You ever hear that old adage ‘you can run from anyone but yourself’? Such is the premise upon which this song (“Shadow of Mine”) is based. The vocalist comes off as the type of individual who...
The titular phrase (“Change My Clothes”), as used in its entirety in the chorus, is meant to point to the idea of the vocalist(s) perceiving himself as being by and large incompetent. And yes, such...
“The Way You Felt” is a song which Alec Benjamin conceived during the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. He and others, according to his own words, “were experiencing a lot of physical isolation”. So he...
Alec Benjamin suffered from what some would define as a setback early in his career. For despite being contracted by Columbia Records while he still in college, the label dropped him before he was...
This song is based on two premises. One is that it was written directly within the context of the 2020 pandemic and resultant social-distancing guidelines recommended by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. Or stated otherwise, the...
Alec Benjamin’s “Oh My God” is based on a general sense of disassociation the singer is suffering from. It may be interpreted that he was cast into this unenviable state via his celebrity. But more pointedly he...
As the title suggests, this song is based on the idea of the singer asserting that his “mind is a prison”. More specifically, he feels trapped by his own thoughts. And the implication is that...
Alec Benjamin’s song “Last of Her Kind” is filled with high-ended, poetic metaphors. In the song, Alec is singing about a romance primarily from a third-person perspective. However, at the beginning of the track...
The story being told in Alec Benjamin’s “Must Have Been the Wind” is rather simple to follow. While sleeping in his apartment, the singer hears a commotion going on in the one above his and...