Sometimes crippling anxiety robs even the most expressive of people.

I’m currently writing this during a polar vortex. I’ve been shut inside for days, working from home. It seems fitting. By the time you read this things will likely be different, but it fits the theme of the song.

Daylight is about hiding. Hiding from responsibility. Hiding from people.

I believe it was a similar day when I wrote this a year or two ago. – Regardless of the weather, I was feeling on the cloudier side.

I’m an outgoing person, most people who know me know this – so it may seem out of character, but sometimes I’m a shut-in.

I hate making decisions. I love having options. I hate saying no. I love saying yes. You can’t always have all of these things.

When I wrote this song, it was specifically my philosophical view that had shifted. I was losing confidence in the religion I had as a kid.

I was raised in a Bible-believing Christian family. I love parts of who that has made me – but there are parts I could never wrap my mind around. Where did the Bible come from and how did Christians choose which parts of it were considered “Bible?” Why should we use it as our ONLY rule of faith if it never even claims to be that? – It doesn’t.

I never found a good answer for that.

I’ve never found a good answer for a lot of things.

I didn’t totally give up my faith – But there are some things that I had to say no to and couldn’t acknowledge.

This led to a lot of conflict in my life when I wrote this song.

I wanted to hide. I wanted to curl up in bed and watch Netflix. I didn’t want to answer to anyone. I didn’t want to defend my beliefs. I didn’t know for sure what those were.

Sometimes you have to stop caring how you come off and just keep going. It’s okay to not know.