Released as the second single of The Big Freeze (2019), “Value Inn” is about retreating to a cheap hotel to inflict self-harm".
The song references her Dermatillomania, a self-harm disorder. Laura has explained the meaning of the song:
That song’s basically about this cycle of self-harm that I’ve...
[Verse 1]
The waves crash down in the waterpark
They’ve been left on although everyone’s gone
Reflections of emergency lights look so nice
They look so nice
[Verse 2]
And in a Value Inn I dig at my skin
With a travel kit in the fluorescence
'Cause I’m lumbering, 'cause I want to be gone
But a point of pride I peel off of the tile
[Chorus]
I’m so nice, I am so nice
So nice, I am so nice
[Verse 3]
And the waves crash down in the waterpark
When the stakes are low there’s not much to control
So let it heal with the fibers of my clothes
Until I’m colorful, until I’m just so
[Chorus]
So nice, I am so nice
So nice, I am so nice
So nice, I am so nice
So nice, I am so nice
Value Inn was produced by Laura Stevenson & Joe Rogers.
Laura Stevenson released Value Inn on Fri Mar 29 2019.