[verse]
She asked me if I’d had dreams before
When I was 18 and nothing more
27 is the number that I count to baby
27 is the number that I count to baby
Giants in my mind are looking down
Upon them I place a heavy crown
27 is the number that I count to baby
27 is the number that I count to baby
[pre]
I find it hard to leave the house
I focus on the inside out
My head is filling up with doubts
More than most I need you now
[Chorus]
You taught me how again
How to love myself
My voice is loud again
Twentyseven
[verse]
There is a feeling that’s holding me
There is a feeling that’s holding me down
27 is the number that I count to baby
27 is the number that I count to baby
[pre]
I find it hard to leave the house
I focus on the inside out
My head is filling up with doubts
More than most I need you now
[Chorus]
You taught me how again
How to love myself
My voice is loud again
Twentyseven
[bridge]
Stars are falling, all alone, it’s harder to pretend
That an early coffin, soon forgotten, has glory still in it
[Chorus]
You taught me how again
How to love myself
My voice is loud again
Twentyseven
[outro]
It’s the moment you so desperately crave
Running deeper, running deeper in your veins
Twentyseven was written by LANKS.
Twentyseven was produced by Andrei Eremin & LANKS.
Talking to Pile Rats, LANKS says of the song:
“twentyseven is about my anxiety around achievement and how much pressure I had always placed on myself in this regard. I always felt comforted that some of my heroes (Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain etc.) had achieved what they wanted by the time they were 2...