Written for the album Red Earth & Pouring Rain, “Gabriel” was the second song released, after “Auld Wives.” It is the eleventh track of the album. Andrew Davie, lead singer of Bear’s Den, said this during an exclusive for the song:
I think somewhere over the course of the last few years, I sort...
[Verse 1]
It's a part of me, Gabriel, I wish I could deny
The face that I can barely recognise
He lives inside of me every day of my life
And I can hear him screaming in the night
[Verse 2]
It's just a shadow cast from all the light
Wherever I go, he's never far behind
And in the darkness, I lose him every time
In the dark, the two of us combine
[Chorus]
Is this all I am and all I ever was?
All that he has won is all that I have lost
Won't you hear me out, Gabriel?
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
Just don't leave me alone
Just don't leave me alone
[Verse 3]
It's a part of me, Gabriel, a stranger in the night
And all I have done, will I ever reconcile?
It's not just a shadow, but a life I left behind
The person, I am yet most despise
[Chorus]
Is this all I am and all I ever was?
All that he has won is all that I have lost
Won't you hear me out, Gabriel?
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
Just don't leave me alone
Just don't leave me alone
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Is this all I am and all I ever was?
All that he has won is all that I have lost
Won't you hear me out, Gabriel?
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
Just don't leave me alone
Just don't leave me alone
Gabriel was written by Kevin Jones & Andrew Davie.
Gabriel was produced by Ian Grimble.
Bear’s Den released Gabriel on Fri Jul 22 2016.