Lyrics No Peace In Quiet (Commentary) - Delta Rae

Jill Riley: We're talking to Delta Rae today on Big Machine Radio

About their new EP, which was just released. It's got four fantastic
Songs. We're playing 'em all now during this EP release special
And before we get to the next song, which by the way is so powerful
And amazing, you don't want to miss it, I was just wondering
I know when I talk to solo artists, a lot of them will say that
Their album or the songs that they picked, it reflects their life
Their personal journey, but with six of you, I'm wondering how
You determine what to put on your albums. Is there like a litmus

Test that determines what is a Delta Rae song, or do you ever
Run into a case where majority rules or how is that decision made?
Ali Mauz: Great question. Um, you know, we've actually been struggling
With that, uh, I think, over the past seven years, what is a Delta
Rae song, and we had a pretty wide scope of what would be a Delta
Rae song in the past, and we kind of sang and played whatever came
To us in that moment and, and followed the muses wherever they took
Us, but these days, a Delta Rae song I think really has to tell
A good story, have a southern flair, and this album, we, we wrote

70, Over 70 songs, um, for the album, and took the, the cream off
The top. Just the top ten that I think really distilled our vision
For this band and showed our roots and showed the direction that
That we want to move going forward. So, there's been some, uh
Debate. Sometimes people advocate for songs more than others and

Sometimes we're disappointed when songs don't make the cut, but

That's something that I think kind of makes us special is there's
There's rarely a fight about that. It's kind of a, we believe so

Strongly in doing what's right for the band that those disagreements
Filter out and the right choice kind of comes to us, um, naturally
Jill Riley: Based on the songs on your EP, I'd say whatever system
You're using to pick your music, you are doing a great job
And I want to talk about this next song because I had a chance
To see you guys perform this one live, and it just killed me
It's called "No Peace in Quiet," and, uh, I can tell that it just
Comes from such an emotional place, so tell me about this song

Whew! I don't know if I'm ready to talk about that song yet
Um, "No Peace in Quiet" I wrote with two great, uh, Nashville
Writers, Adam Wood and Tiffany Goss, and I think that song is
Is about, well for me, it's about needing to get used to a
Quiet house after a breakup and how hard that is, and, uh
I actually just moved to Nashville because I couldn't get used
To it, so, um, but I know it's something different for everybody

Yeah, I think it's been, I think it's been really interesting, um

Performing that song on the road as well because when we speak to
People after the shows, it's clear that that song resonates with
People for all different reasons. For someone, it might be about
A breakup. For another person, it's about when they had to put
Their family's cat to sleep after, you know, 12 years of that person
Being like a member of their family. For others, it's losing a
Parent or losing, losing anyone that's close to you. I think it
Offers a lot of catharsis for anyone that's ever gone through an
Experience of just having to get used to life without whoever that
That person, creature, might be that, that meant the world to you