Alaina Margaret Droog - Rabbit Hole


November 15, 2024

If you are familiar with Indie Music Center, you have noticed that we are not big fans of acoustic music, and we tend to prefer tracks that are intricately produced with lots of details and tons of stems. And yet, this time, there is just a voice, an acoustic guitar, harmonies, and... emotion.

A lot is conveyed through the vocal performance and the songwriting of this song, which we find truly incredible in every aspect. Alaina Margaret Droog has set the bar very high when it comes to songwriting. Some phrases are repeated later in the song, then modified as the timeline of events progresses.

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The song has been added to "Niko's Music Mixtape", our monthly virtual CD on Spotify.

Alaina Margaret Droog's take on "Rabbit Hole"

When I wrote this song, I was living in Roanoke, VA at the time. It was autumn, and I was feeling very inspired by the constant bluegrass/country/folk styles I would hear, the seasons changing, and living in the mountains. One night I caught myself stalking my ex on Spotify, trying to decipher whether or not they moved on based on a Spotify playlist they made, and I thought "what the hell am I doing?" then I started to write. I thought about how the truth is like an echo, coming down from the mountains, it gets distorted the farther away the noise is, and it will never come close to what the original sound was. I played around with this concept in a couple of other scrap songs I wrote, until I finally landed on using the concept of "going down a rabbit hole" and it fit the theme, so that ultimately became the final product.

A bit more about Alaina Margaret Droog

Folk-pop and indie singer-songwriter Alaina Margaret Droog (she/her) writes edgy tunes with a country flair. Currently pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City, Alaina Margaret believes in leading a life of incredible adventure. Born and raised in her beloved small-town home of Grafton, North Dakota, her love of music began with her first guitar lessons at age seven. Alaina Margaret’s music showcases her ability to connect with people through compassion, sincerity, raw emotion, and charming wit. Alaina Margaret’s tongue-in-cheek songwriting captivates her audience through her genuine talent for acting, comedy, and stage presence. When she’s not writing one of her many tortured love songs, you can catch Alaina Margaret performing in New York and dazzling audiences with her latest obsessions through music.

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Lyrics

I’m down a rabbit hole again 

Stalking you on a fake Instagram 

But nothin’s changed 

At least not since 11:10pm

I still follow you Spotify 

You’ve been listening to love songs 

Why?? 

Truly I’m just wondering 

Cause I used to tell you everything 

Like heart on heart and skin on skin 

over and over again

And I know it isn’t good for me 

To wonder how you might be 

Shoutin' from the rooftops 

“I’ve moved on,

I’m in love”

And I’ll only hear an echo 

I’m down a rabbit hole again 

Ted Talks and meditation 

And it takes me back to when 

I didn’t need these 

How is it so easy 

When you were so damn sleazy?

It’s fucked the way you treated me 

But maybe you’ve changed 

Truly I’m just wondering 

Cause you must have had a reckoning  

Like fresh fuckin start you finally learned how to quit 

and I had nothing to do with it 

And I know it isn’t good for me 

To wonder how you might be 

Shoutin’ from the rooftops 

“I’ve moved on 

I’m in love”

And I'll only hear an echo 

And it gets cold down here in the rabbit hole 

When you’re shoutin’ out from mountain tops

There’s a line where heartache stops 

And love grows, but who knows? 

You could be as lost as me 

And tricked just as easily 

By shoutin' from the rooftops 

“I let go!”

But you wouldn’t know

You’d only hear an echo