Barbed Wire

Barbed Wire was Wesley Evans' debut single, being released on June 1st, 2016.

Background
Evans began seriously writing music in February 2016, during his Freshman year of college. Before this, Evans had played around with writing music and songs, but never completed any project. The concept of Barbed Wire, came from a conversation Evans heard, where someone compared their current stage in life to barbed wire, because they felt trapped and hurt. Evans then built on that, and related the idea to his personal struggle with feeling depressed.

Release
Barbed Wire was released on YouTube on June 1st, 2016, becoming his first upload. The single was released solely on YouTube, and on his website, where it was available for free download. The single saw slight success, and, as of April 2018, has over 490 views on his channel, accounting for about 9% of his total views.

Remix
On June 1st, 2017; Evans uploaded a remixed version of this song. The remix of the song contained slight elements of the original song, but also added synths and bass parts. The remix is about 2:57 long. The remix was released to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Evans' first upload.

Composition
Barbed Wire is written in the key of F minor, at a tempo of 76 beats per minutes. The song is also written in the time signature of 7/4. Barbed Wire contains a piano and guitar chords, with occasional drums, and is predominantly A Capella.

Lyrics
You see the fence, well do not touch

Or you’ll be scraped all in your clutch

Unaware of what will happen

But I am in my head, trapped in

and it’s like I’m

Surrounded by nothing but barbed wire

And I swear the walls keep getting higher

Tryin’ to escape, but I get tired

I don’t have the strength that is required

Body all covered in these cuts

And you don’t even know for what

Unaware of what will happen

But I am in my head, trapped in

and it’s like I’m

Surrounded by nothing but barbed wire

And I swear the walls keep getting higher

Tryin’ to escape, but I get tired

I don’t have the strength that is required