TECHNOCHOLY
Timmy Wakefield shares the story behind “Technocholy,” a Prophets of the Cosmic Darkness song built around a simple idea: electronic music with a hint of sadness. It’s a song about questioning everything, falling apart, and somehow realizing you’re right where you need to be.
I’VE POISONED THE WELL
“I’ve Poisoned the Well” is about surveillance, corporate greed, and how much privacy we’ve slowly traded for convenience and the promise of safety. From Flock Safety cameras to data centers and corporate data collection, this is the story behind the song.
I SAID, "DANCE!"
“I Said, ‘DANCE!’” is a thank you to everyone I’ve seen dance or sing along to my music. It’s about the responsibility I feel as a creator: if I’m asking you to listen, sing or dance, I need to give you something worth remembering.
I HOPE YOU KNOW
“I Hope You Know” was the third song I ever made. It started as a love song for my husband, but somewhere during the writing process it became something completely different: a song about humanity, our need for meaning, and just how small we really are.
GIVE ME A REASON
I was playing around with some staccato synth notes when I realized they sounded exactly like “Give Me a Reason.” Boy Harsher is one of my biggest influences, so I figured I might as well finish the thought.
BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR
“Blood on the Dance Floor” came out of two sleepless days in my studio after months of struggling to write. It became a song about mistakes, consequences, wanting more from myself, and remembering why I make music.
VAMPIRE’S KISS
“Vampire’s Kiss” started with the 1988 Nicolas Cage movie, but I wasn’t interested in retelling it. I wanted to take its obsession and delusion somewhere else: what if the vampire’s bite wasn’t a curse, but an offer to take everything you’ve been carrying?
A NEON HYMN
“A Neon Hymn” started with a bass line and a picture of a roller rink in my head. From there it became a song about movement, distance, letting things end, and continuing forward with somebody else.
BEYOND THE SAND AND THE FEVER DREAMS
“Beyond the Sand and the Fever Dreams” started while I was learning Serum and became a song about love, mortality, and the strange comfort of imagining that the person you built your life with might somehow still be there at the end.
SAYLOR TWIFT
“Saylor Twift” started with a late-night arpeggio and became a song about sleep, missing memories, and the idea that maybe my husband and I meet somewhere in our dreams—even if neither of us remembers it.
FROM THE SUN TO THE SEA
“From the Sun to the Sea” was the second song I ever wrote. I was still learning Logic Pro, figuring out synthesizers, and discovering what Prophets of the Cosmic Darkness was going to become.