Hell, the sixth track off Saint Cloud (2020), is a song about realizing that you can hurt other people, and recognizing that you must begin swallowing your pride to avoid doing so.
[Intro]
Swallow my pride, it's mine to quell
I'll put you through hell, I'll put you through hell
[Verse 1]
I release a ramble of a sigh
You illuminate me as I galvanize
A flowery demise
I, well, I was never gonna survive
He's a fire burning fast and so, so bright
Taking back the night
It's a classic plight
Through vacillating eyes, he wants to have it all and who am I?
[Chorus]
And I hover above like a deity
But you don't worship me, you don't worship me
Yeah, you strip the illusion, you did it well
I'll put you through hell, I'll put you through hell
[Verse 2]
I nurture the one track taking flight
Let it surround me like a starry night
Let it hypnotize
Puncturing the minds
Of those who canonize, a love that is so true, it never dies
[Chorus]
And I hover above like a deity
But you don't worship me, you don't worship me
Yeah, you strip the illusion, you did it well
I'll put you through hell, I'll put you through hell
[Outro]
I'll put you through hell, I'll put you through hell
Hell was written by Katie Crutchfield.
Hell was produced by Brad Cook.
Waxahatchee released Hell on Fri Mar 27 2020.
On a Pitchfork article on which Katie Crutchfield broke down each song of the album, she said about “Hell:”
Pitchfork: I was taken aback by the intensity of your self-reckoning here.
That’s one of my Dolly Parton-inspired moments, where I wanted to write a song that’s a little bit psycho because I...