By Darin Skaggs
Flyleaf
came around at just the right time in my life.
They were a hard rock band with a female singer that had a unique voice,
pretty much everything I wanted in my music.
Lacey Sturm led the pack and did it well. About two years ago she left the band and I
really have no interest in the new singer of the group, it’s just not the same
without her. So this top 10 list will
strictly be Flyleaf with Lacey. They
have a short number of songs with only three albums in the last nine years, all
of them solid records. So before the
list begins here are some honorable mentions.
HM: Set Apart This Dream (Memento
Mori), The Kind (Memento Mori), Great Love (New Horizons)
10. There For You (Flyleaf)
Flyleaf’s debut
is a great hard rock album, occasionally Lacey will scream on the record. But near the end of the record is a slow,
sweet song all about just wanting to be there for someone. It’s the first evidence that Flyleaf can do
calmer songs just as well as hard rock.
9. Fully Alive (Flyleaf)
A
Flyleaf staple that combines everything that makes them great; a hard rock anthem
that secretly, but not really, is all about God. The
track is really uplifting and gets your head bopping.
8. Fire Fire (New Horizons)
This
song opens Flyleaf’s third album and Lacey’s final. The song is almost a return to form hard rock
wise. Lacey screams “Fire, Fire, Fire. Fire
from the tongues of liars” you can’t help but love it. The track even hints Lacey’s departure; the
whole album is pretty much a goodbye letter to the fans.
7. This Close (Memento Mori)
Memento
Mori is a strange album, filled with odd lyrics. This song takes the cake as the
strangest. It is a song that seems to be
about pretending to be someone you’re not (“I’ve been looking through your
window. I’ve been dressing in your clothes. I’ve been walking dead, watching
you, long enough to know I can’t go on.”)
This song takes a chance on being different and succeeds.
6. I’m So Sick (Flyleaf)
The
track that started it all, the first song most people heard from good ol’
Flyleaf. It’s a great opener to their
debut and lead single. Almost nine years
later and I’m still listening to it constantly.
5. Treasure (Memento Mori)
Another
song where they make a sweet, encouraging tune.
The song says to the listener they will be a treasure and makes you feel
like your worth something of value even when you don’t.
4. So I Thought (Flyleaf)
Flyleaf
makes a brilliant choice to close out there first record. It’s soft, Lacey’s vocals shine through in a
beautiful way and it ends with praising Jesus for always being there during the
good and bad times.
3. Broken Wings (New Horizons)
I
said New Horizons was a goodbye letter to the fans and this song is the final
track on the album. After a whole album
of Lacey saying it was fun, but I have to go, there is this track. The song opens with “Thank you for being such
a friend to me” and only gets more touching and emotional from there.
2. Arise (Memento Mori)
The
closing track for MM is a great rock song, but it’s the finale that makes it so
high on the list. Lacey sings “Arise and
be all that you dreamed, all that you dreamed” over and over in such an inspirational
way you can’t help but feel inspired.
1. All Around Me (Flyleaf)
It’s
funny that one of Flyleaf’s more popular tracks is the one that is all about
worshiping God and how it makes you feel.
Though the reason it’s so popular with the mainstream is because it’s also
just a great rock track. This song is so
effective all around (pun intended) that my previous top ten list artist, David
Crowder Band, covered this song on one of their records.
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