Re: Southern USA | WV 116: Twin Tribes – The River
WV 117: Billie Eilish ft. Khalid – lovely
Lyrics
Thought I found a way
Thought I found a way, yeah (found)
But you never go away (never go away)
So I guess I gotta stay now
Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Hello, welcome home
Walkin' out of town
Lookin' for a better place (lookin' for a better place)
Something's on my mind
Always in my headspace
But I know some day I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin and bone
Hello, welcome home
Woah, yeah
Yeah, ah
Woah, woah
Hello, welcome home
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Isn't it lovely, my latest entry? Yes, two or three months ago I successfully fought my bias against mainstream artists and finally digged into Billie Eilish's music ... and this was a great decision .. I got totally spellbound. Her gentle voice, the (mostly) down-tempo compositions with those nice electronic elements, those partly cryptical and depressing lyrics, that genuine melancholia. Typically for me, I prefer her album songs over her big hits like 'Bad Guy' for example. "Lovely" however is certainly a big hit but it is a very saddening one, as it is probably about handling and fighting depressions.
I remember this was sent in a NSC edition me and Daniel hosted and I remember we underrated this a bit, gave it only low points, although having rated it pretty well after first listening. It was probably my previously mentioned 'bias' that had a negative impact on the final rating
Credits must go also to Billie's brother, who produces the music and also has a solo career. That guy is 21 and is dropping world hits like crazy.
Billie herself is by the way a birthday twin of mine. She is gonna turn 18 right when I turn 25. On the 18th of December
Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg, Sia, Christina Aguilera, Goodfellas star Ray Liotta
and Josef Stalin are another members of our '18th December club'
Credits ofc also to Khalid, the reason why this is actually eligble for me as he was born in Georgia. I dont know his usual music and actually that's probably good for me but in this song he harmonizes well with Billie