“Don’t wait up on me, I won’t be going home,” is an ominous opening line but “Don’t Wait Up” by Oh He Dead goes to even darker places from there. The minimal guitar line is like a gentle companion to the grittily soulful vocals as synths swell ominously yet dolefully in the background like an ill wind. It’s a song about a person who can’t live within the restrictive standards of a puritanical culture and imposed limitations designed to reign in someone’s effusive spirit. As the song goes on that struggle and self-accountability clash as the narrator comes to terms with consequences and her own awareness of her own boundaries and the limits of her own capacity to sustain a lifestyle that seems part of her identity. The vulnerable tenor of the beginning of the song blooms into howling, bluesy rock that rages as the chorus urges for its intended listener to not wait up for the narrator who is certain of only one thing and that’s the uncertainty of where the train of a life on the edge will end up day to day. Listen to “Don’t Wait Up” on Spotify and follow Oh He Dead at the links provided.
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