“guarded” is the first single released from Flor’s debut album, come out. you’re hiding. It was released on March 24, 2017.
On Twitter the band confirmed the lyrics. They also revealed how they produced the “clap sound in the intro”.
Fittingly, their first song on the album come out, you’re hiding...
[Verse 1]
Tall walls here
Towering 'round home now, so guarded
Watch as they come crumbling 'round me
[Pre-Chorus]
Everything, everything
Flows freely
Everything, everything
[Chorus]
Shuffling your hold, crippling me
Silence in this room, the death of me
I'll keep close to home what's pulled from it
Guarded in me
[Verse 2]
Found reason ripped from beneath
Where is my intention?
New purpose; new reasons to sing my songs come swiftly
[Pre-Chorus]
Everything, everything
Flows freely
Everything, everything
[Chorus]
Shuffling your hold, crippling me
Silence in this room, the death of me
I'll keep close to home what's pulled from it
Guarded in me
[Bridge]
And it breaks
I never thought I'd lose my place
I never thought it'd slip away
I never thought I couldn't keep it locked and guarded in me
[Pre-Chorus]
Everything, everything
Flows freely
Everything, everything
[Chorus]
Shuffling your hold, crippling me
Silence in this room, the death of me
I'll keep close to home what's pulled from it
Guarded in me
guarded was written by Kyle Hill & Dylan William & McKinley Kitts & Zach Grace.
guarded was produced by Dylan William.
In an interview, Flor said “guarded” is about
growing in the midst of uncertainty. I ran with the imagery of having a fortress that I built up around myself being torn away and finding new beauty in the world.