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Chvrches - By the Throat

Chvrches - By the Throat Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Bones of What You Believe
Released: 2013

By the Throat Lyrics

Bad blood and no holds barred
A warning shot, a sacrifice that we made

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

Waste of time or waste of fear?
Do it again, again until you unfocus them away

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

All that's golden is never real
And I won't play fair with you this time
All that's golden is never sold
And I'll be thankful when you let go

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

With teeth we've come this far
I'll take this thing By the Throat and walk away

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

Remember me as I will you
Honesty will wreck this point that we made

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

All that's golden is never real
And I won't play fair with you this time
All that's golden is never sold
And I'll be thankful when you let go

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

Taking over parts of mine
That I will pay for every time

If I could catch you and cut your ties
I would leave you, every time

All that's golden is never real
And I won't play fair with you this time
All that's golden is never sold
And I'll be thankful when you let go

You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far
You know, you know, you know, you know that you go to far

Writer/s: MAYBERRY, LAUREN EVE / COOK, IAIN ANDREW / DOHERTY, MARTIN CLIFFORD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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By the Throat

This track had to be rush-recorded in a motel room in El Paso, Texas. "It was like a 115°F [46°C] outside so we had to turn the air conditioning off so we could actually record the microphones, and it just got unbelievably hot," the band's Iain Cook told BBC's Newsbeat.

"Maybe that was helpful though, to enhance our performance," singer Lauren Mayberry added.

Mayberry told Coup De Main magazine this is her favorite track on The Bones of What You Believe. She explained: "It was the last, last one we finished to go on the record - we didn't know if it was going to make it or if we were going to save it for something else. I think it probably represents for me where the band is at best, the sounds and the lyrics and the production feels to me, the most Chvrches song on it. It's got a nice bitter sweetness to it, which I think sums up where we're at."

Chvrches - Strong Hand

Chvrches - Strong Hand Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Bones of What You Believe
Released: 2013

Strong Hand Lyrics

Why don't you tell me
What do you need?
There is a blank page
For you

Give me the bones of
What you believe
Maybe they'll save you
From me

Will I be the Strong Hand
Keeping you safe
Or will I break you
In half

And you will never
Be under my thumb
But you are not your
Own man

See the way we all run
When we know it all off by heart
Playing down, waiting all out
Will we win or lose it this time?

When the pressure's building for a great white hope
Do you give up things that you love?
And the pressure's building 'til it takes you whole
Can you go back on your own word?

All of your brothers
They never died
For what you kill for
Slowly

How it will grind you
Into the ground
If you should try to
Hold me

See the way we all run
When we know it all off by heart
Played down, waiting all out
When we win or lose it this time

When the pressure's building for a great white hope
Do you give up things you love?
And the pressure's building 'til it takes you whole
Can you go back on your own word?

When the pressure's building for a great white hope
Do you give up things you love?
And the pressure's building 'til it takes you whole
Can you go back on your own word?

Writer/s: COOK, IAIN ANDREW / DOHERTY, MARTIN CLIFFORD / MAYBERRY, LAUREN EVE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Strong Hand

The title of Chvrches debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, comes from a lyric in this song. Vocalist Lauren Mayberry told Billboard magazine it refers to the raw "creativity and effort" that served as the skeleton for the long player.

Chvrches - Recover

Chvrches - Recover Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Bones of What You Believe
Released: 2013

Recover Lyrics

Carved earth, cold
Hiding from you in this skin
So, old
I'll come, clean
Everyone-everyone knows
It's, me

And if I Recover
Will you be my comfort?
Or it can be over
Or we can just leave it here
So pick any number
Choose any color
I've got the answer
Open the envelope

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change or part ways
And you take what you need
And you don't need me

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change our old ways
And you take what you need
And you know you don't need me

Blow by blow
Honest in every way I know
You appear
To face a decision I know you fear

And if I recover
Will you be my comfort?
Or it can be over
Or we can just leave it here
So pick any number
Choose any color
I've got the answer
Open the envelope

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change or part ways
And you take what you need
And you don't need me

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change our old ways
And you take what you need
And you know you don't need me

And you know you don't need me

And if I recover
Will you be my comfort
Or it can be over
Or we can just leave it here
So pick any number
Choose any color
I've got the answer
Open the envelope

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change or part ways
And you take what you need
And you don't need me

I'll give you one more chance
To say we can change our old ways
And you take what you need
And you know you don't need me

Writer/s: COOK, IAIN ANDREW / DOHERTY, MARTIN CLIFFORD / MAYBERRY, LAUREN EVE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Recover

This slice of Synth-Pop finds Lauren Mayberry trying to figure out a relationship that is hanging in the balance as she desperately urges her companion to love her or leave her. She croons:

"Carved.
Earth.
Cold
Hiding from you in this skin.
So.
Old."

The song was originally the title track of Chvrches debut EP. It was subsequently released as the second single from the Scottish trio's first studio album The Bones of What You Believe peaking at #91 on the UK Singles Chart.

Mayberry told Coup De Main magazine how the Chvrches trio pen their songs. "It's a three-part writing process - everyone's equally involved in all the writing," she explained. "Normally we'll start with a sample or a drumbeat, or a synth sound or something like that, and that will spark the initial idea. And then we'll write an instrumental sketch of a song, and then we put on a nonsense vocal melody, which is always my favourite bit because it obviously sounds amazing. Then the lyrics go on last, at the end."

Chvrches - Under the Tide

Chvrches - Under the Tide Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Bones of What You Believe
Released: 2013

Under the Tide Lyrics

I'm watching you run
Run from the sidelines

Take in a breath
Fill in your lungs
Keeping you alive

No fear
I'll your eyes
I'll be a lifeline

And if I can be
I'll be your strength
And it won't be long now

Head up, head up
Keep holding, holding
Your head up, head up
Keep holding, holding

If you can see
And you believe
Why are you so scared

But if you don't care
Then why are we here
And what do you have left

Head up, head up
Keep holding, holding
Your head up, head up
Keep holding, holding

Don't you take another step
Away from here
I would go anywhere with you
What a lie

I'll break down
But you will never see
Tell me, are you happy?
Are you really happy?

Stay Under the Tide
Stay in my eye line
Looking ahead, there is a chance
Wherever it all ends

Head up, head up
And stay strong
Holding your head up, head up
Keep holding, holding

Writer/s: COOK, IAIN ANDREW / DOHERTY, MARTIN CLIFFORD / MAYBERRY, LAUREN EVE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Under the Tide Song Chart

This is one of two songs on The Bones of What You Believe that features Martin Doherty singing lead rather than regular vocalist Lauren Mayberry. The other is "You Caught the Light" - respectively they close out sides A and B of the LP. Doherty told Consequence of Sound that the trio are meticulous with sequencing and "don't buy into the idea that the album, as a format, is over."

The song's music video was directed by Sing J. Lee (Gorgon City's "Ready For Your Love," Charli XCX's "Boom Clap"). The clip blends a trippy anime story about space and loss with footage of Doherty singing the track.