Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses
“Developments (Unseen)” is the opener to Hands Like Houses' sophomore album Unimagine.
In September 2014, the band revisited “Developments (Unseen)” for their Reimagine EP. The song was renamed to “reflect” for the sake of this alternate version.
[Verse 1]
We get in our way
We're tripping on our feet
Filling up our heads too much
With words too hard to speak
Drowning in a place
Where the night cannot escape
Commit ourselves into the depths
Exposed against the page
[Pre-Chorus]
Caught in a phrase
An echo in our minds
A flash, a flood
And it's burned into our eyes
[Chorus]
And I can't explain enough
And I won't let it last the night
I'll show you that the image is still there, unseen
It's darkest before the light
If we shut our eyes to see
The things that we have lost inside the lines between
[Verse 2]
Between the black and white
Where everything goes grey
And everything's unsaid, undone
And the negative bleeds away
To reveal the memory
That we waited so long for
The image shifts as the acid drips
Down the paper to the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Caught in a phrase
An echo in our minds
A flash, a flood
And it's burned into our eyes
[Chorus]
And I can't explain enough
And I won't let it last the night
I'll show you that the image is still there, unseen
It's darkest before the light
If we shut our eyes to see
The things that we have lost inside the lines between
[Bridge]
We're so nervous to see
If we've let too much in
If we, if we were out of focus or out of frame
I know it's a moment of truth
If a recollection reflects reality
Or if it's lost forever
[Chorus]
And I can't explain enough
And I won't let it last the night
I'll show you that the image is still there, unseen
It's darkest before the light
If we shut our eyes to see
The things that we have lost inside the lines between
[Outro]
And I can't explain enough
And I won't let it last
The image is still there, unseen
Developments (Unseen) was written by Matt Parkitny & Erik Ron & Jamal Sabet & Joel Tyrrell & Alex Pearson & Matt Cooper (Guitarist) & Trenton Woodley.
Developments (Unseen) was produced by James Paul Wisner.
Hands Like Houses released Developments (Unseen) on Wed Jul 17 2013.
“Developments” is based around the idea of a photographic darkroom—it takes darkness and careful treatment to develop an image. In the same way, I feel like dark times, and the patience and optimism to see them through, are the only way we can retain memories and learn from our experiences. For me,...