“Bad Mind” is a high energy, intense rock track by Awaiting Abigail, a six-piece band from Dallas, Texas that uses in your face guitars and heavy drums to craft music that you just can’t turn away from. Impassioned vocals, dynamic drums, and vibrant guitars dance through the track, offering an ever changing and invigorating sonic landscape. Lyrically, “Bad Mind” walks through the journey of struggling with mental illness, and searching for the strength to overcome it.
The track opens with grungy guitar riffs that oscillate between your ears, making for an ominous opening that is heightened by the rocking drums and unrelenting electric guitars that hit throughout the song. Filtered vocal ad libs add tension and energy as the story progresses. Lines like “everything seems fine, not to my bad mind” tell us that the narrator can find anxiety or sadness even in times that are generally good. This is the common thread of mental illness, that no matter your circumstances, you can’t seem to get a grip on the negative thoughts running through your brain. The chaotic performances in this song match those kinds of overwhelming feelings.
Though the song recognizes the powerful nature of a bad mind, it also provides some solace and advice for those who relate, saying “one step in front of the other to survive a bad mind.” It is hard, but sometimes all you can do is just keep moving, and that is good enough. The repetition of “one step in front of the other” mirrors the monotony of actually taking those steps in the hopes of going somewhere better.
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