The opening track of New Kind of Normal introduces the album’s theme of living with depression, wondering aloud whether the narrator is “just having a rough day” and possibly describing suicidal ideation with the observation that she is “not dead yet, but this doesn’t feel so great”.
[Verse 1]
Sometimes it’s hard to say
When you’re just having a rough day
And everything seems so romantic
When there’s time and space away
When there’s time and space away
[Chorus]
Is there a way out of this?
Is there a way out?
Is there a way out of this?
Is there a way out?
[Verse 2]
Inside my brain
You’ll find a cluttered room
Just dying to be clean again
But it always speaks too soon
But it always speaks too soon
[Bridge]
I’m not dead yet, but this doesn’t feel so great
I’m not dead yet, but I’d like to take a break
I’m not dead yet, but this doesn’t feel so great
I’m not dead yet, but I’d like to take a break
[Chorus]
Is there a way out of this?
Is there a way out?
Is there a way out of this?
Is there a way out?
Is there a way out of this?
Is there a way out?
Is there a way out of this?
Am I Dead Yet? was written by Augusta Koch & Allegra Anka & Kelly Olsen.
Am I Dead Yet? was produced by Matt Schimelfenig.
Cayetana released Am I Dead Yet? on Fri May 05 2017.