Behind The Tracks: Neversaid - The Sound Of Skin Breaking (Single) (2025)

Lila Samuel (vocals): I wrote the lyrics to 'The Sound Of Skin Breaking’ during a really dark time in my life. In early 2024, I was struggling with severe gender dysphoria. It got so bad at times that I was actively suicidal. I felt isolated and alone, pushing the feelings down and remaining in denial about my identity as a trans woman, for fear of how it could impact the relationships in my life. But I felt that I was living a lie and that no one saw me for who I truly was. I also knew the danger and hatred that trans people face in today’s society, which contributed to my anxiety about confronting my feelings. It finally hit a breaking point, which I describe with the lyric “At this point, it’s do or die, and I think I choose to live”.

The metaphor of “dancing to the sound of skin breaking” is about attempting to find any sort of joy while falling apart on the inside. Despite the dark tone of the lyrics, I think that metaphor provides a bit of hope in the song’s message.

It’s a really cathartic song to perform for me, as these are the most personal and vulnerable lyrics I have ever written, and I really hope it resonates with people when they hear it.

Justin Yeung (guitar): We’ve written almost 10 versions of this song, and each time we had a very different vision of how the song was going - whether we wanna make it more caveman-esque or more melodic hardcore like counterparts. We decided to go for the latter, and it worked very well.

Instrument-wise, it was originally intended to be played with a 7-string, but we kept it drop C# with a 6 at the end. It is also consistent with the tuning that we are using with the other songs that we are writing.

Saga Mak (guitar): The intro had gone through a lot of “trial and error” in studio and live performances before it was refined to the finalised take. Funny enough, it was not written in the same key as the verse and chorus, but it has surprisingly worked with the song's dynamic in an interesting way. We tried different progressions, inversions, and chord shapes to work with the lyrics, as it was written in an intimate, personal way, but also from a dark place, with a new beginning.

This was the first song that we wrote since Justin and I joined the band, which made the experience extra meaningful to us