Primary is a song in which Christopher Michael Taylor expresses his aggravation and despair at the tumultuous geopolitical events that occurred in 2016, namely Brexit, an event viewed by many as a descent back into blind nationalism, and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Primaries, in which both the Republ...
[Verse]
Give me patience to wait for another day
Help me hold my tongue, keep the rage away
Nobody seems able to make a change
I can’t believe we’re not better than this
[Chorus]
I thought we were past this, I thought we’d grown
It’s just 80 years since we did this before
For the last time history was on a golden throne
We all believe we were better than this
We are not better than this
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Can I wake up now?
Primary was written by SOHN.
Primary was produced by SOHN.
“This song is another, more immediate lament about our political situation. It was written a few months after “Conrad,” just as the U.S. primaries were taking place. It’s about us needing to wake up to what’s going on in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past.”