How Not To Drown
CHVRCHES & Robert Smith * Track #5 On Screen Violence
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How Not To Drown by CHVRCHES (Ft. Robert Smith)
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CHVRCHESWrited by
Robert Smith & Martin Doherty & Lauren Mayberry & Iain CookAbout
“How Not to Drown” is the second single from CHVRCHES' fourth album and features The Cure founder and frontman Robert Smith. The song began under the working title “Piano Drum Ting” after Martin Doherty began “bashing chords out” on a piano at a venue where the band was scheduled to perform. Lauren...
How Not To Drown Lyrics
[Verse 1: Lauren Mayberry]
I'm writin' a book on how to stay conscious when you drown
And if the words float up to the surface, I'll keep 'em down
This is the first time I know I don't want the crown
You can take it now
You promised the world and brought me it hangin' from a string
Stuck it in my mouth, into my throat, told me to sing
That was the first time I knew you can't kill the king
And those who kiss the ring
[Chorus: Lauren Mayberry]
Tell me how
It's better when the sun goes down
We will never escape this town
I wasn't scared when he caught me, look what it taught me
Tell me how
It's better if I make no sound
I will never escape these doubts
I wasn't dead when they found me, watch as they pull me down
[Verse 2: Robert Smith]
I'm writing a chapter on what to do after they dig you up
On what to do after you grew to hate what you used to love
That was the first time I knew they were out for blood
And they would have your guts
[Chorus: Lauren Mayberry & Robert Smith]
Tell me how
It's better when the sun goes down
We will never escape this town
I wasn't scared when he caught me, look what it taught me
Tell me how
It's better if I make no sound
I will never escape these doubts
I wasn't dead when they found me, watch as they pull me down
[Bridge: Lauren Mayberry & Robert Smith]
Watch as they pull me down
Watch as they pull me down
Pulling me down
Dead when they found me, watch as they pull me down
Watch as they pull me down
Watch as they pull me down
Pulling me down
Dead when they found me, watch as they pull me down
[Outro: Robert Smith]
I'm writing a book on how to stay conscious when you drown
And if the words float up to the surface, I'll keep them down
This is the first time I know I don't want the crown
You can take it now (You can take it now)
You can take it now (You can take it now)
Take it now (Take it now)
How Not To Drown Q&A
Who wrote How Not To Drown's ?
How Not To Drown was written by Robert Smith & Martin Doherty & Lauren Mayberry & Iain Cook.
Who produced How Not To Drown's ?
How Not To Drown was produced by CHVRCHES.
When did CHVRCHES release How Not To Drown?
CHVRCHES released How Not To Drown on Wed Jun 02 2021.
What did CHVRCHES say about "How Not To Drown"?
“How Not To Drown” is officially out. I still can’t really believe it. We are incredibly grateful to Robert for his kindness and for creating this thing with us. My mind will never stop being blown.
It’s sort of poetic too, how things work out. These lyrics are about a time when I just wanted to di...
What else have the artists said about the song?
I use writing as a coping mechanism to find better balance as I don’t handle the constant moving around very well. We happened to be in a venue with an old beaten-up piano on it. I started playing around, bashing chords out like the way they ended up in the song. Our manager knows what huge fans we...
What else have the artists said about the song?
I’d been reading a lot of Virginia Woolf. She killed herself by drowning herself, which is quite dark. We always talk about how water and water imagery comes up a lot in my lyric writing. It was time to figure out why that was. I feel like it’s all a metaphor for drowning under something. But we’re...