#splitaxe lyrics

Still finalizing my track list but here's what I have so far

Small Town Suicide is their first one and it's really well-received. It's Travis's earlier stuff so a lot of it is about where he's from, lots of lyrics inspired by isolation and it strikes a cord with a lot of kids from small towns. The references to his trauma are a little more vague and open-ended for the most part (see: Helix) Lithium is about being bi-polar

Most fans say Pretty Dead is Travis at his best but also his most erratic and angriest. The conflict in the novel is at its height when he writes most of these lyrics but it's also when he and Hunter start dating so there's some other themes in this one too. He doesn't pull the punches about the source of his trauma (I'll share the lyrics for Wraith Hate at some point, that one spells it out very clearly) He gets more political with Bible Belt (A song he and Hunter wrote together) and I hate all you Republican bitchesSeveral songs confirm all the speculation about him being gay in this album too. 

Summer Storm is 2 years after Pretty Dead and comes out between then and the epilogue. It's after the demon is gone so while there's still some anger, still some struggles with mental illness (Dead-Set on Dying is about struggling with suicidal ideation even when things are going well), Travis's style has really matured in this album and there's more perspective and layers in his lyrics. Also a lot more clean vocals (although admittedly some of this is because he's injured during the demon confrontation/exorcism and is still recovering so he has to take it a bit easier-- note the new throat scar here ). Most of the band thinks it's some of their collective best work both technically and in song-writing ability. Thematically it's very much based on his new life in the south rather than just his past in the Midwest.