A chill trap song, in which I elaborate on my frustrations both with dating, as well as with the pressure the world puts on all of us to find the right person. Because of these things, I recognize that might result in my being alone forever. This song seeks to capture this is a somber idea, but also makes a declaration that this end result is fine, and one that I am comfortable with, particularly if this end result allows me to continue being my full self.

ALONE.

Ember (feat. KingTrey)

Credits:

E.G. Phillips: vocals
Chloe Mendola: cello
Felipe Ubeda (Cigarbox Man): guitar
Omree Gal-Oz: piano
Curtis Aikens: upright bass

Recorded at Airship Laboratories in Richmond, CA
Neil Godbole: recording engineer
Recorded & Mixed by Nahuel Bronzini 
Mastered by Andrés Mayo Mastering

Arranged & Produced by Nahuel Bronzini & Felipe Ubeda 
Written by E.G. Phillips
(c) 2025 Ducks With Pants Music

Lyrics:

A hunter spied Artemis
Bathing with nymphs in the forest
She turned him into a stag
Even though it’d been an accident
He found himself charmed and spellbound
Then ripped apart by his own hounds
Or so goes the myth

The mother of Mesuline
Promised to marry a Scottish King
On the condition he never witness
Her bathing their three offspring
When he broke his vow and saw her mermaid form
She left with the children for a distant shore
And her daughter grew up to do the exact same thing 

There’s nature and nurture
There’s volition and reflex — and
There’s what’s hardwired in
To that damn double helix

The Light You Reflect				
Is like a special effect
It defines in my mind		
An image I can not forget
Whether a deliberate attempt to entice	
Or a byproduct of your passing by
My eyes get directed towards you

The light we reflect			
Lets us connect
I’m sad what they said		
Made you so upset
Sometimes when the neurons fire	
It really feels like they’re on fire
And we are subject to our response

ALONE.

Jason King