SV’s latest release, “On My Mind,” is a hip-hop/rap track that centres on the complicated feeling of not being able to fully get over someone. The production is cool and provides the song a musical base for lyrics about honesty, lies, distance, and lingering thoughts. It’s difficult to separate the emotional core of the track, even if the two are going in opposite directions.
The lyric “I can’t keep honesty aside if you’re always lying” shows a direct tension between the need for honesty and the fact of dishonesty. That tension carries over to the central idea of the song, “But you’re still on my mind whether I go left and you go right, you’re still on my mind. ” The words paint a vivid picture of two people drifting apart, but one is still there, emotionally.
“On My Mind” doesn’t try to reconcile that contradiction in any neat way, it dwells on it. SV uses hip-hop and rap to discuss the space between knowing something is difficult and still having the person in your head.” The track’s simple lyrics and cool production are all about honesty, separation, and the way memory and feeling stick around.
