Drafts & demos
Everything I Thought I Knew (EP)
Track 1
This is probably the most vulnerable song on the EP. It’s just piano and vocal, left really raw, with all the little imperfections still in there to make it feel as real as possible. Lyrically, it’s about questioning personal growth—feeling like you’re moving forward but still carrying the same emotional weight. The last lines, “I love you, even when it’s hard to stay,” are almost whispered, like trying to convince yourself of something you’re not sure you believe.
Track 2
This song came from a place of feeling completely overwhelmed—by social media, the news, my own thoughts, everything. The lyrics shift between being inside my own head and looking at the people around me, realising we’re all probably feeling the same way. The build in the song reflects that, like it just keeps getting heavier and heavier until it finally drops again. But really, at its core, it’s just me trying to ask someone if they’re okay.
Track 3
This one’s about feeling stuck in the middle of something bigger than yourself—whether that’s life, work, expectations, or just the way things seem to go. It moves between quiet and personal to huge and full-on, which felt important because that’s exactly how it felt writing it. The last lines - “Was it all just a dream?” - felt like the only way to end it.
Track 4
This started off as a way sadder song, but by the time I’d finished it, it turned into something way more defiant. It’s about realising that maybe you don’t need the thing (or the person) you thought you did, and that actually feeling like freedom instead of loneliness. The crowd vocals at the end were important to me - it felt like the song needed other voices to make it bigger than just me, like it’s something we’re all shouting together!
Live.
I wanted to include these live versions of a couple songs from the EP because performing live is such a big part of what I love about music. I recorded them when I playing in a venue with really nice natural reverb and left them unpolished so you can hear the songs exactly as they are - just me, a guitar, and the space around me!