“Hell Of A Ride” is the second single from FIZZ’s debut album The Secret to Life. In the song, Martin Luke Brown belts about losing his mind and revelling in the chaos of the future, backed by the rest of the group.
The band explained what the track was about in a feature from The Line of Best Fit:...
[Verse 1: Martin Luke Brown]
I remember when I lost my mind
It was a pretty chilly Tuesday night
And the man on the telly said
"Build a bunker in your shed
And tell your mum I love her" (Ooh)
I'm on the six hundred and thirty nine
Hello and welcome to my pointless life
Won't you have a slice of pecan pie?
Let me show you where I cry
It's in the corner
It's out of order
[Chorus: All]
I'm twenty five
Going on forty five
Going on ninety nine
Going on dead
Blink twice
You'll miss the highlights
God, it's a hell of a ride
Going on dead
(Dead)
[Verse 2: Martin Luke Brown]
I think of everything I could have been
Ooh, a superhero in a limousine
Oh, a hotshot living on top
But instead what I've got
The world is on fire
So baby, pass me a lighter
'Cause I'm
[Chorus: All]
Twenty five
Going on forty five
Going on ninety nine
Going on dead
Blink twice
You'll miss the highlights
God, it's a hell of a ride
Going on dead
[Bridge: Orla Gartland]
Looks like the sun's coming out again
And I see my friends
They're over the moon to see me
What a surprise
God, I'm glad I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
[Outro: Martin Luke Brown]
Twenty five
Going on forty five
Going on ninety nine
Going on dead
Blink twice
You'll miss the highlights
God, it's a hell of a ride
Going on dead
Hell Of A Ride was written by Mathew Swales & Peter Miles & dodie & Orla Gartland & Martin Luke Brown & Greta Isaac.
Hell Of A Ride was produced by Peter Miles & FIZZ.
FIZZ released Hell Of A Ride on Wed Jul 05 2023.
Getting older is scary; getting older when the world is burning down around you is even scarier. Written in LA and recorded in Devon (that classic trajectory) ‘Hell Of A Ride’ is our apocalyptic banger, fronted daringly by Martin. Armed with a combination of “fuck it” and a good old bout of cynism,...