After You Cry

After You Cry

THE ANXIETY

This whole album along with their “Anxiety” exhibit embodies the stages and emotions that are anxiety. So this song, to me is not only about being sad but also the self-doubt. “Do you really wanna be something?” and “Do you ever think of me sometimes” are clear examples of thoughts that enter one’s mind when in an anxious state. And this idea of calling one another “after you cry” is that silent part of anxiety where they cry to themselves because things are so overwhelming, but afterward, they act like it didn’t happen, therefore hiding the part of them that is broken.