It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.

As a consumer of culture, I like a wide range of emotions to be touched in art. It's funny but on the other side of it, I do feel that people that are trying to sell culture would like to see a narrower range of expression from their content-makers. Easier to sell I guess.

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.

I started to understand what the song could be about. The ache of nostalgia even for things we don't like, the commitment to keep moving despite that ache. It made me think of how I relate to my privilege - as a white person, as someone who grew up upper middle class.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I think I have come across as "unafraid" because I really cannot control what comes through me in my writing.

My approach to writing and recording now is pretty much the same as when I started. Except now I worry even less about what people will think of what I made. And I am not drunk.