Jagged Shelter: A song in two styles

Like Picky Eater, this was another of those songs that had two styles that were hard to choose between. The sad, chill version won, but the crazy “Euro Camp” version (my way of tipping my hat to the Eurovision Song Contest without violating their trademark) was so bonkers, it had to be shared.

The inspiration is a lot deeper and darker than a line that came to me as I was falling asleep.

I suffer from chronic depression, and there have been times (before I got on an antidepressant) where I used physical pain to… I’m not sure. There were just times when I felt so bad, causing my body pain seemed like the only way to distract myself from the pain inside. I never did any permanent damage, never cut myself, but pinching myself, hitting myself, and digging my fingernails into my skin were all ways I caused myself physical pain on purpose.

When I was in a better place, I thought back to that and came up with the line: “you’re the pain that distracts me from my agony.” I decided to get a bit more ambiguous in the lyrics because we do all sorts of self-destructive things and make all sorts of bad choices and it wanted it to be a bit more universal. But at the root of it is me dealing with my history of self-harm.

Jagged Shelter – Chill Version

Jagged Shelter – EuroCamp Version

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