“The first two songs, La Samaria and Canto Caribeno, represent the place his family once came from in his grandparents’ generation, and it’s what he imagined that homeland to be from the few stories he remembers his grandparents sharing.”
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“Sons and Daughters and Rebellion (Lies) are about Azune’s time in the Falconer’s Rebellion and all the other sons and daughters he fought alongside with, but also those sent to die for their rich lords on the opposing side.”
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“Stay Alive feels like something his mother would have said to him and his sister after all of the sacrifices they made for their children.”
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“Don’t Let Go is about Azune and his drive to for remembrance, and how he doesn’t know the difference between forgetting and letting go.”
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“After War is like a whisper on the wind from Mayali to Azune.”
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“This Ain’t Me is Azune wrestling with his own identity, having told so many lies and in a way losing himself in those lies.”
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“Around U is about the complicated feelings about Thjazi that Azune is starting to struggle with. All the different versions of him existing in different people. Which one is real? Was Thjazi a good man or a master manipulator?”
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“Lullaby is a kind of hope for who Azune might become. Someone who can sing himself a lullaby, let go of the child’s wounds, and become the man he chooses to be for himself.”