This song addresses the rage that sometimes emerged in Dave’s relationship with his ex-wife as a result of her battle with cancer. He described how there were periods where they faced real relationship hardships and said some terrible things to each other.
Hey
Did the killer in your body, the intruder in our union, kill your rage?
Where's your sense of adventure?
Has the power and the danger been restrained?
I'm not asking you for answers
I'm not asking of you things that we can't change
But you brave and burdened starlet
I am asking you to shock yourself awake
Cause the soul
It will not cater to our reason
Nor the passing of the seasons in our wake
And I'm not buying what you're selling
I'm not taking what they're throwing in my face
So don't shut me out again
So don't shut me out again
So don't shut me out again
Hey
I'm not ending in no contest
I'm not bending nor will I equivocate
Unlike weaker of our genus
We evolve from every terrible mistake
How can't you see?
Can't you see me take off my winter clothes?
Those bastards fear us radicals the most
Cause the soul will not cater to our reason
Nor the passing of the seasons in our wake
And I'm not buying what they're selling
I'm not taking what they're throwing in our face
So don't shut me out again
So don't shut me out again
Restraint & Release was written by David Le’aupepe.
Restraint & Release was produced by Gang of Youths.
Gang of Youths released Restraint & Release on Fri Mar 13 2015.