Music Monday: Mess I Make By Fivefold Feat. KG Lillian

Music Monday is a meme that was created by Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek. Bjørn and I will pick a song alternatively on each Monday and share our thoughts about them. Timy’s pick this week is Mess I Make by Fivefold feat. KG Lillian.

Fivefold, I think, is one of the most underrated bands out there. I’ve known them for ages. I even got to video chat with them once! That was fun. And absolutely nerve-wrecking, because I absolutely wasn’t as confident in my English yet as I am now (not that I’m super confident, mind). But anyway, they were super sweet, and I was sad when they went on a hiatus. Or at least, what turned out to be only a hiatus, because thankfully, they decided to come back and released a new album back in 2023.

Mess I Make is a brand new release from them, and I think it might be the first I’ve heard where they worked with another artist. I admit I have no idea who KG Lillian is, but I definitely like her voice, and it works surprisingly well with Ryan’s voice. I love it.

Lying low, losing sleep, get caught up in the moment
I tend to be a little uneasy in busy bars and quiet cars
Pour myself a drink to clear my head
Killing any brain cells I have left
Always gotta be so dramatic it’s a habit
Acting tragic, caught up in the moment

Feeling numb, hiding out, get caught up in the moment
Am I even speaking, can anybody hear me? Screaming in my head or outloud
Is there space in my mind
Running through conversations all night
Leaving me restless will I ever get this
Still caught up in the moment

Tear the plaster off of these halls
Take a sledgehammer to these walls
Pour the kerosene
Let the neighbors see
This whole house up in smoke
There isn’t any space left in my mind
Caught up in the moment every time
Burn it to the ground
Nothing but ashes now
What a mess I make

Rage grows all alone when it’s unattended
Who to blame, who knows
But if it’s gonna be me then

Hearts racing, I’m craving
Something that’ll bring relief
Something that will set me free
Forgive me, it’s not easy
Facing all the disarray I caused
Looking through everything I lost
Caught up in the moment
Caught up in the moment