Songfacts®:

• "Selfish Art" from Noah Gundersen's second album, Carry the Ghost, explores the self-centeredness that comes with being a songwriter. In our interview with Gundersen, he revealed his thoughts on the topic that inspired the tune: "You spend your time as a songwriter mostly just processing your feelings, which requires a lot of introspection and can also be narcissistic just in nature. I was just reflecting on how strange that is when you take a step back and think about it. You're getting paid to just think and talk about your feelings, which is something that I'm super grateful to do, but it is a strange way to make a living."
• Gundersen questioning the way he makes money is evident in the first verse of the song:
  
  Sometimes making songs for a living
  Feels like living to make songs
  And sometimes I get an uneasy feeling
  That I'm doing something wrong
  
  The theme continues into the chorus as well:
  
  Am I giving all that I can give?
  Am I earning the right to live?
  By looking in a mirror
  There's nothing more sincere than selfish art
  
  Gundersen told us that he wrote the acoustic ballad by just sitting down with a guitar and writing out his thoughts.