Carpenter Release + Friday Listening Party

Most people think “Carpenter” is just a clever double entendre. It’s actually a song about emotional labor, power dynamics, and what happens when intimacy turns into unpaid work. Ever notice how attraction slowly becomes responsibility, then obligation, then exhaustion?

While breaking down the song for the blog, I realized it’s really about how people get shaped by relationships the same way wood gets shaped by tools. Who’s building, who’s being built, and who’s quietly getting worn down. The lyrics sit in that uncomfortable space where desire, control, and care blur together—where love starts feeling like a job, communication becomes selective, and silence does more damage than words. It’s not about sex. It’s about effort, leverage, and who’s expected to keep the structure standing.

If you’re into music that actually says something, I unpack all of this deeper in the blog post—including the psychology behind the lyrics and why so many people recognize themselves in this dynamic.

Read it here:

📘 https://fiense.com/blog/carpenter

🎧 Listen to the track:

https://youtu.be/g78ffmAtuA0?si=N39cti_IeoUY2VJ4

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