“The best way I could describe this song is a toxic dependency on someone or something but it makes you feel something so beautifully primal. It’s hurting you in so many ways but there’s a lustful feeling that pulls you back in. It’s something so hard to get away from because when you’re wrapped up...
[Intro: Philip Strand]
Hurts like hell, hurts like hell
[Verse 1: Philip Strand]
I got a confession, I broke in to heaven
Now you got me drowning in your ocean eyes
I'm givin' in to the feeling, like a passenger in my head, headed for demise
[Pre-Chorus: Josh Raven]
I'm drinking the poison, we're playing a losing game
Picking a battle with the butterflies, I'm bleeding out on the carpet
But when you say it loud I'm forgetting the pain
[Refrain: Philip Strand & Josh Raven]
Three words and I'm in this forever
Forevermore
[Chorus: Philip Strand]
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
[Verse 2: Philip Strand & Josh Raven]
With every whisper and every choking word
They're keeping me crawling to you every time
I'm burning up from the fever, but I can't get you out of my veins, oh, I love the lie
[Pre-Chorus: Philip Strand & Josh Raven]
Three words and I'm in this forever
Forevermore
Three words and I'm in this forever
Forevermore
[Chorus: Josh Raven]
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
When it hurts like hell, yeah, it hurts, but I can't get enough of it
See the irony? You're the venom and the only medicine
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
[Bridge: Philip Strand & Josh Raven]
You put a knife in my heart and I'm loving you more
Blood on my hands and I can't get enough
A knife in my heart and I'm loving you more
Blood on my hands, but I can't get enough
[Breakdown: Philip Strand & Josh Raven, Josh Raven]
I can't get enough
I can't get enough
[Pre-Chorus: Philip Strand]
Three word and I'm in this forever
Forevermore
Three word and I'm in this forever
Forevermore
[Chorus: Josh Raven & Philip Strand]
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
When it hurts like hell, yeah, it hurts, but I can't get enough of it
See the irony? You're the venom and the only medicine
When it hurts like hell, but it feels like heaven to touch
[Outro: Josh Raven]
Hurts like hell, hurts like hell
Hurts like hell, hurts like hell
Hurts Like Hell was written by Josh Raven & Joel Tyrrell & Matt Cooper (Guitarist) & Philip Strand & Matt Parkitny & Alexander Pearson.
Hurts Like Hell was produced by Callan Orr & Philip Strand.
Hands-like-houses released Hurts Like Hell on Wed Oct 09 2024.
Hands Like Houses:
Working with Normandie has been such a special process. We toured with these guys back in 2018 and had endless amounts of fun. We wanted this song to feel like it had equal parts influence of both bands, and rather than a feature, for it to feel like a true collaboration of both...