Behind the Song:
Ryan Clark:
“I wrote this song during the first few months of parenthood – learning how to keep a new human alive, stressing over every tiny thing, not being able to sleep out of fear that she’d stop breathing. I’d get up several times a night just to stare at her chest to make sure her lungs were pumping. I needed that consolation at least half a dozen times before I could sleep at all. It’s truly unreal the amount of concern a child introduces into your life. Ironically, each difficult step seems like nothing in hindsight.
In compiling the lyrics for the album artwork, I noticed that sleep is a common theme throughout this record. I can’t help but think it’s because my sleep schedule as a first-time father was turned upside down."
Behind the Song: Ryan Clark: “I wrote this song during the first few months of parenthood – learning how to keep a new human alive, stressing over every tiny thing, not being able to sleep out of fear that she’d stop breathing. I’d get up several times a night just to stare at her chest to make sure her lungs were pumping. I needed that consolation at least half a dozen times before I could sleep at all. It’s truly unreal the amount of concern a child introduces into your life. Ironically, each difficult step seems like nothing in hindsight.
In compiling the lyrics for the album artwork, I noticed that sleep is a common theme throughout this record. I can’t help but think it’s because my sleep schedule as a first-time father was turned upside down."