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Sirens

from Reset by HYMNS

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Having personally witnessed first hand a tragic incident on the London Underground this song acted as a catharsis. The song expands this event into a fictional storytelling / narrative around the central protagonist. An ode to the fragility of human life and the importance of leading our best lives despite the cards we're often dealt.

lyrics

Michael takes the tube but he goes nowhere near the blue line
He saw something dark that will never leave his tiny mind
He gets home from work and he acts like it never happened
Relaxing to the sound of sirens on the Kingsland road

He waits and waits to tell his story
To take the burden from his mind

The suited man takes a bow as he passes over
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
He’s decided that he’s gonna trade in all his memories
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
Nobody can stop him as the seconds seem to last forever
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
The moment’s passed an image frozen fixed it can’t be unseen
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out

Girl gets home from school and forgets that it ever happened
She’s too busy staring at the likes on her Instagram
Answering the door she sees 3 figures standing there
She’s frantic and she’s flailing and she’s pulling out her hair
She’s just learnt of something that is far too much for her to bear

She waits and waits to tell her story
To lift the burden over time

The suited man takes a bow as he passes over
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
He’s decided that he’s gonna trade in all his memories
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
Nobody can stop him as the seconds seem to last forever
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
The moment’s passed an image frozen fixed it can’t be unseen
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out

And those events they stay remembered
Bodies dismembered
Victims fallen
Swallowed up by that machine
Those brittle bones crumpled together
Lost forever
A life forsaken
It can’t be mistaken that was not a dream

The suited man takes a bow as he passes over
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
He’s decided that he’s gonna trade in all his memories
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
Nobody can stop him as the seconds seem to last forever
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out
The moment’s passed an image frozen fixed it can’t be unseen
Turn the lights out, never turn the lights out

And we’re all gonna live forever
But we’re all gonna see it through til the end
And we’re all gonna live together
But we’ll all have to stand in line in the end

credits

from Reset, released April 30, 2021
Written and arranged by Oliver Hooper
Performed by HYMNS
Mixed by Jimmy Robertson
Engineered by Ed Cain

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Plucking from a wealth of genres and pop culture references, HYMNS make epic and ethereal rock songs that exist to enlighten and energise all who bear witness. With thick Baritone vocals and rousing choral hooks, their music is appropriately bittersweet. ... more

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