Blood & Bone

A song for my sister Mila, and for everyone else who is wondering about their journey through life.

Blood & Bone is probably one of the most honest songs I’ve ever written because it asks a question I don’t think any of us ever really answer: how much of who we are comes from the people who came before us?

I grew up hearing people say, “It’s in your blood,” whenever someone looked or acted like a parent or grandparent. That always fascinated me. We inherit eye colour and smiles, but we also inherit fears, habits, tempers, kindness and ways of seeing the world. Sometimes that’s comforting, and sometimes it’s a little scary.

This song came from wondering whether we’re destined to repeat the stories we were born into, or whether we get to write our own ending. I don’t think there’s a simple answer. I think we’re all a mixture of what we’ve been given and what we choose for ourselves.

There are moments in the song that are very personal, but I wanted it to feel bigger than my own story. Everyone has family history they’re proud of, and everyone has things they’d rather leave behind. We all carry both.

The title, Blood & Bone, felt right because it strips everything back to what makes us human. Before labels, before careers, before all the versions of ourselves we show the world, we’re just people trying to understand where we came from and where we’re going.

I hope that’s why the song connects with people. It’s not really about my family, it’s about all of ours. It’s about recognising the past without letting it decide your future.