Singled Out: Jacko Hooper's Egg Shells
. I wrote Egg Shells at a time when I was feeling quite under pressure from different parts of my life, from music to relationships to friendships changing. I always seem to have this feeling that I'm on the cusp of something bad happening and that I always have to be careful not to slip up, the feeling that I'm always on treading on 'Egg Shells'. The chorus relates to a relationship I was in where I always felt like I was going to ruin things by virtue of past experiences, not fully giving all of myself away in the fear of losing it and it back firing even more. It's the wanting of someone to stay around, despite your faults and that you're trying you're best to be able to give everything which sometimes can be tricky. 'Will you my lover, stay if I can gather, all the reasons why I believe that we're together?' It also touches on anxiety and the walls that it can build up against your own development, again in the fear of damaging what you have already achieved by giving away too much of yourself or not biting the bullet in particular scenarios. It's about wanting to have the guts to just go for things but sometimes feeling that purely the desire to want to change isn't enough to actually do so. 'There's no fire in my hand, just a fear to understand'. I wrote the song very quickly, as I do with most of my material that is worthy of existing beyond the point of it being written. I don't remember vividly the experience of writing the song, it happened so quickly. I seem to find myself writing songs a lot of my time but out of every 30 written, one will stay. This song was one of the quickest and natural to write, totally unforced and exactly what my mind was thinking at that time. See, I'm doing it again. Always treading on Egg Shells. Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the video here and learn more about the EP right here!
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