The guy who wrote it is Jason Empsey ... he's known as "The RockSTAR"
His site is
The RockSTAR's site
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This is what RockSTAR says about Opspeculate...
"I wrote it in /95. Recorded it in my basement studio in /96.
It premiered in 97/98 on rollingstone.com and was downloaded 1000's of times.
Seems when Napster came around it somehow propagated into a Creed song."
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personally, I think it's a great song!
cheers