Hozier
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Hozier & Brandi Carlile
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In “Anything But,” the upbeat claps and drums portray a story of someone attempting and yearning to distance themselves from their partner. Using metaphors like riptides, stampedes, and thunder, the narrator illustrates their desire to push further away from this person.
According to Hozier, the tr...
[Verse 1]
Come here to me, I wish I was a may fly on the River Tay
I'd fit all my joys and my pleasures in one perfect day
I wish I was the sunlight just sitting on The Mississippi
I'd settle for a shopping trolley in The Liffey
In a shot, I'd swap my body for a body of water
Worry the cliff side top as a wave crashing over
I'd lower the world in a flood or, better yet, I'd cause a drought
If I was a riptide, I wouldn't take you out
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be anything
But I would do everything just to run away
I don't wanna be anything like this at all
But I would do everything if you'd hear me say
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, yeah, hey
Go look anothеr way
Yeah, hey
Look another way
[Verse 2]
Look, I wanna bе loud, so loud, I'm talking seismic
I wanna be soft as a single stone in a rainstick
I wanna be the thunder of a hundred thousand hooves moving quick
If I was a stampede, you wouldn't get a kick
I wanna be the shadow when my bright future's behind me
I wanna be the last thing anybody ever sees
I hear he touches your hand and then you fly away together
If I had his job, you would live forever
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be anything, love
But I would do everything just to run away
I don't wanna be anything like this at all
But I would do everything if you hear me say
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, yeah, hey
Go look another way
Yeah, hey
Look another way
[Bridge]
I don't wanna be anything, be anything
But I would do everything (Go look another way)
I don't wanna be, wanna be, wanna be, wanna be, wanna be
Don't wanna be anything, anything
[Outro]
Oh, yeah, hey
Go look another way (I don't wanna be anything)
Yeah, hey
Look another way
Anything But was written by Hozier & Peter Gonzales & Daniel Krieger & Bēkon & Marius Feder & Stuart Johnson & Sergiu Gherman.
Anything But was produced by Bēkon & Pete G & Chakra & Sergiu Gherman.
Hozier released Anything But on Fri Aug 18 2023.
This one falls into the circle of Fraud. It was fun working with American producers on this. They thought it was a very sweet, caring love song. The lyrics in the verses are like, ‘If I was a rip tide/I wouldn’t take you out…If I was a stampede/You wouldn’t get a kick’. The song is saying on paper t...