The Things We Choose to Lose

Artwork Partially AI Generated

Artist:
Jonathan Hadley

Release Date:
June 2, 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

Video Production:
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.

AI Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
No AI was used in this production

Lyrics

I remember running with scissors
I remember playing with a loaded gun
(keep the blood off the rug)
I remember the cold rain on my face
When the war was finally done
(Just keep the blood of the rug)
But what I remember most
Is when I called these ashes home
 
What if life was meant to be heavy
What if flesh was meant to be torn
What if the overwhelming weight
Of the crosses we carry
Break our bones
 
Sometimes the things we choose
to lose were all that propped us up
 
I was born in the cold
Losing the war with my umbilical
I was born in the cold
Forgot how to fly and started
Growing old
 
Sometimes the things we choose
to lose were all that propped us up
Sometimes the things we choose
to lose were all that propped us up
 
What if life was meant to be heavy
What if flesh was meant to be torn
What if the overbearing weight of
The crosses we carry
Breaks our bones
 
Sometimes the things we choose
To lose were all the propped us up

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