Slash released “Fill My World,” the second single from the album 4 , a collaboration with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators , in the first week of December. The guitarist has now revealed that it took him a while to understand the meaning of the song and that he had a very different interpretation when he first read the lyrics.
“[The song] is a very simple melody that I made and created almost the entire arrangement in a short amount of time. Myles really put a beautiful melody on top of it, that's what made the song happen,” he said in a behind-the-scenes video about the song.
In a more detailed explanation of the song's creative process, published by Loudwire , Slash said he was insecure about the band's reaction because the song had a more sentimental side, but Kennedy's lyrics worked perfectly.
“I thought it was about the losses we all suffered during this dark period, but then he told me it was about his dog,” she said with a laugh. “I said, ‘You know, everyone has a loved one who was affected [by the pandemic], so…’”.
Kennedy also explained how his puppy Mozart, a small Shih Tzu, inspired the composition. The little animal was alone at the vocalist's house when a storm began. “He tries to act tough, but he's not. (…) We have this camera system to monitor him when we can't be there, and we saw that he was simply terrified. It broke our hearts. The little guy was terrified,” he said.
The song then speaks from the puppy's point of view, trying to express "what he might have been thinking at that moment, his call for us to come home," but the lyrics can also be interpreted in other contexts.
“I found it interesting, at least for me, to sing from Mozart’s perspective. And to be really honest, my voice faltered a little while I was singing the song in the studio. It really affected me. I truly sing from the heart and I’m man enough to admit it,” the singer concluded.
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