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Hurricane by Hands Like Houses. Out now everywhere; orcd.co/hlh-hu...
This song has been in motion for 18 months or so, with versions bounced back and forth a hundred times over. Sometimes you write a song about one thing, but by the time it sees the light of day, the raw feelings have evolved and the song challenges its own existence. It took honest conversations about why any of this matters to feel confident enough that it was time.
Hurricane is a nod to the past, a cautious step towards an unknown future, and an honest, heartfelt acknowledgement of the present. What’s next is still without shape or certainty, but the wheels are turning.
This is the first step.
Lyrics
I’m bound up and broken, caught out in the open, tape over my mouth, with so much left unsaid. Like gathering thunder, we spoke over each other, now strangers tied to opposite sides of the bed.
You say that I’m careless, unkind and defensive, when all I want is someone there to hold me close. I don’t mean to be heartless,
I’m trying my hardest to think before I speak, but I’m voiceless…
I’ll bide my time, watch the hurricane blow by and the clouds run dry. I’ll bite my tongue, and hold on ’til my hands go numb or the quiet comes.
Soaked through to my skin but I don’t feel any different.
I’m a shivering mess of doubt and recklessness.
I know it’s my fault I’m stuck out here in the cold but it’s hard letting go of what I wish you’d said
‘cause you told me I’m careless, unkind and defensive,
when all I want is someone there to hold me close.
Don’t tell me I’m broken, as I’m blowing out to sea.
Don’t leave me high and dry. It’s swirling over me, as I spin in slow motion; a tide of chattering teeth. Unravel and unwind.
White-knuckled, nails torn from grasping the boards as the storm rages inside of me. Opened my mouth, tried to force something out, but I’m just too exhausted to speak.
Written by Hands Like Houses & Callan Orr
Produced by Callan Orr & Alexander Pearson
Mixed & Mastered by Callan Orr (Avalanche Studios)
Visuals by Cameron Burns (CaptvArt)