‘Horizon’ is the striking ballad of moving on from a relationship in the face of finding a new destiny. Thought to be a goodbye to former lover Marlon Williams, Harding addresses the difficulty of progressing in music and holding on to their romance as their careers threatened to pull them apart.
Let me put the water in the bowl
For your wounds, babe
Let me fill you up with the fingers of love
You can’t lose babe
When you watch me play, does it feel bad, darlin’
When they choose me?
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
I broke my neck
Dancing to the edge of the world, babe
My mouth is wet, don’t you forget it
Don’t you lose me
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
I’ve gotta scratch it down, I never could amount
That’s it, babe
And now the sugar’s run out
And I don’t know what to say
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
And every now and then, I think about
When you’ll die, babe
There’s a fall in my head
It floods what you said into the room, babe
I don’t belong in the desert
Yes, I can see it, take me home, babe
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Here is your princess
And here is the horizon
Horizon was written by Aldous Harding.
Horizon was produced by John Parish.
Aldous Harding released Horizon on Fri Feb 10 2017.
Good-bye — and not necessarily for any reason at all other than… I’ve got to go. I’m showing that person two things; their life, and their life with me. And I’m taking one of them away. And that’s me.
In a lot of ways it was me choosing art over a person, which I didn’t necessarily know at the time...
Another female New Zealand songwriter, Lorde, discussed an adoration for “Horizon” to The Spinoff in 2017:
The first time I heard ‘Horizon’ – late at night, alone at Electric Lady – I specifically remember this feeling of my head snapping back and my mouth watering from pure jealousy. I hadn’t hear...