Jordan: "I wanted to write a song for the record based on a documentary I watched called "At the death house door." The film deals with several accounts of severe mistreatment against prisoners on the texas death row, some of whom were later proven innocent after execution. It's a terribly flawed system, torturous and inhumane (most of the executions in the US each year are botched and prisoners will suffer great physical pain while waiting to die by lethal injection), and the officials who are running it are unwilling to admit they have done anything wrong. The thing that struck me most while watching this documentary was the great sense of hopelessness sitting deep in my stomach, feelings that there were no actions I could do to change these crimes and that the cowards committing these acts were completely above me and out of my control. It was as if I'd just have to deal with this sharp sadness coming over me, but I was able to find resolution in writing about my thought in response to these injustices. The hope is that this message will reach new ears. Spreading awareness of what is happening. It would be through this awareness that we can one day make a much needed change in the world. I encourage everyone to go out and watch this film and learn more."
Jordan: "I wanted to write a song for the record based on a documentary I watched called "At the death house door." The film deals with several accounts of severe mistreatment against prisoners on the texas death row, some of whom were later proven innocent after execution. It's a terribly flawed system, torturous and inhumane (most of the executions in the US each year are botched and prisoners will suffer great physical pain while waiting to die by lethal injection), and the officials who are running it are unwilling to admit they have done anything wrong. The thing that struck me most while watching this documentary was the great sense of hopelessness sitting deep in my stomach, feelings that there were no actions I could do to change these crimes and that the cowards committing these acts were completely above me and out of my control. It was as if I'd just have to deal with this sharp sadness coming over me, but I was able to find resolution in writing about my thought in response to these injustices. The hope is that this message will reach new ears. Spreading awareness of what is happening. It would be through this awareness that we can one day make a much needed change in the world. I encourage everyone to go out and watch this film and learn more."