics of his new album’s first single To Bring You Back, he says, “I left the ninety nine to find the one - and you’re the one - I’ve walked a thousand miles in this desert sun - only to bring you back.” And what he reveals is the truth of a loving Savior that suffered humiliation and was brutalized beyond human recognition… only to bring you back.
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