THIS IS BAT COUNTRY song meanings

[monjay69]

<3 his laugh!

[calliet2b4g]

ah serious shaun! i love it!

[jduck1020]

i cant understand his accent :( DAM ME BEING AMERICAN!!!!!!!!

[ashlee4andy]

@jduck1020 wow its weird hearing that Shaun has an accent. If you can't understand him, NEVER COME TO AUSTRALIA because everyone sounds like him :P Me being Australian theres no accent :P haha

[jduck1020]

@ashlee4andy lol i wanna go there it seems gorgeous :P

[DarkPrincess251196]

great explanation of the songs,if that was me tryin 2 explain wat they were about,i wouldnt b able 2 well not on the spot anyways

[meka30897]

i love you shaun diviney!!!!

[CMmidgets]

Shaun doesnt read?!?

[ILuvBradieWebb4Eva]

@ skool, we had to wirte a story bout our role model(s). i chose short stack coz u r mi role models. ur so awsum

[SuperRachel96]

love this :) so interesting ! x

[shortstack123ily]

are you afraid of the dark is one of my favourites too!

we dont really...give a fuck!! hahaha

you are amazing! :)

[guitarboy1259]

shaun ur an awesome musician i have heard all of short stacks songs that have been released and i saw u live on the good charlotte tour in brisbane earlier this year it was one of the best nights of my life

[kyramacca]

so uhm, after listening to this i went and listened to the whole album all the way through. :$ <3

[GiantFuzzyPenguin]

Fear and Loathing is my favorite book :)

[Luceamore97]

Darling I'll Be Your Werewolf was the first Short Stack song I ever loved. It's simply just...ugh, amazing. So much better then Werewolves by the way. It's my favourite song of all time

[PunkBlack66]

now i hav wdtaddh stuck in my head xp thats my fave (: then ayaotd hehe

[LongLostAndSilent]

OMG Shaun i just went to Short Stack Concert and you spat on me :P any way it was AMAZING you guys are so HOT! and soo amazing :)

[mimi4shortstack]

Love u shaun see u on the 22nd

[shortstackloverful]

with what he said about nothing at all what if u DONT have love in ur life

[KirraCiaraBFF]

wait whats the name of the book?

[ariellestack]

@KirraCiaraBFF Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas :3

[xXDISCOHONEYXx]

you forgot sweet emergency bro :) I LOVE YOU SHAUNNNN! cya in melbourne!!! :D <3

[TheLivBabe]

this. is. amazing.

[LozzaC97]

Wow Shaun reads.

[ESKIMOTWINS98]

Me and my friend share this acount and we both luv u Omg she gets to see u in 11 days in Sydney she's near the stage hehe and she went to ur concert Wen u came to nowra in the Sholhaven entertainment centre hehe.  Watch my videos and tell us what stupid crazy things we should do next

[matinalovesshaun]

HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

[arielramos09]

Good luck with the tour!! I wish i lived in Australia!! I live in the US and i wish i could see short stack in concert!! One day you guys might be big enough to be in the US??

[Ally12320]

shaun your songs are amazing i love them all. I really love the fact that you have used strings and all different instruments in this album

[demiselena18]

When i first heard die young stay pretty which is one of my faves, it reminded me of a sea shanty aswell haha :)

[bannie101]

you mumble too much. open your mouth boy!

[laurab0303]

I'll see you in Sydney(enmore theatre AND penrith panthers)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gabbyworldhq]

You read? That's pretty awesome in my book.

[happy0little0bunny]

Why haven't I unsubscribed to you yet?

Oh and a heads up girls, once you've met the band for the 7th time you get a little bored with them. :)

[ShortStackAreEpic]

awesome! there was so many times in there where you smiled and i melted. you are gorgeous shaun. i love you :)

[whatsuppuddingcup1]

your so awesome!!! can't wait to see yous playing in july!!! :)

[yaskitten]

that was awesome :) i'm working on learning the piano version of Planets, because it's an awesome song n.n

[92foreveryours]

Yeah I like it, I really like it I like it a lot haha such an Aussie can't get the words out... gotta love us sexy Australians and our accents.

[LexissBaaby]

i love 'In My Hands' ; its catchy

[igotanswers101]

:'( It sounds like your going to cry... :'( but this is so cool :D and i love your song Planets :D (thanks to a certain aussie who introduced your band to me) :D

[TheeLazyWay]

Thanks for that Shaun, it was a really good insight into the album and now I have a different perspective on it. I'm very proud of you guys, you've come so far! I wish I could be there on the tour, but I'm overseas. :( Hopefully next time. Have a great day Shaun!

[musicislife1990]

i love all your songs. nd u. nd andy. nd bradie. but i wont be able to see you guys in concert. any chance of a dvd????

[DaniellaCecere]

yay no american accent :D

[shortstackserb]

you are the most adorable person EVER i swear you talk about the songs in the cutest way possible hahah <3

[lozza227]

In coffs Shaun said heartbreak made me a killer was about andy's huge penis

[lozza227]

In coffs Shaun said heartbreak made me a killer was about andy's penis

[GiantFuzzyPenguin]

fear and loathing in las vegas FTW <3

[fromnow2forever]

See you in Melbourne :)

[LoveYouShortStack1]

This is amzing Shaun, i lovee your throught and meanings :D nice

[bethyASHandmando]

AAAAH yes we're seeing you in Adelaide! I haven't seen you since The Veronicas tour! SDHSJDGJSHDGS YES! Seriously, you are my hero Shaun. Your writing is brilliant.

[PTomkaulitz3]

i'm seeing you guys in july i'll be the shy girl standing in the corner

[Premiersupporter]

@PTomkaulitz3 lol im seein dem in Melbourne and ill be the girl ripping my neck apart. happened at GC show when SHORT STACK started the chanting thing. i just freaked out, my jaw dropped for a few seconds b4 i got the brains to chant along and i was so nervous and excited, i cudn't keep my hands off my neck! throughout i was just dancing and singing with another stack fan. lost my voice, 4 a bit too! next morning i woke up, looked in mirror and saw all these tiny scars on my neck! that was long.

[PTomkaulitz3]

@Premiersupporter :O how many scars were there?

[Premiersupporter]

@PTomkaulitz3 about 8! lol like every fingernail, excluding thumbs. pretty mad! i have cut my nails since then tho! :)

[PTomkaulitz3]

@Premiersupporter lol!

[ottopotomas]

Act straighter

[knixy12]

Awww shaun you look adorable <3 and i was wondering wether i would be able to use a few songs for my music assment for my GCSE's? i only need two songs and i'll try and get a video posed to you when i learn the two songs on guitar well if im alowed anyways thanks shaun :)

[GirlPunkzZ]

heyyy....i love u so much and thankz 4 da video......ur right this album has so much more meaning to it than the first one......wat was the name of the book that inspired bat country...??? coz i really want to read it now.....XXDDD!!!!.....ps...CAN­T WAIT TILL UR CONCERT!!!!!......

[BekkieRenee]

@GirlPunkzZ The books is called fear and loathing in las vegas: a savage journey to the heart of the american dream by Hunter S. Thompson. The phrase "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" where the album name was taken from is on page 18. Just thought i'de mention that if you wanted to know. Yeah, I own the book so I know heaps on it. (:

[505kira]

please come to england !! xx

[Hardychik101TV]

Love how Shaun put "awesome" in the tags xD Hehe.

It is quite awesome :P

[cintaaaest1996]

WELL THERE WE HAVE IT...THE TRUE MEANING OF TiBC!

[nikitablackstock]

you have never looked this gorgeous, ever :o sexiest voice.

[aniskii]

Good job on Spicks and Specks the other night, Shaun. :)

[BlueberryAmelia]

The whole album is the bomb diggity.

[Hardychik101TV]

Thanks for the vid, Shaun :)

I'll be seeing you guys in Melbourne on July 2nd :P

It'll be my 1st concert, CAN'T WAIT! :D

[thaatshortstaackkid]

Okay here's a few things..

A) did you wax off your chest hair?:S

B) your eyebrows are sexy

C) I see you have no wrinkles.. Botox? (jokes)

D) I like your beard

E) hair is the sex

F) does Brooke cut your hair?(:

G) can't wait to see you on Perth tour

H) why wasn't your wall blue? You know how you usually have a blue wall?(:

[StephStack1]

I wish i wasnt going to Singapore in July, im missing your Perth concert(s) D:

Saw you guys at Good Charlotte and you were amazing :) iloveyou Shaun Diviney x

[xxGottaLuvHimxx]

Shaun,

i don't know how to say it but.. I love you <3

Love Abby x

[Nickinoodle11]

I WANT SHAUN'S 11:11 HOODIE! I would have gotten one for my bday, except there were none in my size :(

[georgiamilne]

have you been talking to much, or are you about to cry?

[EditExpress1]

Great really great, thanks for telling us all that the only thing i need to say is u keep mumbling and its really hard to under stand so speak up a little next time :) just saying

anyway c u at the TIBC tour :)

[twiggi141]

omg this is amazing :D

[OmgRawrify]

AYAOTD, HBMMAK, and Die Young Stay Pretty are my favourites, I can't wait till July

[MissCammoGAL]

it kinda feels like shaun's giving a speech in front of his class :P haha but it's nice, learning what was going on in his head when he was writing the songs, and what influenced him :) can't wait for the perth concert/s!

[xxstackgirlxx]

Are you afraid of the dark is my Favorite on this is bat country, WERE SO MUCH ALIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SiobhanCook07]

Great, but open your mouth, can't understand a friggin' thing you were saying. Amazing album though, can't wait until July and keep writing <3

[gordonsville13]

Shaun, loved the album and you're my inspiration for song writing. You're a fantastic musician. Keep it up! I'll see you in the front row of the Sydney show :)

[maddiezz97]

my favourite songs are are you afraid of the dark and hearbreak made me a killer too :D and also singing is a real job if your as good as you are at it :D soo keen for your concert, see you in canberra ;)

[shortstackfan4eva]

thank you so much. always in my <3

except you kept saying "i think"

for example you said it came out awesome! i think...

you think? it came out fucking brilliant. X)

most bands second album is a complete bunch of shit. but yours... not even close. keep writing. take your time. theirs not a REAL rush. sing songs about life, love and being who you are.

You prove to those haters (who are secretly dancing inside) it's time to be open about yourself.

your my idol and thank you.

[BeautifullyCut]

Shaun! i love this! makes me understand TIBC even moooore ;3 . YOU need to come to New Zealand!

[Ebony673]

Gosh your hot.

[eemilyannn]

I love that you, Andy and Bradie are so involved in things that are happening with your fans, and you don't just ignore them or anything. :) One thing I want is for you guys to never forget us fans! <3

[livelaughlovek21]

glad you did this. i like the songs and think they are all unique and catchy, but to be honest...half the time i didn't know what the fuck you were talking about hahaha

i expect there to be a song about "laddergoat" on your next record! :D speaking of, i was driving to the beach the other day and no joke saw a fucking goat ontop of it's little house and it HAD to have climbed the ladder to get up there because a ladder was on the side of the little house. omg i died haha

[MaddieBabe17]

At first, I thought you said Bat Country was inspired by Brooke but you actually said a book. Ahaha we're onto you Shaun

[maddiezz97]

YOUR HAIR = the sex <3

[XmelissalovesboysX]

Thanks for the birthday tweet shaun :)

[parisluvsshortstack]

Awesome man!!! digging the hair!!!! Can't wait to see you in Adelaide!!!!!

[SuperSk8erbabe]

ARE U DOING A MEET AND GREET AFTER YA SHOW IN PERTH??? PLZZZZ ANSWER

[Believeislies]

You never explained what AYAOTD was written about... or about half of them for that matter haha

[dudeewhatthehell]

shaun, you're using way too many big words these days.

[AustralianBieberFan]

I love how you've got the strings and the piano in your songs in this album!

I love how my favourite song in this album (Are You Afraid Of The Dark), is one of yours as well!

Can not wait until the 16th of July for THIS IS BAT COUNTRY TOUR!!

So fucking excited!!

[thaatshortstaackkid]

Your eye colour (; it was like green brown green brown and um yeee can't wait till Perth tour :D

[sophieangel8]

i wish i got to meet short stack in port macquarie.... COME BACK SHAUN!!

[justinmusicau]

Shaun, it's good to see that there's a lot more behind the new songs, both story/meaning-wise, and simply in the musicality...

This bit's a bit of a shameless plug, but I'd love if you could have a look at the SS guitar covers I've done, and potentially give me your feedback on them.

It'd mean a lot :)

[chelseyprimrose]

loving this CAN WAIT TILL JULY

KEEEN MUCH :)

[MaliGirlRox]

Werewolves if my favourite song :3 I cried first time I heard it and it just made me feel so many things. I actually reminded me of myself and how my life is right now.

"We're going to hell,

Just because we're werewolves,

We're werewolves,

A-oo, A-oo, A-oo.

My love it's quite a thrill,

Darling, I'll be your werewolf,

You're werewolf, A-oo A-oo A-oo"

It is such a meaningful song for me to listen to. How discriminated against I am. Your music gives me something to hold on to. (:

[jessicasaysBLAH]

I can't wait to go to your melbourne concert~~-3

[Teggaaaann]

that was really great. im so glad you posted this, it just gives us fans the chance to actually know how you feel about the album, the songs, and how it all came together. thank you .(:

[Anzie121]

SO good to here from you! It's been forever since we had a video! Love from the US!

[jobrosluva1]

Shaun you look hot.

[XxXChelz]

Ohmygosh Thank you so much for posting this shaun its going to help me so much with my year 12 poerty assignment :)

p.s Im doing my poery assignment on a songwritter and I chose to do it on you and a couple of the songs on this album :)

[shaundiviney1]

@XxXChelz thanks :) good luck! haha

[shaundiviney1]

@XxXChelz thanks :) good luck! haha

[purplemonkey2810]

@XxXChelz Haha im doing that for my year 8 assignment :D

[samilovesjensen]

@XxXChelz HAHA classic! You chose Shaun for your yr 12 poetry? I chose Short Stack and "WDTADDH" for my belonging related text!

Yes Shaun, this video is VERY helpful :D

thanks!

[Amsim95]

Can't wait to see you guys in Adelaide for the 3rd time ! =D got my ticket yesterday.

[xiluvth80sx]

Mummmbled mummble mummble. i had to press my ear right up against the speakers to hear it clearly. But loved it, explainds a lot:)

[xiluvth80sx]

I cannot believe i'm gonna miss the this is bat country tour. so devestated:(

[hilaryduff55555]

love, love, love you guys so much been to a couple of concerts and met you guys heaps aswell and can't wait to see you in syd :)

[cindycindyci]

can't wait to see you guys in melb :)

[SatinReign]

Y'know, if you'd called the album "Die Young, Stay Pretty", it would've given the whole album a totally different feel/tone just from that. I'm glad you chose TIBC because it gives it more of an epic/saga feel, like the album's a journey and the fans sort of get to travel it with you, whereas DYSP has a "final" feel to it from the use of the word "die".

Yeah, I'm rambling, but stupid uni teaches us to look deeper into things. (I <3 Sylvia Plath too, I studied her work!) xx

[AmyyyCullen]

What would we do without you Shaun? :) x

[Randm03]

Beautiful Shaun!

May i add some of this into my School Persuasive Speech??

Like one of the meanings??

Mines is about how Teens can do more than just relaxing, and can get out there1..

I'm using Short Stack as my example..and how y'all grabbed fame ;3

[groovybabyrachy12]

Thank you so much Shaun

I love thisss its brilliant when u go deep into ur music...l.

Really intrigueing to watch

[Jaamesfowler97]

You're one of the most epic bands in this country hah, go to america dude.

[LilyGraceRandomness]

I so badly wish I could come see you guys in Sydney :(

Haven't seen you guys in ages...

[ShortNelleStack]

just to let you know, i have no idea what your talking about

[billiejoeloveee]

shaun!! me and my friends are getting you bradie and andy something to say as a big thankyou and we have worked out what to get for bradie and andy but dont know what to get you!! adn we dont want to get you something shit :L is there anything in particular you love?? :) xx

oh and also me and my friend did werewolves for our music assignment and had to perform it and we got an A for it :D so thankyou for giving us a beautiful song to chose and perform for :)

BYT ANYWAY what would you like!!!

[razor197]

@billiejoeloveee something spiderman

[BiancaLoL1]

LoLz I screamed wen i saw u posted another vid ;)

[summersugarxx]

you're so hot now, just sayin

[sandykoong]

Die Young, Stay Pretty sounds like a pirate song!

[purplemonkey2810]

Cant wait to see you guys in July :D

[ilovesshortstack]

shaun diviney i need your permission first but i love your piano version of planets i am want to do this at school for my music asignment because i love the song so much... ill post it when i have finished and when i have finished and when i have posted it can i have you opinion? .. that is if you let me lol

[shaundiviney1]

@ilovesshortstack go for it :)

[Emmy4ShortStack]

@shaundiviney1 hey shaun. Please play werewolves at your perth gig on the 9th!!! I cant wait! What side will Andy be standing on? Please reply. xx

[ShortStackObsessed]

@Emmy4ShortStack hey, I'm going to that gig :D From the crowd view, Andy always stands on the right :) That's the side I always tend to stand on at a stack gig ;D

[Emmy4ShortStack]

@ShortStackObsessed - Thanks. I thought that was were he was gonna stand. I cant wait!!!! Iv got my I love andy shirt all ready! What about you?

[Moonlar1001]

@shaundiviney1 I'm trying to use a song by you for a video of mine, and it's called Electric Romantics, and every time I try to put it on, my movie maker says it's protected by digital rights and management and can't be imported! I need ur permission to use it, but how???? Retarded movie maker!

[ilovesshortstack]

@shaundiviney1 thank you :) xx its almost done :D

[thesaidso]

cool

[Madlove95]

that little 'he he he' around 5:33 <3

[ilovesshortstack]

see you in melbourne for this is bat country tour :D xx

[midnightfrog10]

lol this is bat cunt*videoends* are you talking about Andy ahahah

see you on the 22nd x :p

[TeeNaaStack]

This is GOLD! I'm going to incorporate your meanings behind the songs into my media work! Can I have your permission?

[ilovesshortstack]

that was amazing i loved every secound of it thank you for the songs that you have made but one question are you still going out with your girlfriend cause we havent seen much of her these days??

[iluvshaundiv]

Lovin the interview voice, mate.

[shaysgotspirit]

Shaun, you're amazing.

See you in Perth :D

x

[MissLml91]

Hey there Shaun :)

Can't wait for the 8th of July

Please do Jack the Ripper it my favourite

xx

[MonzaROX]

Ahhh this is soo cool :D All the songs make much more sense now, hhahhaha

[Abziidabziiboo]

Hottie love you Shaun

[GiantFuzzyPenguin]

omg i've read that book :D

[shortstackloverful]

shaun eems 2 b writing morelove songs latley i think shauns i looovvveee

[kel5610]

I'd love to learn Ruby Red on Piano <3 p.s see you on the 1st :)

[maddypritchard1]

been hanging out for a video like this. Shaun, you are amazing.

[NarniaKid]

Very deep, bro (;

[Umwum]

I love your hair like this :)

[Madlove95]

11:11 hoodie ♥

[shortstackloverful]

r u arfaid of the dark

[carlyb172]

woah you're that guy from that band!

[LaLaLovato]

:D so happy your hair turned into something good haha :P

[jessiehartsandysface]

ayayyayayayya i luv u

[turtleTime13]

:) looking forward to July

[21iloveshortstack]

thats cool :)