“According to Kylesa's Laura Pleasants, the inspiration behind "Quicksand" came from a disturbing dream she had: "I was trying to say something important to someone close to me, but I couldn’t talk because my mouth was full of broken teeth, bones, and blood," she said. She added immediately, "The song has a sorta poppy feel to it and I wanted to sing in that way as well." The bleakly comic dissonan”
