My daughter's teacher has infected her with a love of songs by pop/folk/rock artist Tom Grennan. She was singing in the car this morning, and when I tuned into the lyrics I realised how worrying they were:

I'm not the kind to make it easy
If I say the wrong things, I don't mean it
...
So I won't let you go no where
-Tom Grennan, "Crown Your Love"

At first I figured he was just a bit problematic, but then I realised:

Oh, we took some time but I made that wish
Sometimes stars align
-Tom Grennan, "Crown Your Love"

Tom Grennan is an Elder God.

When you're looking in the mirror
And you can't see the love
It's in the shadows around you
Waiting to pick you up
And you are not alone
-Tom Grennan, "You Are Not Alone"

Tom Grennan is lurking in the shadows.

I wanna know what it feels like
To wake up like a giant
I wanna know what it feels like
To be fearless like a lionheart
And I feel it in my blood (blood, blood, blood, blood)
Like the stars that illuminate the sky
There's a fire in my lungs burning tonight
-Tom Grennan, "Lionheart (Fearless)"

Tom Grennan is a fire-breathing giant whose breath is the death of stars.

Millions of hours become days
Your pictures, they keep me awake
I was trying to find ya, see if the love was still the same
Visions of us that don't fade
- Tom Grennan, "Remind Me"

Tom Grennan has been imprisoned beyond time, watching us in his sleepless dreams.

Lately I've been counting stars...
All I'm tryna do is find my path to you...
I've got voices in my head and there's a deafening silence...
Just like the air I'm breathing
These awful wounds ain't healing...
I tried to fly but I used my wings too soon
Now everything got me thinking of you
I tried a million times to cut you loose...
'Cause I'm needing a little bit of love
A little bit of love, a little bit of love
A little bit of love
-Tom Grennan, "Little Bit of Love"

Tom Grennan is returning from beyond the stars, his very breath wounding the air, his splintered wings cutting the fabric of reality... and all because hE lOvEs YoU.

hS

PS:

I said, "I can't sing along
'Cause I forgot the song
So how does it go?
Could you please remind me?
...
And did it go, "Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh"?
Or did it go, "Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh"?
I think it went, "Ia! Ia! Grennan Fhtagn!"
Could you please remind me?
-Tom Grennan, "Remind Me", probably