This song is about the confined nature that small towns can have, and how difficult it can be to leave it all behind, much as you may want to.
Hailing from North Shields in the north east of England. The song is filled with local references and colloquialisms and Sam confirmed it was about his home...
[Verse 1]
Dark grey vistas of this weathered place
The blue star on The Nautilus
The old boys like chimneys
Mass of filth and rubbish outside the houses
And broken fridges and torn up sofas
The boy racers tearing down the Beehive road
Leading out to coastlines
Where kids freeze their lungs
And run amongst the rolling dunes away from everyone
[Chorus]
Oh, leave fast or stay forever
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever
Leave fast or stay forever
[Verse 2]
Boarded up windows on the promenade
The shells of old nightclubs and halfway houses
Intoxicated people battling on the regular
In a lazy low-lights bar
Poor souls sleeping on shop front doors
Being turfed off by the council
Forgotten by our government
A selfish little baby with no responsibility
Watching people die in the cold
[Chorus]
Oh, leave fast or stay forever
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever
Ooh, ooh
Leave Fast was written by Sam Fender.
Leave Fast was produced by Bramwell Bronte.
Sam Fender released Leave Fast on Thu Jun 14 2018.