Lisa Hannigan – Lille, with lyrics

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Music video by Lisa Hannigan performing Lille. (C) 2009 Lisa Hannigan under exclusive
licence to ATO Records

He went to see for a day
He wanted to know what to say
When he’s asked what he’d done
In the past to someone
That he loved endlessly…
Now she’s gone, and so is he…

I went to war every morning
I lost my way, but now I’m following
What you said in my arms…
What I read in the charms
That I loved durably
Now it’s dead and gone, and I am free…

I went to sleep for the daytime
I shut my eyes to the sunshine
Turned my head away from the noise
Bruise and drip decay of childish toys
That I love arguably
All our labouring gone to seed

We went out to play for the evening
We wanted to hold on to the feeling
On the stretch in the sun
And the breathlessness as we run
To the beach endlessly
As the sun creeps up on the sea…

Lisa Hannigan – Undertow (Official Video)

  • This is a track from Lisa Hannigan’s third album, At Swim. She recorded the record with The National’s Aaron Dessner in a New York church.
  • This was the song that took the longest to get right. Dessner explained to HMV.com: “It existed as a first verse curse for a long time. I had a verse or two but nothing felt right as a chorus so it was in danger of never seeing the light of day. I really liked the verses though so always hoped I could work out a way of finishing it. Then, long after the rest of the songs were recorded I went around to my friend Iain Archer’s house and we finally figured it out! I went over to Aaron and put it down just in time to have it on the record.”
  • https://www.songfacts.com/facts/lisa-hannigan/undertow