I am not much for innuendo or double entendre. Perhaps this is because I spent about a third of my formulative years in foreign countries trying to be understood, and the other two thirds in the south…trying to be understood!
My lack of desire to write in “hidden meanings” may also have been caused my disciplined military upbringing. In my home you did not use a feather duster to address issues when a stick was available. My brother and I learned to answer quickly and to the point.
That influence obviously crept into my style of writing. At times I may come across as blunt.
I mention this because when I wrote the lyrics to Weak In My knees, I meant it. The words came out because of a reaction I had to a lady I had never seen before. The effect was immediate and notable.
I had always wanted to document that feeling in music and some years later I was able to. Walking into rehearsal one day Jon started laying down a new riff and right away it clicked and the words just flowed out onto paper. If you have ever looked at someone and suddenly felt the ground move a little, you know exactly what I meant for this song to relate.
The song is not intended to be ambiguous. I simply wanted it to express an honest, powerful response to an encounter that left a lasting impression. A straight out, jaw dropping, cessation of forward motion moment. I was, quite literally, frozen in place and I think Weak In My Knees sums it up quite nicely.
RLH 12/27/2025
