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Hang Wire by Pixies
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Performed by
PixiesProduced by
Gil NortonWrited by
Frank BlackAbout
“Hang Wire” is a new wave style song and features a line that gives the album it’s title Bossanova.
The first two verses of the song are written in Haiku, a Japanese form consisting of three lines where the line includes five syllables, then seven, then five.
Hang Wire Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They're goin' higher
Wind is whistling on the barbs
Your head's a hammer
[Chorus]
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Meet you at the hang wire
[Verse 2]
That man is a liar
The day is like a warm night
Salt rusts the cold line
[Chorus]
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Meet you at the hang wire
[Bridge]
Every mornin' and every day
I'll bossanova with ya
[Verse 3]
If there were a fire
Can we scratch beneath this
[Chorus]
Hang wire, hang wire
Hang wire
Meet you at the hang wire
Hang wire (They're going higher)
Hang wire
Hang wire (They're going higher)
Hang wire
Hang wire (They're going higher)
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire
Hang wire!
Hang Wire Q&A
Who wrote Hang Wire's ?
Hang Wire was written by Frank Black.
Who produced Hang Wire's ?
Hang Wire was produced by Gil Norton.
What did Pixies say about "Hang Wire"?
The Stones recorded a song called Hang Fire. I really liked how it sounded, but I couldn’t reuse the same words. “Wire” was the initial point for the lyrics. I thought about barbed wires, in a farm, and I took inspiration from Japanese poetry, reusing the Haiku format: 5 syllabs, then 7, then 5 agai...