What Feeds the Fire frontman Sean Murphy started Verse as the side project. The original line up featured Sean on drums, Eric Lepine on guitar, Mark Lennon on guitar and Matt Amore on bass (the band had yet to find a singer).



Following the demise of What Feeds The Fire, Sean moved over to vocals and Mike Hall of The Distance joined to play drums. It was with this lineup that Verse released the "Four Songs" ep on Contrast/Double Down Records in the spring of 2003.