Warrior is the first track on my Hollow EP. I've had a lot of requests to make more music not based on eating disorders and mental illness, and Warrior was the result. This song reflects the sense of pain and loss I experienced in 2019, but also the strength gained and lessons learned from that year.

I was trying to think of a word to describe the feeling, but could only be satisfied with the Portuguese word 'saudade' - which translates roughly as a nostalgic, or deep and lingering emotional state of melancholic longing, but from both a happy and sad perspective.

Album Artwork: Katie Metcalfe Photography
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PLEASE NOTE: With my music, I aim to reflect the hidden inner struggles of psychological disorders by externalising the internal. Please use caution if you feel you are easily provoked, and please always take care of yourself.

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Lyrics:

Hollow soul,
A life at war,
A frozen heart,
Begun to thaw.
Lock onto your target,
In the eye of the storm,
Stake your claim,
Warrior.

Seek power in the umbra of the moon,
As we hum to some forgotten tune,
The pulse of the drums will follow you,
As you take your aim,
Warrior.

As time goes by, the marks appear,
So ingrained, you never felt them there.
When you sleep, they take their aim,
On your soul, they make their claim.

In my bones, there’s a feeling,
A hollow in me,
Sifting through those ghosts,
Searching tirelessly.
With the Beltane flames,
Comes a cold reality,
Weaving through my dreams,
Is your hold on me.

Calling it forth,
As the sky ignites,
Tormented by a pain,
Buried deep inside,
The shadows of your mind,
Keep you bound up tight.
Your demons come alive,
In the dead of the night.

I guess I’ll never know,
Where the answers lie,
Saudade que nunca acaba,
The longing never dies.
Why do I see your face,
When I close my eyes?
Succumb and surrender,
Warrior.

Warrior,
Take your aim.

Warrior,
Warrior.