“Mortal Sacrifice” tempers a thick, chugging riff with overtones of cinematic keys. He locks into a call-and-response on the chorus as he confesses, “Sometimes, I just don’t feel alive, and I can’t find a reason why.”
“Recently, I lost a lot of my friends,” he recalls. “I was thinking, ‘Why did all of my friends go and not me?’ It didn’t make any sense. When I wrote it, it was what I needed to say. It ended up cohesive because I was telling the truth.”
In the end, Jager owns his truth in the music.
“When you listen to this, I hope you hear the story and the authen<city,” he leaves off. “It’s real life. I’m here to put my foot in the door and finally have the world hear what I created. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.”
