I usually don’t like to talk about what my songs are about. I would like for them to be open to interpretation. For some reason I feel like I should offer some context to a track on my solo record called ‘It Follows’. I’ve had a few people tell me they like this song in particular and I thought I’d write a few words about it. This song is about living your life with sorrow, anxiety and depression. If you know a little bit about anxiety, you know it’s a system in us that is meant to project us from immediate harm and danger. It’s made to help us, but as some of you might have experienced first hand, that’s not how it works. I’ve spent most of my life trying to figure this out in different ways. It’s almost as if anxiety is somebody or something that follows you and believes that it comes with good intentions. Like it has a mind of it’s own, detached from yours. It’s like an invisible friend that only wears you down. This song is written from the perspective of that supposed invisible friend and how it always makes it’s presence known. It’s a song about coming to terms with the fear of the fact that it might always be there. You might think it’s gone but the moment you acknowledge it, it’s back. How trying to get rid of it, with medication or other substances can backfire tenfold. How it in your worst moments can become unclear what’s real, what’s just in your head. It will make you feel worthless and make you question everything. I’m obviously not saying it can’t get better because it absolutely can. Life is not black and white. It’s not as simple as feeling great or not great. It might sound like a cliche thing to say, but writing music like this has always been therapeutic for me. Thanks for reading. Stay strong out there.
