"Why Don’t You Go Touch Yourself?" is an indie-rock slap to the face of performative morality — a tongue-in-cheek anthem for anyone tired of being judged by people who don’t know how to look in their own mirror. Mixing punk sarcasm, dreamy introspection, and drum-and-bass chaos, the track spins between playful rebellion and quiet truth.

It’s a whispered confession wrapped in a scream: a song about hypocrisy, projection, and self-love — the uncomfortable kind that starts when you stop policing everyone else. Underneath its teasing hook and frantic pulse, there’s a reminder that healing starts inward.

It’s messy, honest, and a little holy in its blasphemy.
For the sinners who meditate, the saints who rage, and everyone caught somewhere between.

Why Don’t You Go Touch Yourself?

Sitting On Gold by Wayne W. Hacker was released on July 9th, 2025. Unlike most of his songs, which often take longer to develop, this one came together quickly. With guitar in hand, Wayne found that the lyrics and rhythm inspired each other, allowing him to complete the song in just two months. This rapid creative process led to a song that explores universal realization: sometimes, what we are searching for has been right in front of us all along. The song reflects the idea that time spent pursuing happiness can be more precious than gold itself. At its heart, Sitting On Gold offers an honest perspective of self-reflection. 

Wayne W. Hacker - Sitting On Gold

The Quiet Wars drifts through the battles no one sees—the ones fought behind tired eyes, in late-night reflections, and in the spaces between who we are and who we’re trying to be. It follows a wandering soul moving through city streets and inner shadows, wrestling with blurred truths, fading comforts, and the ghosts of his own making. Yet beneath all the noise, there’s a quiet pulse of hope: a hum of love, a searching spirit, a song that keeps going even when he can’t. It’s a story of losing and rising in the same breath, of fighting without glory, and finding small, steady light in the dark.

The Quiet Wars erzählt von jenen Kämpfen, die keiner sieht – den stillen Schlachten hinter müden Blicken, in nächtlichen Spiegeln und in den Zwischenräumen zwischen dem, was wir sind und dem, was wir sein wollen. Der Song begleitet eine verlorene Seele durch Stadtstraßen und innere Schatten, im Ringen mit verschwommenen Wahrheiten, flüchtigem Trost und selbstgemachten Geistern. Und doch pulsiert unter all dem Lärm ein zarter Funken Hoffnung: ein Summen von Liebe, ein suchender Geist, ein Song, der weiterspielt, selbst wenn man selbst nicht mehr kann. Es ist eine Geschichte vom Verlieren und Aufstehen im selben Atemzug, vom Kämpfen ohne Applaus – und vom Finden kleiner, beständiger Lichter im Dunkeln.

The Quiet Wars

There’s a soldier in the mirror
He’s got my eyes, but not my soul
He’s fighting ghosts that disappear
Every time I lose control

There’s a preacher on the TV
Selling comfort by the pound
And I wonder if he’d know me
If ever all the lights went down

Truth ain’t clean, it’s cut and scarred
Like a mirror in the dark

All the quiet wars I fight
Never make it to the news
Just a battle in the mirror light
Where I win and always lose

So I walk down 9th and Houston
Past the cafe, past the bar
All the voices sound like headlines
And I’m not sure who we are

But love still hums beneath the static
Like a record full of grace
And the song plays on, erratic
Till it finds a resting place

All the quiet wars I fight
Never make it to the news
Just a battle in the mirror light
Where I win and always lose

Still fighting, still losing
Still here


The Quiet Wars

There are parts of us we learn to love loudly and parts we punish quietly.


This episode explores the quiet war between two internal drives, the part of us that wants to be seen and the part that wants to stay safe.
Through stories of visibility, protection, longing, and self-correction, we dive into the tension between expression and control, beauty and meaning, mind and mirror.


Not vanity vs intellect.
But longing vs protection.


This is a slower, more introspective episode, a brief moment before integration.
If you’ve ever felt two sides of you pulling in different directions, this one is for you.

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Intellect vs Vanity - Episode 5

“Waves” drifts through the highs and lows of life with the calm certainty of the tide. It’s a reflection on how experiences rise, crash, and eventually smooth themselves out, shaping us in quiet, powerful ways. The song moves through moments of loss, grace, and renewal, showing how everything changes, yet somehow keeps flowing. It’s a gentle reminder that love, pain, and growth all move in cycles — never still, never the same — and that allowing yourself to be carried by them can transform you.

„Waves“ erzählt von den Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens – ruhig, dann wieder stürmisch, aber immer in Bewegung wie die Gezeiten. Der Text spiegelt wider, wie Erlebnisse anrollen, brechen und schließlich wieder abklingen, während sie uns leise und kraftvoll formen. Es geht um Verlust, um Gnade, um Neuanfang – darum, dass sich alles verändert und doch weiterfließt. Eine sanfte Erinnerung daran, dass Liebe, Schmerz und Wachstum in Wellen kommen und gehen und dass wir uns verändern, wenn wir lernen, uns von ihnen tragen zu lassen.

Waves

My life moves like water
Sometimes quiet, sometimes tall
I rise like a blue line climbing
Then I break, but I don’t fall
	
Scars fade like shorelines
Pulled soft by the evening tide
What hurt me in the morning
Drifts out to sea by night

It comes and goes in waves
All the loss, all the grace
Like the lines in the frame
Never still, never the same

Love moves like currents
Pulls close, then slips away
But even when it leaves me
It shapes me on its way

It comes and goes in waves
All the loss, all the grace
Like the lines in the frame
Never still, never the same

So let the water take me
Let it change my shape
Everything I’ve lived through
Comes and goes in waves


Waves

An emotional cinematic pop song with a strong soft female voice about grieving what never came and learning to sit with the ache instead of running from it.

The Things That Never Came

A soft rock pop song with tender guitar and a raw, emotional male vocal. It’s about releasing struggle, letting pain be, and finding quiet peace in the moment when resistance falls away.

A breath I Finally Made

Soft piano, whisper-gentle female vocals, and a warm indie pop atmosphere. A song about releasing the need for certainty and finding a quiet sense of home in the stillness.

Let The Silence Be My Teacher

A deeply emotional pop-rock track carried by a raw, raspy male voice. The song explores the quiet places where fear taught us to stay small, and the moment we rise from that silence with a new, steady kind of power.

Stepping in the Flame

A soft pop-rock piece with gentle piano and a deep emotional male voice. The song explores the quiet act of sitting with what hurts, not asking it to change, not bracing against it, but letting the moment guide you with its own slow rhythm.

Unbroken

Wayne W. Hacker hails from Washington State; he realized that the poems he was writing in his free time were in the form of song lyrics. Turns out writing lyrics on paper is simply not enough anymore. So here he is perfectly, imperfectly starting to introduce his work to anyone and everyone. “It’s All About Me” was the first single he released. Currently, he is focused on converting his lyrics into songs as a songwriter. His music leans toward Alternative, Country, and Rock (not in that order). Dream BIG! & Enjoy the Ride. Thank you for your time.

Sacred Ash is a collection of sound journeys woven from deep inner thresholds, crafted to guide you through grief, transformation, and reawakening. These tracks are not entertainment, they are invitations to remember, release, and realign. Each piece arises from personal passage, offered as a harmonic bridge for those walking the edges of change.

Anbid Zaman is a queer activist and artist whose work rises from a life marked by displacement, resistance, and the insistence on living fully even when the world tries to deny that possibility. Born in Bangladesh and shaped by grassroots queer organizing from a young age, they grew into their voice through community struggle — learning early that courage isn’t an act, but a daily discipline.

Their journey from danger to refuge transformed them without erasing their origins. Living in Germany, Anbid continues to work at the intersections of identity, migration, and liberation, supporting queer people who face violence and navigating the complexities of chosen family, safety, and belonging. Their activism is guided by deep commitments: justice without compromise, solidarity across borders, and an unshakeable belief that marginalised voices should be heard not with pity, but with respect.

These values spill directly into their music. Anbid’s sound blends testimonial storytelling, emotional minimalism, and atmospheric layers shaped by memory — the quiet of hiding, the noise of protest, the ache of leaving, the thrill of surviving. Each track carries the weight of lived experience and the brightness of hope that refuses to die. Their art is not just expression; it is continuation, resistance, and a reminder that stories carry power long before the world acknowledges them.

Reflective micro-episodes on integration—between control & surrender, strength & tenderness. New drops weekly. Listen on Spotify / YouTube → linktr.ee/adifferentcurrent.

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