Although this EP was recorded in January 2014, it has been in the works for a very long time. The earliest song written on this album is "Disbelief," written in May 2009. This just shows how long I've been trying to perfect my writing and playing styles. These songs, I believe, are some of my best work, and I hope you enjoy them!

The main theme of the album is potential. Potential in young adults, potential in relationships, potential in nature. The potential of having something small root itself and become something bigger and more beautiful has always been interesting to me. "Flower Girl" is about someone helping another fulfill their potential. "Shine" is about the potential of a relationship. "Who Do You Think You Are?" is about when someone doubts the potential you have. "Disbelief" is about what happens when potential in a relationship is no longer there. "This is the Life" is about the potential of having a damn good life.

Each song is essentially a summary of an era in my life. Here is a summary of all the songs, minus the parts about potential... (If it doesn't matter to you the origins of these songs, there's nothing wrong with that, but thank you for reading!)

"Flower Girl" (August 2013) is about a girl who was an extremely special case in my plethora of crushes. She seemed interested, but wasn't at the same time. I tried to write a pessimistic song about her, but the tune seemed too happy, and I couldn't help but change it up. It ended up being about how I want this girl to be "my rose", and you can read into any metaphor that goes along with it.

I wrote the chords for "Shine" (November 2013) after trying to come up with something folky, almost Mumford & Sons-like. I wanted to do a song where each instrument came in at different points in the song, leading to a big build up and rock out. As for the lyrics, luckily, I was intrigued by this remarkably unique girl at the time, and the lyrics just seemed to flow after that.

"Who Do You Think You Are?" was written in January 2014, and, obviously, was the last song done for this EP. I had intended to include a different song on here, but after a few hours messing around on the piano, I came up with this and loved it. I set out to create a dancy, sexy (if you will) song that also expressed my anger at the non-believers. Everybody's got to have at least one song like that, eh?

"Disbelief" (May 2009) was one of my first attempts at writing a real, angry song that truly expressed how I felt about a girl at the time. This, along with "This is the Life", was included in the EP/album of my high school band, Vice Versa, and was actually the first song Vice Versa ever played.

"This is the Life" was written in October 2010, the beginning of my senior year of high school, in an attempt to have a song that wasn't about a girl... So I tried to write about how "good" my life was back then. I have always been into rap, and I thought it would be fun if I wrote one into the song. I basically tried to fit as much fun/cool things as I could into this song, for example the prog-rock Chorus and reggae-ish Outro.