Band: Good Teal
Song: “Excusing The Hurt”
Director: Reg Mason
Album: Good Teal EP
Release Date: August 15th
Label: Self-released
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Bassist/vocalist Reg Mason said of the track:
“Hardest song for me to write, lyrically. I’ve rewritten this one maybe 3 times, I want to say. I never felt that I had a proper place to talk about being a victim of abuse growing up. I trained myself to be quiet, as it was easier than risking being vulnerable. Then I found the words to say.
I wanted to write about the day-to-day of having that hurt stewing in you and consciously rejecting it with intention. To not have that be an excuse to not contribute something good in society. The first verse follows me accepting the way that abuse has shaped me in my overall mistrust of people. Recognizing that living with that hurt will ultimately do no good and making the self-call to not be a product of the cliched ‘hurt people hurt people.’ The second verse (featuring my longtime friend and collaborator GINI’) is from the perspective of someone who is still in that headspace to spread as much hurt as possible, in search of empathy. By the end of both verses, both perspectives land on the same word ‘excuse.’ They don’t think exactly the same but recognize that they are on that same spectrum – The Hurt. That pain that dulls and turns into teal if left unchecked.”