Dax’s latest is a deeply personal, healing, confessional R&B opus that preaches change and becoming a lighter, better version!
Infusing soft, country guitars, drums with his raw, vulnerable yet hopeful vocals, Dax delivers a heartfelt sermon meant to rid himself of all the weight that was holding him down.
Initially, it feels like a tale of sorrow, regret and guilt, perhaps drawing similarities to The Beatles’s Yesterday or Nirvana’s ‘Half The Man I Used To Be’. However, as the track progresses, you soon realise that Dax is infact, coming clean about everything that made him the self-destructive person he used to be. Generational trauma, heartbreaks, lies, addictions and so much more had got him burdened and only sinking deeper into that quagmire.
Chorus Lines like ‘I used to think I had it all, but when you’re up, all you do is fall, that’s why Im half the man I used to be” indicate a startling realisation from the artist. About the folly of his previous ways and a timely spiritual awakening and connection with a higher power. That has set him onto a new path, rid of all that heavy pain and that’s made him half the man he used to be, something that’s going to take a little getting used to.
For anyone going through a rough time, this is a track that could support you through that, giving you strength and courage to get through. With its slow tempo, delicate guitars and soulful, uplifting tones, and, of course, Dax’s empathic, forgiving vocals and real lyrics, ‘Man I Used To Be’ is a track crafted to heal, inspire, and uplift.
