Irene
Ben Watt * Track #6 On Storm Damage
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Irene by Ben Watt
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“Irene” is the second single of Ben Watt’s upcoming album Storm Damage. Following the release of “Balanced On A Wire”, “Irene” sees Ben Watt singing about a girl who was a regular at a club, but has now left.
When speaking with Stereogum, Ben talked about what the song means:
It is about the power...
Irene Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey Irene
Remember that club
Where you used to sing?
Red lampshades
In the booths
Men whispering untruths
Well, they
Tore it down in the spring
And I still remember your voice
I see the band playing
Up there on the stand
And all the smoke and the light
The music loud
And the faces in the crowd
[Bridge]
Was it a dream?
I heard that you moved out of range
Was it something you'd outgrown?
Needed something of your own
I guess, well, everyone’s entitled
To a change
[Verse 2]
The crowd has grown older too
But some of them
They still want a piece of you
They yearn for some golden age
The time of day
I first heard you from the stage
New Years Day
The snow is so thick
But everybody came
For the songs that you sang
The whole glittering shebang
Oh, I see it all
When I hear your name
Last night, I walked there again
The neon city always ageless and unsung
The bars spilled out to the street
The music loud
Different faces in the crowd
[Chorus]
Hey Irene
Where have you been?
Hey Irene
Oh, you're a queen
Hey Irene
Oh, where have you been?
[Instrumental Outro]
Irene Q&A
Who wrote Irene's ?
Irene was written by Ben Watt.
Who produced Irene's ?
Irene was produced by Ben Watt.
What did Ben Watt say about "Irene"?
When speaking with Stereogum, Ben talked about what the song means:
It is about the power of nostalgia and the artist-audience relationship, which seems to obsess us all at the moment. It is also about the simple brutality of social change — how cities move on, scenes die, and how people get caught...