“take me by the hand” is the eighth track on the album choke enough, leaked on 7/01/2025 and released as a single on 16/01/2025 along with an eponymous EP. It features Swedish singer Bladee and is produced by Oklou herself along with Casey MQ. It was also cowritten by Cecile Believe.
It deals with...
[Chorus: Oklou]
Take me by the hand
When the trouble calls our name
Inspiration's end
With an open door again
[Verse 1: Bladee]
Somewhere less lonely tonight
Only away from light (Paradise lost)
Under layers of dust
Hiding a touch of luck (Hiding a touch of luck)
Holding out
[Chorus: Oklou]
Take me by the hand (Take me by the hand)
When the trouble calls our name (When the trouble calls our name)
And inspiration's end (Take me by the hand)
With an open door again (Yeah)
[Verse 2: Bladee]
Mhm, if only I had listened enough
Would've heard the words you whispered (You whispered)
Mhm, only a reflection of us
Could add words to situations
[Chorus: Oklou & Bladee]
Take me by the hand (Take me by the hand)
When the trouble calls our name (When the trouble calls our name)
And inspiration's end (Take me by the hand)
With an open door again (With an open door)
Take me by the hand (Take me by the hand)
(How, how, how are you so beautiful?)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And inspiration's end (Take me by the hand)
(So beautiful, high, high, innocent, high)
[Verse 3: Oklou]
All the words show in skin
Feel the body speaking
I will pull you by the hand
Feel like you might want the same
We're lost at the edge
Of a bridge that we call land
If the pressure's within
I guess we just might find a way
[Bridge: Oklou & Bladee]
Take me by the hand
When the crisis has no name
I'll turn off my head (Take me by the hand)
Find the vital in the edge (I just, yeah)
Take me by the hand (Take me by the hand)
(You're so beautiful, I'm dying, so beautiful, I'm crying, yeah, you're the sunlight, I still feel)
I'll turn off my head (Take me by the hand, you're too beautiful, I die)
(You're too beautiful, I die, and I'm high, woah)
[Outro: Bladee]
Mhm, only imperfection's enough
Hidden words between the sentence (See those words)
Mhm, holy inspiration comes
Through the nerves in this suspension
take me by the hand was written by Oklou & Bladee & Cecile Believe & Casey MQ.
Oklou released take me by the hand on Wed Jan 15 2025.
Oklou:
I wanted this song to sound like something ethereal but also very earthy – Bladee’s voice is helping to keep the feet on the ground.
— via Broadway World