‘Soap’ is the seventh track from As It Is' sophomore album okay. The title “Soap” references the 1996 book, and the later 1999 film, Fight Club by American novelist Chuck Palahniuk. The book and film detail the story of narrator Jack’s mental battle between him and his split personality, named Tyler...
[Verse 1: Patty Walters]
I went missing on the inside
Alone with every version of myself that's died
I fight to get you out of my head
But where I'm most exposed is where you make your bed
[Pre-Chorus: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
'Cause who I've been and who I'm not
We're all the same
[Verse 2: Ben Biss]
This will only take a lifetime
To bury me as deep as troubled is your mind
I'm sinking deeper into your head
I'm the lie you live in, every thought you dread
[Pre-Chorus: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
'Cause who you've been and who you're not
We're all the same
[Chorus: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
You sing a shallow song
With every wasted breath
Your head's so deep below
The water which you tread
'Cause how I've been and how I'm not
We're all the same, we're all the same
[Verse 3: Patty Walters]
Am I as tragic as I make it?
Am I a victim or a hypocrite?
You're a craving that I can't forget
Some days I'd rather die than let this end
[Verse 4: Ben Biss]
That's the problem that you have here
You're speaking only lies though they sound sincere
If you want, you can forget me
But your mind's too fucked to ever set me free
[Pre-Chorus: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
'Cause who you've been and who you're not
We're all the same
[Chorus: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
You sing a shallow song
With every wasted breath
Your head's so deep below
The water which you tread
'Cause how I've been and how I'm not
We're all the same, we're all the same
[Bridge/Outro: Patty Walters and Ben Biss]
You sing a shallow song
With every wasted breath
'Cause who you've been and who we're not
We're all the same, we're all the same
'Cause who you've been and who we're not
We're all the same, we're...
Soap was written by Alistair Testo & Andy Westhead & Patrick Foley & Ben Biss & Patty Walters.
Soap was produced by Mike Green.
As It Is vocalist Patty Walters shared with Rock Sound:
We all create and broadcast more ideal versions of ourselves, sometimes to make an impression on others, sometimes to protect ourselves. In this song, I sing from the perspective of my true and flawed self, and Ben sings from the perspective o...
In Rock Sound magazine, vocalist Patty Walters said:
The song is a confrontation between our flawed, messy, complicated selves and the more confident alter egos we advertise to the world. I sing as a weak protagonist, and Ben as a sinister antagonist, but they’re two perspectives of a single charac...