In ‘Salvation’, a single off the record ‘Hope’, the poppy beat and swaggering lyrics belie an undercurrent of self-doubt and anxiety, as well as the eponymous ‘hope’ to overcome them.
[Verse 1]
I like to dance under streetlights
And walk upon the clouds
I like to shout from the rooftops
And surf on top of the crowd
For many years, many years
I was scared of the person I was
And I'm not perfect, they say
But I know that I was born to be loved
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey, will they love me now?
[Chorus]
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
Just put it all out, don't let your head down
All my life, they never told me
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
[Verse 2]
I like to spend all my money on things that I don't need
I like to sleep all the day 'cause this life is easier in dreams
Yeah, in my dreams, in my dreams
Well, I think about the places I have been
And I can't regret what I have done
It's the past that makes me who I am
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey, will they love me now?
[Chorus]
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
Just put it all out, don't let your head down
All my life, they never told me
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
[Bridge]
Even when the sun goes down
I'll be there to hold and love you
Even when the day is done
I will be the one you can run to
Even when I'm dead and gone
I will always watch out for you now
And 'til the day we meet again
And 'til we meet again
[Chorus]
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
Just put it all out, don't let your hair down
All my life, they never told me
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
Salvation was written by The Strumbellas & Simon Ward.
Salvation was produced by Brian Phillips & Tim Pagnotta.
The Strumbellas released Salvation on Thu Nov 29 2018.
Simon Ward, lead singer/guitarist of the Strumbellas, is quoted in Spill Magazine as saying, “Our whole dream has been to make cool, small-town music with just a fun, poppy feeling…Every record we do, we get closer to that. ‘Salvation’ is exactly what we wanted to do, what we were hoping to get out...