A lot of people are going to be mad at me for this one. But I felt it had to be said you know? Everyone, it seems, want to stand for something bigger than themselves these days. Honestly, I think that's great. But how do we separate the ones who want to do good for the sake of doing good, from the ones who do it to be deified? We can't tell who's intentions are pure - who's really in it to make a lasting difference in the world regardless of whether or not they're remembered for it - and who's only playing the game, for the accolades and trophies. 

Hypocrisy, on top of that, gets me fired up. Because I really think you cannot preach kindness, while belittling, and hurting other people. You can't truly be for love and peace, when you're solutions include hate and war.

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Martyrs

This song is about perceptions and perspectives, and the horrifying things people go through. The message is critical thinking, and taking a step back to really look at things with a logical eye, no matter what situation you find yourself in, to make the best and most well-informed decisions. I really hope you like it, along with all the rest.

#itwillbeokay #pov

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Living Rooms

The titular song of the album. I approached this in a more poetic, literary way, using an angler fish as a metaphor for a city - or cities - and their tendency to draw the unwary in under false pretences, only for them to never come back. 

It's a personal take on the many people who leave their small lives in their villages or small towns, and venture off to the big city for a perceived "better" life, only to be disappointed, with no way back. 

Anglers, the album, deals a lot with perspectives, societal issues, and the struggle of the day to day for an average South African. It uses the image of an angler fish, to denote the predatory ways of people, and the tantalising promise of better.

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Anglers

All That Money Can Buy delves into the cost of things. The worth of things that cost money, and their place in our lives. We would all like to think that money is something we can do without, but in my very short time on this planet, I've realised that without it, most of us wouldn't even be able to sustain ourselves, let alone thrive. So this, I guess, is just a objective, and probably unpopular, look at money, and all it can buy.

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All That Money Can Buy

Again, the idea of perceptions comes into play with "People And Their Gardens". It plays around with the idea of books and their covers, and how it actually tends to happen more often than we'd like to admit. From implicit biases, to just straight up trusting things people say for the sake of trusting, and getting played. A lot of people want to benefit from others, and they use perception as a way to sell themselves to you, only to take you for all you have.

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People And Their Gardens

With everyone trying to survive these days, and people exploiting other people to get a place where they're no longer exploited themselves, it's difficult to find the good. 

This song isn't to cheer you up though. While I do believe there's more good than bad in the world, and that the media propogates the bad because of how much more interesting it is to us, I feel like the bad is still too much. 

This is just my take on our society, the people in control, and the people being controlled, and how it all comes to a head and effects individuals. How we are sometimes forced to grin and bare it - smile pretty - because we can't do anything to change it.

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ShaGeo