Released in Nov 2011, “Hands” is the leading single of Alpine’s debut album, A Is For Alpine. It showcases the staccato and breathy harmonies of the band’s frontwomen, Phoebe Baker and Lou James, evoking a dreamlike state, where the vocals surpass the literal meaning of the lyrics.
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[Chorus]
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
[Bridge]
Spoken out (mmm)
Fiery heart (mmm)
Spoken up (mmm)
Nobody's here
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
[Chorus]
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Mmm
Oh, mmm, oh
[Refrain]
Four (mmm), four, four (mmm), four
Four words (mmm)
Words, words (mmm), words
Four words (mmm)
Words, words (mmm), words
Four words (mmm)
[Chorus]
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
It's okay to feel the rain on my hands
My love, my enemy, oh
(Oh) oh, oh, oh (oh)
[Refrain]
Four, four, four, four, four words
Words, words
Four, four, four, four
Four, four, four words
Words, words, words, four
Hands was written by Christian Paul O’Brien & Louisa James & Phoebe Baker.