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Crickets is the 5th single from the Leicester-band hard life’s 3rd studio album, onion.
The song decribes the feeling of reaching out to somebody but being ghosted; only the sound of ‘crickets’ remaining.
When first conceieved, the song had a wackier beat but was altered before release to have a m...
[Verse 1]
So you can keep these options open
But my only iPhone soaking
'Cause you really caught me slipping
I'll catch you up like driftwood
When I see your profile I go wild for it
Then I go ahead and close it
Cause that image gonn' be frozen
When I'm in the freezer isle of the supermarket sweating
Now I'm driving into traffic just so I could sit a minute crying
Imagining your aura as we slither into business
It glistens like a crystal
[Chorus]
But when I hand over the keys
Baby all I hear is crickets
When I drop down to my knees
Baby all I hear is crickets
When I reach out
All I hear is crickets
When I reach out
All I hear is crickets
[Verse 2]
I'm bugging and I'm freaking out
Eyes, millions of them stare me down
Why do you doubt me?
Why?
[Verse 3]
So come on spray me with that pesticide
Mouth wide open
A-E-I-O You were in my dream last night
Sleep deprived
And when I call you up
Crickets
(Yeah all I hear is, all I hear is)
[Chorus]
But when I hand over the keys
Baby all I hear is crickets
When I drop down to my knees
Baby all I hear is crickets
When I reach out
All I hear is crickets
When I reach out
All I hear is (all I hear is)
crickets!!! was written by Murray Matravers.
crickets!!! was produced by Taka Perry.
hard life released crickets!!! on Tue Jul 15 2025.
Murray Matravers:
This is another one about the romantic breakup. We were doing no contact, which is good, but I wanted to say so much and there was just silence. You go from talking to this person every day, and then all I hear is crickets. I was working on the lyrics and Taka was working on the b...