| Safe Forever | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gyroscope |
| Album: | Sound Shattering Sound |
| A-Side: | Safe Forever |
| B-Side: | "Misery (Acoustic)", "Sharp Words (Live)" |
| Released: | 15 March 2004 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | Festival Mushroom Records |
| Producer: | Shaun O'Callaghan |
| Next Title: | Take This For Granted |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"Safe Forever" is the first single from Australian four-piece Gyroscope's debut album Sound Shattering Sound. It was released on 15 March 2004[1] along with a music video.[2] The first B-side to the single was a fully acoustic version of "Misery", also from Sound Shattering Sound. The second B-side was a live version of "Sharp Words", from the band's 2003 EP, Midnight Express,[3] and was recorded at the Amplifier Bar in Perth, Western Australia on 19 July 2003.[4] The video was directed by Matt Weston,[5] and won a Silver Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Award in 2004.[6]
The song peaked at number 65 on the Australian singles charts and reached number 97 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[7] [8]
Lead vocalist Daniel Sanders describes that "this came about and was inspired pretty much on Zok's [Zoran Trivic] main lead riff. It sounded kick ass so yeah it went from there. Wrote the lyrics mainly about feeling content. Not just relationship-wise but in general. Feeling uber-lucky too. I f**king love playing this mother live."[9]
Guitarist Zoran Trivic in a subsequent interview states "With the no bullshit intro riff and the hollow verses, we were able to make that quiet/loud thing happen – that ‘thing’ we learnt from listening to too much grunge in the ‘90s." "Dan's [Daniel Sanders] and Brad's [Brad Campbell] vocals complement each other quite radly, and with some solid drum-filling and a bit of face-melting we probably created our greatest ode to one of our favourite bands (At The Drive-In), as well our very first tune on our very first album."[10]
"Safe Forever" has been described as "start(ing) off focused around a little guitar lick which slowly works its way through its verses, building into a heavier chorus with the usual driving power chords."[11] Sanders when queried on the origins of "Misery" advised "For some reason after playing a show with a couple ska bands - I came up with this tune - at like 3am."[9] In another interview he stated that "It was written the same day Michael Jeffrey Jordan retired from the National Basketball Association."[10]