Ellie on an interview: “I really like After the Zero Hour because I feel like I don´t remember writing it… I didn´t think about it too much, it just came out of me, like emotional vomit…it´s like a emotional manifestation of feeling excited and romantic about life”.
(best song ever btw)
[Verse 1]
Suddenly, she lost control of her world
A fire blazed and a chaos unfurled
A transcendent invitation
To the zero hour
She gave in to the temptation
High on curiosity
High on power
[Chorus 1]
But this girl refused to die
So she drank the milk of life
Was it the moon and the changing tide?
Yeah, this girl refused to die
So she drank the milk of life
Felt like the start of the ninth life
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 2]
To feel pleasure again
To feel love
Adventurous and sensuous, as high as the planes above
Don't wait with bated breath
For this to all turn sour
She's learnt how to say yes
High on curiosity
High on power
[Chorus 2]
So this girl refused to cry
But embrace her lust for life
Was it the moon and the changing tide?
Yeah, this girl refused to cry
But embrace her lust for life
Eyes straight ahead and open wide
After the Zero Hour was written by Wolf Alice & Joel Amey & Theo Ellis & Joff Oddie & Ellie Rowsell.
After the Zero Hour was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Wolf Alice released After the Zero Hour on Fri Sep 29 2017.
Lead singer Ellie Rowsell said:
…I sometimes imagine an old Disney princess singing this song, like Snow White or something. …the lyrics are kind of about going through some sort of change and in this one I begin to see the change as positive."