“Here’s The Thing” is Fontaine D.C.’s third single from their upcoming fourth studio album, Romance.
Lead singer Grian Chatten described the song as:
[…] an anxious tune that twists and turns in what it wants, back and forth between pain and numbness.
[Chorus]
So here's the thing, I know you're watching
I feel your pain, it's mine as well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
And if you change your mind, I will be waiting
I know your thoughts they're mine as well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
[Verse 1]
Shocked and pretty is the face you're making
Is there a sentiment you'd like to tell?
But, if you tell them what the real story is
I'm afraid it wouldn't play that well
Oh, no
[Chorus]
So here's the thing, I need commotion
I know your thoughts, they're mine as well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
And if you change your mind, I will be waiting
To keep your pain with mine as well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
[Verse 2]
Aren't people made to chime?
It never makes me happy anymore
Always singing in my mind
And talking just provokes it, ah, ah
[Chorus]
So here's the thing, I know you're watching
I feel your pain, It's mine as well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
To be anesthetized, and crave emotion
So beautiful to hurt so well
I know you're right, I know you're right, girl
[Outro]
So here's the thing, I know you're watching
Here’s the Thing was written by Grian Chatten & Carlos O’Connell & Conor Curley & Conor Deegan III & Tom Coll.
Here’s the Thing was produced by James Ellis Ford.
Fontaines D.C. released Here’s the Thing on Tue Aug 06 2024.
Tom Coll:
This was written in the last hour of being in the studio. We had maybe 12 or 13 tracks ready to go and just started jamming, and it presented itself in an hour. [Guitarist Conor] Curley had this really gnarly, ’90s, piercing tone, and it just went from there.
— via Apple Music