Urthboy details the lead up to a relationship he had, revealing the intense emotional turmoil that occurred when he was ‘crushing hard’ on her.
Upon premiering this song on Triple J, Linda Marigliano said, according to Urthboy, that this is the prequel to his track, “Wade In The Water”.
This song...
[Verse 1]
You make me nervous just by being here
Maybe I'll disappear, sneak myself away, chin on my chest
Just anything, just get me out of here
I'm going
The problem is the thought of you has got me grinning ear to ear
I'm overthinking it, walking out the door
And why can't I go through with it?
You're back inside, where am I going?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll rip the wings off these butterflies
They make me say things I don't mean, things I don't mean
Being so knotted up inside
Something that I don't need, that I don't need but
[Chorus]
Suddenly you're standing there in front of me, I'm crushing hard
What if we dive into a love affair right into each other's arms
Oh, not a single person on the planet coulda ever swapped
Could've ever swapped
Could've ever swapped
[Verse 2]
And I don't know what to say so I say something that I immediately regret
And I have no idea what I said
And I become momentarily obsessed with what I've eaten, whether that's all up in my breathe
Fuck, just be cool, calm, collected
If it were that easy if I weren't bound to this harness
Immersed in wherever leads me so I'm charging in open-hearted
Propelled by the rate it's beating, and I know that I can be charming
But there are moments all of it leaves me, then our eyes lock and I ask "How was your evenin'?"
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I wanna rip wings off butterflies that stop me from saying what I really mean
Stop me from saying what I really mean, stop me from saying what I really mean
Why am I so knotted up inside, these sweaty palms that I don't need
I'm all at sea and you took my hand and took the lead
[Chorus]
Suddenly you're standing there in front of me, I'm crushing hard
What if we dive into a love affair right into each other's arms
Oh, not a single person on the planet coulda ever swapped
Could've ever swapped
Could've ever swapped
[Outro]
This is just crazy, gliding into a daydream when really
I know we've got nothing at all
And there's a glimmer in your eyes as we shake hands
And the kind of smile that makes me wanna change plans
I'm not so sure we've got nothing at all
Uh, uh, I'm not so sure we've got nothing at all
Crushing Hard was written by Max Mostley & Urthboy.
Crushing Hard was produced by Max Mostley.
Urthboy released Crushing Hard on Tue Dec 06 2016.