Backchannels Lyrics

Lyric discussion by inverarity 

Cover art for Backchannels lyrics by Shearwater

The author, asked what it is about: "The voice in your head that occasionally tells you to stop living. I think it's far more common than people let on."

Song Meaning

@inverarity That makes sense. At the February 4th show in Dallas, Jonathan Meiburg simply described this song as being about "not killing yourself."