We know, itвЂ™s cool.вЂќДespite the anti-climactic reaction, they were the reason this song came to life in the studio nearly two years later. вЂњYouвЂ™re a dance major who wears a pea coat, dress shoes, and smokes Djarum Blacks. At our next practice, I came out to them. Three days of, вЂњwhat is happening?!вЂќ The waves of emotion were intense for me and I was really nervous to tell the band. All of those thoughts rushed back to me when I discovered this attraction, and the first words I wrote in weeks were вЂњI got some radio wires soldered to my heart youвЂ™re the only thing thatвЂ™s coming in.вЂќ That single line would grow into вЂњHide.вЂќ Somehow I recognized early on, that whatever I was, I was like them. The few out kids I knew all got beat up for being gay. I was so emotional because it was so taboo growing up in the Dominican Republic, a real manвЂ™s man kind of place. Digging for a couple days, I came to recognize that I was attracted to someone. IвЂ™d always been pretty prolific, but, without that outlet, an unfamiliar feeling began to register with me. In the summer of 2015, I had simply stopped writing. In a FaceBook post, Melo describes his discovering his sexuality and coming out to the band. Not only is it about the LGBT+ community but it is also about lead vocalist Sam Melo himself, who discovers that he is gay and goes through many different and difficult emotions. This song is about LGBT+ people having to hide their sexuality from their families and loved ones. And he's a better kisser than you'd think, Mom He's a better listener than most We took pretty pictures by the sea, Mom Fell in love and sailed off And when the Son of Man had me in his clutches The Son of Man had me in his clutches The Son of Man had me in his clutches The sons of men pulled me to the touch and I loved it I hate you more than I miss you That's not true, I'd hate to miss you Anywhere I go anywhere you've been before I get the chance to say goodbye Or hello I mean You don't call You don't write You know I've been up for forty days and forty nights and all my fears have multiplied By the silence in your eyes Does he stay for the way for the air you're movin You're movin Does he stay for the way for the air you're movin You're losing it Better Hide your love, Hide your love Don't let it slip away, don't let it slip away You better Hide your love Hide your love Don't let it slip away Don't let it slip away You better Hide your love Say Hide your love Now now Hide your love Hide your love

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