Mental #04 Mental, the Manifesto

Continuing with my second release Mental is the closure of my EP, even though I haven’t been releasing the tracks in the order of my storytelling.

This song is in response to a friend’s comment “Why do you always drift out of our conversations?” I didn’t really have an answer at the time…until this song came to me.

“Mental” talks about the tricks that the mind plays against how reality is.

Since I was little, there was this place in my mind where I retreated, where I didn’t need to explain myself, where I could live through my feelings, where I could embrace myself and my dreams. I was sort of embarrassed to talk about or even admit it to myself.

Call it Safe Space. Haven. Escape from reality.

I retreated because I never really understood,
why people say what people wanna hear,
or strive to be what people expect of,
or try to look like what people wanna see,
and live this life of pretending…

I never really understood,
why people can’t be kind to each other,
smile to each other,
respect each other’s opinions…