This song is written about when Lean arrived back to his Dad’s house in Sweden after being in a psychiatric unit. The piano is purposefully out of tune to mimic the mental state of Lean at the time.<br /><br />Lean told NPR that “Agony” was his interpretation of Alice In Wonderland and Beauty And The Beast.<br /><br />The last refrain is featuring a Icelandic children’s choir, recorded at the same time as the Stranger short film was recorded.<br /><br />“Agony” is the most minimalistic song off the Stranger album: Lean is blunt and honest with his experience with psychosis and how this has affected his relationship.
