The third single that teases the upcoming album is a post-punk existential hymn, a grey fog of insecurity, regrets and melancholy.
It depicts a small corner of our mind, clustered with a dust made of self-doubts, where we feel numb and which we are unable to fully clean.
Even success, represented b...
[Chorus]
I wanna be loved
Everybody does
I find shame in the crack-like corpse un-cadaver reign
I wanna be loved
Everybody does
I find shame in a bag gripped tight like your withering fame
We made it
Shame
[Verse 1]
Hot Zumba classes at the new church
I lost ten pounds for the wedding
I played happy 'til my teeth hurt
Sofa surfer extraordinaire
Lambert’s ash in my falling hair, yeh
[Chorus]
I wanna be loved
Everybody does
I find shame cuts rips real nice as we change lanes
We made it
I wanna be loved
Everybody does
We made it
We made it
Shame
[Verse 2]
Teletext has a place in my heart
Ten percent discount, I’ll show you how
Gregory’s birthday in a placid town, wow
Janine held the flag with white knuckles
I’m burning the Astra 'til the wheels buckle, yeh
[Chorus]
I wanna be loved
Everybody does
Shame
Shame
A Hymn was written by Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire.
A Hymn was produced by Adam “Atom” Greenspan & Nick Launay.