“They don’t hate ‘cause they’re evil — they hate ‘cause they hurt.”

This song is about the kind of pain that gets ignored. The loneliness that gets mistaken for hate. And the stories that pull people into darkness when no one’s there to offer light.

I was inspired by real interviews with former extremists, mass shooting survivors, and families torn apart by ideology. It reminded me that you don’t save someone by yelling at them — You save them by sitting by the cave, and listening.