Hope
Alex G * Track #2 On House of Sugar
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“Hope” is named for Hope Street in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, where Alex G lived for a couple of years, in a house with several roommates, until the fall of 2017. The song is about his friend who overdosed on fentanyl.
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Hope Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He was a good friend of mine
He died
Why I write about it now?
Gotta honor him somehow
Saw some people crying that night
Yeah, Fentanyl took a few lives from our life
Alright
[Verse 2]
I awoke in the middle of the night
He spoke
With his eyes half closed
Can you get me something else to eat?
Got a hole in my chest
I can't take it anymore
Put my pillow to the test
Let me rest
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
In the house they were calling out his name
All night
Taking turns on the bed
Throwing bottles from the windows of the home
On Hope Street
You can write a check in my name now
Eddie take the money and run
Hope Q&A
Who wrote Hope's ?
Hope was written by Alex G.
Who produced Hope's ?
Hope was produced by Alex G.
What did Alex G say about "Hope"?
Someone I lived with OD’d. And then I noticed people I knew kept… I don’t know, man. The thing is, I don’t want that story to be the story of the album. It’s just one of the songs. I don’t want that to have any more weight than other songs. I don’t want it to be like, “Here’s this tragic story; buy...