Somewhere across the country, Aaron Marsh wakes up and wonders where he is this time. Marsh, lead singer of indie rock band Copeland, spent a week and a half in the United Kingdom before starting a five-week tour in the United States.

Copeland originated in Florida where Marsh and close friend James Likeness, who plays bass, started the band. The other band members, Bryan Laurenson and Jon Bucklew, joined later.

Copeland released its latest album, “In Motion,” in March of this year and has been touring the world to support it.

“It’s difficult being away from our family and friends so much,” Marsh says. “It’s hard not having a sense of home.”

Copeland has been traveling in its tour van and Marsh says that can get boring.

He says the band keeps itself busy by listening to a lot of music, playing video games and watching TV.

“We’re addicted to the TV show ‘Lost,'” Marsh says. “We watch that a lot.”

Marsh says the band isn’t into being crazy and pulling pranks on each other to pass the time.

Despite the boredom on the road, Marsh says the tour is going really well, and the crowds that go to the shows have been very responsive to the band’s music.

Marsh says he loves when the audience connects with the band on a different level.

“I think that it’s amazing to make people think something, whether positive or negative,” Marsh says. “The idea of connecting on a devotional or spiritual level is just awesome.”

Marsh says he works very hard to create this connection through his songwriting. He says it is music itself that inspires him and makes him want to write. The songs he writes usually originate when the melody pops into his head, he says.

“It usually starts as gibberish and will end up being the third verse,” he says. “The other stuff will come to me later. It usually comes to me in small pieces.”

Marsh says although Copeland is a little bit different, it isn’t completely unique.

“I think that the chamber of my voice is different,” Marsh says, “I think that the things we do with our songs are a little different, but I don’t think we’re completely different from everybody else.”

Some people look into the underlying message of Copeland’s lyrics, take it out of context and call them a Christian band, but Marsh denounces this label.

“I think that’s kind of a defective term,” Marsh says. “It’s not our nature to have religious connotations. We are not a ministry band. We have some people in the band that are Christian, but that is not the focus of our band.”

Despite the band’s love of music, Copeland may not be touring much in the future.

“I don’t know if I want to be touring 10 years from now,” Marsh says. “I see us doing stuff with music, but I don’t think we’ll be doing heavy touring.”