Father Figure is a song about power, a song about a protégé and their mentor
And about sort of the idea of the tables turning, and the flipping of the script, almost sort of like the son versus the father
And I've always loved stories about that and I've always wanted to create a song that really explained how those roles can shift over time
And I'm really proud of this one, too
It has one of my favorite key changes that I've ever done in a song so, lo-look for that in the end
I would say that lyrically,, I had such a blast writing this record because each song is, like, it's own sort of choose your own adventure
Each song feels like an era of it's own,, it's just a very dramatic, sweeping, epic record full of twelve songs, but each one really packs a punch and each one is really it's own kind of movie
But the Father Figure lyrics are my favorite
I remember just writing the lyrics, just like sitting there just being like: Heheh, heheheh
It's the stuff that I've always wanted to say
The first line of the second verse is, like, my favorite in terms of a visual, like, you think about what it means
And then you realize it's just like, a very descriptive way to say something
And I love that line, and I also love the key-change chorus lyrics
It's just, it was a blast to write
I, I love like, stepping into a character like that