In Red Skies Mourning — Obvious, a song about self-awareness, inner conflict and escape. There is a strong feeling of disenchantment here with the fast-paced, superficial and misinformed sentiments associated with modernity — the vacuousness of what seems to have no substance or depth.

In the opener, Red Skies Mourning grapples with self-reflection and time with lines such as “Lost myself in the come up” and “Seasons change, and I’m runnin from time.” A sensation of being overwhelmed by the demands of life is conveyed in these words, while the use of “darkness falls round a halo” reflects that internal struggle between making good and bad choices.

The artist exhibits a heavy level of distrust in the prehook asking, “What is real? and ends with “I need an escape from this, a way out.” The pre-chorus captures this search for liberation and persistence of thought, leading into the hook where the artist sings “It’s so obvious / I’m over the rush.”. And the repetition of this line evokes resignation and a desire to end the cacophony of noise in life.

The second verse sees the artist dig in, with lines like: “I got no reason / To stick around this dreaming,” hitting a key point of empowerment. If you’re being gracious, that’s a line begging for you to face life again. The outro closes the song with the reassurance, “I’ll find the peace that I need / I swear it’s right here in me,” reiterating a sense of self-empowerment.

All in all, “Obvious” is an earnest and emotional insight into the struggle to create a simple life in a complicated world with very few avenues for finding inner peace.