The first single from Former Hero’s debut album: ‘Footpaths’. It is titled after one of the greatest UK mountains: ‘Helvellyn’. The song is about a breakdown he had as he walked up the mountain with a couple of his friends in 2013.
[Intro]
(I just want you to be happy)
(I just want you...)
[Verse 1]
It's morning
We're out here, aren't we?
Living our youth out in real time
Is this who I am now?
I'm so tired
I didn't sleep last night
My brain didn't let me
I promise I'll be better later
[Pre-Chorus]
I said it before, I'll say it again
I don't think that I'm really meant to be a friend
I don't think I'm really meant to be much of anything to anyone
And I don't mean it like that, I promise it's me
I should've spent this weekend with my family
Not bringing all my weather out above me
I've gotta go home
(I just want you to be happy)
(I just want you...)
[Chorus]
I just wanna know why I have lost my hеad
I just wanna know if there's a common thread
Ovеrwhelmed by the peaks, lost in thought
Helvellyn, take me home
[Post-Chorus]
(I just want you to be happy)
(I just want you...)
(I just want you to be happy)
(I just want you...)
[Verse 2]
Leave me on Helvellyn
Watching as you go
Leave me on Helvellyn
Watch me fade to ghost
Leave me on Helvellyn (I said it before, I'll say it again)
I stumble and I choke (I said it before, I'll say it again)
Leave me on Helvellyn (I said it before, I'll say it again...)
I cry the whole way home
Leave me on Helvellyn (Look at you)
Watching as we grow (Connecting dots that don't exist)
Leave me on Helvellyn (Fading out, existentialist)
Watch me take a pulse
Leave me on Helvellyn (Look at you)
I stumble and I choke (Connecting dots that don't exist)
Leave me on Helvellyn... (You need to go home)
[Instrumental Chorus]
(I just want you to be happy)
(I just want you...)
[Outro]
I just wanna know why I have lost my head
I just wanna know if there's a common thread
Overwhelmed by the peaks, lost in thought
Helvellyn, take me home
Helvellyn was written by Former Hero.
Helvellyn was produced by Former Hero.
Former Hero released Helvellyn on Wed Jun 23 2021.
Helvellyn is the name of one of the biggest mountains in the UK. When I’d just turned 18 back in 2013 I went on a big camping trip/hike with my closest friends up that mountain, but I was in a really fragile mental state around that time. I had a pretty bad, embarrassing breakdown midway through the...