The main idea behind the album is really a continuation of Engines. When I wrote the songs, in this case, the lyrics almost always came first. I wrote a lot about this major turn that happened in my life. Once you decide to leave things behind, there is first the exhilaration, the attraction to new exciting things, and of course new exciting people. That is the fuel (the engine) of change, and that was what Engines was about. But then, I realized that I went through a different phase. I guess you start to wonder: what exactly is it that I am doing? With all these turns you didn’t plan for, you start to feel like you may not have a sense of direction, and that nobody is there to help. It is some sort of self-analysis, maybe… I am not sure. But it is something you do alone, you know, figuring your shit out. Hence the title “Inwardly”. Not all the songs really hammer on that idea, but quite a few deal with the very personal thoughts of the character that is in the song, whether it is actually me, or a fictional character. The head space I was in for Inwardly is a bit more scary than for Engines. This album is about looking at yourself, without taking it easy on yourself. What you see is not always pretty… Because there cannot be anyone else in the space you are in at that time, the images that we developed for this album had to convey a sense of loneliness. Blue and white colors became the obvious choice.
