Lilies by Bat for Lashes
Lilies by Bat for Lashes

Lilies

Bat for Lashes * Track #1 On The Haunted Man

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Lilies by Bat for Lashes

Release Date
Fri Oct 12 2012
Performed by
Bat for Lashes
Produced by
Natasha Khan & David Kosten
Writed by
Natasha Khan
About

“Lilies” is the opening track of Bat for Lashes' third album, The Haunted Man. It was the song that helped Natasha Khan shape the album’s concept.

After watching David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter, a 1970 film about a young Irish woman who has an affair with an English soldier, Khan got inspired by a sce...

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Lilies Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Again tonight I sang a song, a prayer if you will
Fell to the floor on blackened knees, and all the trees fell still
Pressed my hands between my thighs, and poured the thistle milk
Begged the thunderbolts to strike and mark me as alive

[Chorus]
Oh the lilies on the hill
Oh the lilies on the hill
Oh the lilies on the hill
Scented the night

[Verse 2]
And so I finished up my prayer, rose slowly and I stared
But I was empty as a grave and ghostless was the air
Lay back to bed and dulled my eyes and searched those fruitless skies
Again begged the thunderbolt to strike to mark me or else I would die

[Chorus]
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Scented the night

[Bridge]
And in the seconds before sleep
And in the second before sleep
Did I believe what I did see?
Did I believe what came to me?

[Verse 3]
Appeared the figure of a man, waving upon the hill
To the window I ran and saw what he had sent
Children of a private world, to be conceived in milk
A hundred marching to my door, all bringing dreams to drink

[PreChorus]
Thank God I'm alive!
Thank God I'm alive!

[Chorus]
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Oh, the lilies on the hill
Scented the night

Lilies Q&A

Who wrote Lilies's ?

Lilies was written by Natasha Khan.

Who produced Lilies's ?

Lilies was produced by Natasha Khan & David Kosten.

When did Bat for Lashes release Lilies?

Bat for Lashes released Lilies on Fri Oct 12 2012.

What did Bat for Lashes say about "Lilies"?

Natasha told Q Magazine:

Every time I write an album, the first track is my favourite in a way. This one especially because the content of the song is a really good manifesto for the rest of the record. It starts out haunted by being lonely or not able to get inspiration, feeling a bit isolated. By...

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