Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure

MUTEMATH

“Blood Pressure” was the lead single from Mutemath’s third studio album, Odd Soul. Lyrically, it addresses the pressures that weigh on a person whether they come from family or from society.

Drummer Darren King spoke with Huffington Post about the meaning of “Blood Pressure”:

“I was raised in a good home. I was raised in a small town right in the middle of America, but there were these movements. One of these was called Teen Mania, and Acquire The Fire was another one, and we would go to these Christian youth events and there would be a lot of talk about becoming God’s army and becoming ‘world changers,’ which is a term they used a lot. I felt a lot of pressure, and you feel a lot of pressure as a kid to change the whole world. As a teen, you felt like you had to change the people around you and make everybody else just like me. But what if I’m awful? So, it can wear you out a little bit as a kid, and I guess that’s what that song is about–getting worn out with not feeling perfect and trying to make everyone else perfect too.

(Single artwork for Mutemath’s “Blood Pressure”)