New Jersey-based post-hardcore group Senses Fail have announced that they will be changing some of the lyrics to their debut EP, From the Depths of Dreams. The decision was made after the band’s vocalist raised issues with some of the lyrical content via the official Senses Fail Twitter account:
Thinking of changing the lyrics to Hand Guns as not to include the word “whore” what are the general thoughts about that?
— Senses Fail (@SensesFail) December 10, 2018
Later, the band announced that they would be altering another classic track from their catalogue, “Bastard Son”:
Also in re-recording Bastard Son we’re going to take the word “bitch” out of the chorus.
— Senses Fail (@SensesFail) December 10, 2018
To justify the decision, the band then stated the following:
no one told me to not say “whore” in a song but as a 34 year old adult, using the word “whore” in a song makes me feel like a loser and I don’t want to physically have to do it. It’s not preserving anything other than prolonging the fact I was a 17 year old loser for writing it. https://t.co/c4F5zfDZlq
— Senses Fail (@SensesFail) December 11, 2018
if something can be changed to hopefully not make someone feel like shit why not choose the thing that doesn’t hurt someone? Being anti PC is such a triggered response. You’re triggered in the same way you’re upset at other people for being triggered. https://t.co/15CE3FWrM3
— Senses Fail (@SensesFail) December 11, 2018
However, many fans were not impressed with the decision by an artist to change their own artwork…
https://twitter.com/BeefCakeRabbid/status/1073726564116905985
For now, there is no indication when the rerecording of From the Depths of Dreams will be released but from it was stated on the band’s Twitter account that only the drums need to be put down at this point. The previous record from Senses Fail was the 2018 full-length, If There Is Light, It Will Find You.