What It Sounds Like: Finding Harmony in the Broken Glass

The 2025 track What It Sounds Like is more than a song - it’s a manifesto. Its lyrics speak to the fractures we carry, the scars we often try to hide, and the power in letting them shine through.

“I broke into a million pieces, and I can’t go back / But now I’m seeing all the beauty in the broken glass.”

For anyone living with complex PTSD, this line feels like truth. Trauma leaves us with jagged edges... memories, patterns, survival tactics... that don’t disappear. But as the song reminds us, those edges can also refract light. They are part of who we are, and part of what makes us resilient.

The song also echoes the experience of masking. Many people with autism, or those navigating cultural differences, feel pressure to cover up the “colours stuck inside our head.” The demand to fit in can be exhausting, even damaging. Yet when we stop hiding and let those colours meet the light, our true harmony emerges.

And for those who’ve battled depression, anxiety, or survived suicidal lows... every "I'm okay" when we're hurting inside... the refrain “my voice without the lies, this is what it sounds like” carries an even deeper resonance. Stripping away the silence and shame reveals not weakness but survival; a strength that deserves recognition.

Too often, these struggles are treated as taboos. Trauma. Masking. Mental health crises. The words get whispered, if they’re spoken at all. But What It Sounds Like calls us to something braver. Not just making these topics “okay” to talk about, but making them normal to talk about.

Because every time we normalise sharing our scars, we open doors for others to step out of silence. That is empowerment. That is inclusion. And that is what healing sounds like.