Aplin post on her blog: "'Panic Cord' is the ONLY song on the EP that is about a relationship, and we weren't even officially' together but the situation still really got to me. I had never ever felt guilty for turning someone down before and it was the first time I had experienced it. 'Panic Cord' is pretty much about when someone likes you more than you like them. But to the extent where they'd literally do anything for you and as much as you want to, you just can't do it back. I was so frustrated and angry with myself for letting down someone who was perfect, and was finding it hard to live with the temporary guilt of throwing someones feelings back at their face after they had completely spilled themselves out to you.
During turning this person away, it got weirder. Where they were doing everything in their power to keep me and I just didn't understand why, I felt like a complete witch and found myself getting bored of all the lovely things this person was doing for me. I just couldn't comprehend how or why someone would do something amazing for me, and get no reaction from me and still enjoy doing it and carrying on. He told me that he had 'kept a box of our memories' (we're just a box of souvenirs...) in the hope that it could change my mind. I was so confused and it really opened my eyes. I had no memories of this person in my head, but to them we were something amazing. I was so hurt by the fact I had to let someone down, and almost felt as if i was to blame for their sadness, even though i was completely honest the whole time."
The accompanying music video sees Aplin hanging out with her boyfriend, but later shows her falling out with him. As Aplin going through a relationship she had that has now turned into "a box of souvenirs." Throughout the track she tries to figure it out saying "Maybe I'm the one to blame" because "Maybe [she] pulled the panic cord." Her light and airy vocals make this song a little happier than what it is about but it totally works somehow. The fresh tone to her voice is something that hasn't been heard in a while and is a welcome change.
During turning this person away, it got weirder. Where they were doing everything in their power to keep me and I just didn't understand why, I felt like a complete witch and found myself getting bored of all the lovely things this person was doing for me. I just couldn't comprehend how or why someone would do something amazing for me, and get no reaction from me and still enjoy doing it and carrying on. He told me that he had 'kept a box of our memories' (we're just a box of souvenirs...) in the hope that it could change my mind. I was so confused and it really opened my eyes. I had no memories of this person in my head, but to them we were something amazing. I was so hurt by the fact I had to let someone down, and almost felt as if i was to blame for their sadness, even though i was completely honest the whole time."
The accompanying music video sees Aplin hanging out with her boyfriend, but later shows her falling out with him. As Aplin going through a relationship she had that has now turned into "a box of souvenirs." Throughout the track she tries to figure it out saying "Maybe I'm the one to blame" because "Maybe [she] pulled the panic cord." Her light and airy vocals make this song a little happier than what it is about but it totally works somehow. The fresh tone to her voice is something that hasn't been heard in a while and is a welcome change.
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