So this felt like an opportunity to maybe address grief and how we process being - how do you have a kid, how do you be alive, how do you continue to live a meaningful life while also knowing that you're going to die?

It's an honest fresh wound, like the raw skin of a grazed knee as Buddy stands to his feet, brushing it off and embracing the fall ".

[5] Blabbermouth.net gave a score of 75 out of 100 and they say "Lyrically, the band has always put forward a unique brand of blunt honesty speckled with moments of poetry.

On this album, Nielsen's lyrics are so frank that they sometimes sound strange in song form , such as, "I've been reading my horoscope" ("Death By Water") and "The polar bears are dying" ("Miles To Go").

[4] Sean Reid stated in his review for Punktastic, "While stylistically reliable, and often punchy, 'HIIYH' doesn't fully stand out from previous Senses Fail records.

Where the mid-2010 outings 'Pull The Thorns From Your Heart' and 'Renacer' embraced a heavy, chaotic hardcore sound, 'HIIYH' continues the band's melodic return that began with 2018's 'If There Is Light, It Will Find You'.