Mess

Artwork Partially AI Generated

Artist:
Jonathan Hadley

Release Date:
January 20, 2025

Record Label:
Abrasive Monologues

Writing Credits

Musical Composition:
J E Jackson

Lyrics:
J E Jackson

Musical Performance:
Jonathan Hadley – Guitars

Production Credits

Mixing:
Jonathan Hadley

Mastering:
Jonathan Hadley

Jon Hadley

Jonathan Hadley

Bio:

Jonathan Hadley is a musician and producer whose work explores atmosphere, texture, and emotionally direct songwriting. He is the founder of Abrasive Monologues, an independent artist collective and label, and releases music both under his own name and through collaborative projects within the roster.

Jon Hadley writes music like memories… out of order, half-lit, and sharper than it should be. As the founder of Abrasive Monologues, he builds sonic and narrative spaces where friction is never a flaw… it’s the point. His work moves between music, philosophy, and narrative realism, often circling themes of cost, love, and structural truth. When he’s not writing, he’s architecting systems that let other artists do the same… louder, cleaner, and with more control than the industry ever wanted to give them.

About this track

Have you ever had that friend that just won't stop trying to help… Even when you don't want it. They mean well… But sometimes you just wanna navigate your mess on your own. Right now, society is the mess, media is the mess, outside influence is the mess… but when I wake up… I put on no labels. I just want to be left alone and play my role in the sadness.

Like every song on this record, Mess has current, and past meanings so I encourage you to apply it to your personal experience.

I don't usually produce explicit lyrics, but today's mess… This mess begs for it.

AI Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
No AI was used in this production

Content Warning

Content may be activating or triggering for some individuals
  • Trauma and Complex Emotional Themes
  • Explicit Language
  • Violence or Self Harm

Lyrics

When I wake up
I put on no labels
I don’t wanna be anybody
 
When I wake up
I put on no labels
I don’t wanna need anybody
 
In this mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
In this mess
In this mess
In this mess
 
So if I swallow my pride
And roll in the mud
Things will be better than
They were
All that I’ve built
All I’ve become
I’m still as damaged as
I was
Don’t let the climb get the
Story twisted
Don’t let the climb get the
Story twisted
 
Keep your head down
Don’t wear a label
You don’t want to feed
Anybody
Keep your thoughts politically
Sterile
Don’t want to offend anybody
 
In my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
In my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
In my mess
In my mess
In my mess
 
So if I swallow my pride
And roll in the mud
Things will be better than
They were
All that I’ve built
All I’ve become
I’m still as damaged as
I was
Don’t let the climb get the
Story twisted
Don’t let the climb get the
Story twisted
 
Shut the fuck up
It’s my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
Shut the fuck up
It’s my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
Shut the fuck up
It’s my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
Shut the fuck up
It’s my mess
I just wanna play my
Role in the sadness
 
When I wake up
I put on no labels
 
When I wake up
I put on no labels
 
When I wake up
I put on no labels
 
I don’t want to be anybody
 
When I wake up
I put on no labels
 
I don’t want to need anybody
 
Shut the fuck up
 
Shut the fuck up
 
Shut the fuck up

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