“[Gerrard] There's always that motive with writers. They want to be understood. They want to communicate their deeper feelings. That's really what it's all about. It's all about opening yourself up so that you can pour your understanding of things out onto paper and share those. The things that you can write down, you don't really get to speak to everyone about, unless it comes through the form of music. That's how you really create that connection.”