Blue Hour
written by Evan Goh
[Verse 1]
Nothing ever seems to happen anymore
My body out my room, soul behind the door
Heavy feet dragging along a beaten floor
Is this the life I want? Or is there more?
My body out my room, soul behind the door
Heavy feet dragging along a beaten floor
Is this the life I want? Or is there more?
[Verse 2]
All my friends are laughing as I walk past
Or should I call them classmates; we aren't close like that
I write a note to no one in my pen and pad
Is this the life I want? Does it make me sad?
Or should I call them classmates; we aren't close like that
I write a note to no one in my pen and pad
Is this the life I want? Does it make me sad?
[Chorus 1]
Cause I've been living in a fantasy
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
[Verse 3]
When I walk home the bed will lay unmade
Just like I left it earlier that day
No one to tell me what to do or say
Is this the life I wanted? Is this my age?
Just like I left it earlier that day
No one to tell me what to do or say
Is this the life I wanted? Is this my age?
[Chorus 2]
Cause I've been living in a fantasy
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
[Verse 4]
As I walk up to the shore my prints are laid
Over another set made yesterday
I can't be the first to ever walk away
From an old life into a new phase
Over another set made yesterday
I can't be the first to ever walk away
From an old life into a new phase
[Chorus 3]
Cause I've been living in a fantasy
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
Dreaming about how things could be
In another life, I'd pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue, I'd paint into my mind forever
[Chorus 4]
Cause I've been living out my fantasies
Seeing how much better things are for me
In my new life, I pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue painted into my mind forever
Seeing how much better things are for me
In my new life, I pay attention to the colours of blue hour
Every single hue painted into my mind forever
about the song
blue hour is a time of day just after sunset when the sky becomes very intensely blue, and despite being named an 'hour', where I live it's closer to 20 minutes. it's such a fleeting time of day that I never realised it happened until recently, and it made me realise how caught up in daily life everyone is. so in this song I use it as a symbol of escapism of being able to look up from school or work and appreciate these precious minutes.
when I wrote Blue Hour, I was feeling very discontent with life. it felt like I would wake up, go through a routine, then go back to sleep with no real purpose. seeing blue hour broke me out of this routine and gave me something to look forward to every day and made me excited about living when my life was stress and boredom.
Blue Hour follows that story, where it starts with the speaker feeling like a hollow shell. nothing feels like it has any bearing. but as the song progresses, the speaker begins to find meaning in the smallest things like an unmade bed representing free will. that free will leads them to walk away from their old life, eventually living out the fantasies they had of a purposeful life.
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