The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter & Manchester Orchestra
The Dear Hunter & Manchester Orchestra
The Dear Hunter & Manchester Orchestra
The Dear Hunter & Manchester Orchestra
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Falling Up
The Dear Hunter & Falling Up
The Dear Hunter & Falling Up
The Dear Hunter & Falling Up
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter & Naive Thieves
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter
The final song in the ‘Black’ collection, “This Body” has Casey expressing ultimate despair. The lyrics convey hopelessness as he surrenders to his own physical mortality. He reduces his existence to feeling like a trap and a prison cell, again twisting a common turn of phrase to “treat our bodies l...
[Verse 1]
I'm struggling on strange extremities
To run after a light that keeps on dimming
But these bones will only brittle and decay
While the space between my body and my mind keeps caving in
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh my god, oh my god
[Chorus]
This body's not a temple, it's a prison, yeah
And every wall inside here is on fire, yeah
[Verse 2]
I've been stirred by something wretched, something weary
But the sentiment is starting to seduce
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh my god, oh my god
[Chorus 2]
This body's not a temple, it's a prison, yeah
And every wall inside here is on fire, yeah
But I can't say that I mind my body burning, yeah
Cause this body's not a temple it's a prison, yeah
[Bridge]
(Somewhere I went wrong and gave into this holy terrible mess
In an attempt to do what I thought was right)
This body's not a temple, it's a prison, yeah
This body's not a temple, it's a prison, yeah
This body's not a temple, it's a prison
This body's not a temple, it's a prison
This body's not a temple, it's a prison
This body's not a temple, it's a prison
This Body was written by Casey Crescenzo.
This Body was produced by Max Tousseau & Mike Watts & Casey Crescenzo.
The Dear Hunter released This Body on Tue Jun 14 2011.