Gerard O'Riley

Inspired by Hank Willis Thomas’s bronze sculpture, “The Embrace”, which was installed on Boston Commons in Boston, Massachusetts, US last year. It depicts the four arms intertwined, symbolizing the hug that Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, shared after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. I tried to imagine the emotions that Dr. King might have been feeling.

This lyric is a quirky lyric it's short, and would probably repeat itself after it's done. It's a rock genre. It's about a person who's always got a scam, whose dreams are absurdly and wildly fake, and who tells lies constantly. He tries to juggle all of these things into his life and realizes that he can't do it. Most importantly other people realize who he is. He's the juggler, he's in a circus world in his head

This was about a relationship that one person is obsessed with the other. It's not really a healthy relationship. The obsessed person thinks it is, and pretty much begs her not to leave. He'll do anything to stop that, and ask her pretty much point blank what can you do. It's your classic I need you song. When in fact no one really needs anybody. Being needy is not a very pretty thing. Especially in a relationship.

This is a rock ballad/love song. It's about a time of my life when I had a relationship with a woman who I loved very much. But I lied to her about a certain circumstance, and it almost took the relationship down. Needless to say it was a serious lie. They do say that the truth hurts, but I didn't want to tell her the truth, and lying was a bad idea. I had to do a lot to make up for it, but most of all I didn't want her to forsake me for the lie. All I wanted was for forgiveness.

This is a rock Ballard, about when I was using drugs. It was a dark time in my life, and I never thought I could be happy again. But they were a lot of great people in my life that convinced me otherwise. I know I didn't have many more chances, and I should probably take advantage of the one I had right in front of me. I knew I knew I had the ability to get myself sober, because I had done it before. Only this time I knew it may be the last time I had a chance to do it.