“Leaving No Traces” is from the lauded album Silent Treatment by Norwegian indie-pop sensation Highasakite.
The song deals with violence in a relationship, seen from the eyes of the victim of both mental and physical abuse.
[Verse 1]
The earth is the universe's eyes
The earth is the universe's eyes
And you set out for peace but got nuclear war
And bashed in the eyes of them all
[Verse 2]
The earth is the universe's eyes
The earth is the universe's eyes
And it hasn't been viewed since before the attack
And no one has been watching us back
[Chorus]
Oh I used to smother his pride
And he lifted me by the hair
Oh I used to smother his pride
He was dragging me down the stairs
[Post-Chorus]
And leaving no traces the eye can see
[Verse 3]
The night has a thousand eyes
The night has a thousand eyes
And you squeezed my heart and punctured my lung
And that weapon would soon replace your tongue
[Verse 4]
The night has a thousand eyes
The night has a thousand eyes
And you've wandered a lot through the southern ends of hearts
And that weapon would soon replace your tongue
[Chorus]
Oh I used to smother his pride
And he lifted me by the hair
Oh I used to smother his pride
He was dragging me down the stairs
Oh I used to smother his pride
And he lifted me by the hair
Oh I used to smother his pride
He was dragging me down the stairs
[Post-Chorus]
And leaving no traces the eye can see
And leaving no traces the eye can see
[Chorus]
Oh I used to smother his pride
And he lifted me by the hair
Oh I used to smother his pride
He was dragging me down the stairs
Oh I used to smother his pride
And he lifted me by the hair
Oh I used to smother his pride
He was dragging me down the stairs
[Post-Chorus]
And leaving no traces the eye can see
[Outro]
The earth is the universe's eyes
The earth is the universe's eyes
Leaving No Traces was written by Ingrid Helene Håvik.
Leaving No Traces was produced by Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim.
Highasakite released Leaving No Traces on Mon Feb 03 2014.