 Genius Lyrics
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Lord Huron – Ends of the Earth
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“Ends of the Earth”, the opening track of the album, is actually the fourth installment of the Lonesome Dreams series by GRJ. Lord Huron (our main character) has an adventurous
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Lord Huron – Wait by the River
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“Wait by the River” is about waiting for a second chance at love that will not come.
Ben in an interview with NPR a day before Vide Noir’s release:
I conceived it as sort of a
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Lord Huron – Love Like Ghosts
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This could be the foreshadowing for the rest of the story, as the main character will soon have first hand experience with death.
Another possibility, perhaps the more
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Lord Huron (Ft. Allison Ponthier) – I Lied
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“I Lied” debuted on April 30th, 2021 as the fourth single from their album “Long Lost.”
The song depicts a husband lamenting his inability to live up to the promises that he made
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Lord Huron – When the Night Is Over
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[Verse 1] / My one and only love / I've been lonely long enough / Will I find you when the night is over? / Tell me where did you go? / I've been searching high and low / I have
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Lord Huron – The World Ender
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I had a name, but they took it from me / I was the man that I wanted to be / I had a place where I lay my head, but / They burnt it to the ground
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Lord Huron – Mine Forever
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If you ever want to see my face again I want to know / If you ever get lonely please let me know / If you never want to see my face again I'll understand / If forever gets lonely
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Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
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While this is the third track on the album, it is actually the 1st novel by the fictitious author, George Ranger Johnson. This changes the interpretation of the song from being
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Lord Huron – Secret of Life
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[Verse 1] / I sit alone in the dark, and I try to remember / The words you spoke when you summoned the Ender / You chained my life to an ancient master / Will the curse be reversed
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Lord Huron – Mighty
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[Verse 1] / You were a wild thing when you were younger / Stomping through the jungle / You were mighty and you were stronger / But I bow no longer / [Verse 2] / All your temples
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Lord Huron – Long Lost
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[Verse 1] / Leave me where the light pours down through the trees like rain / Let it wash over me like a flood, let it ease my pain / Let it drown me / [Pre-Chorus] / For a while I
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Lord Huron – La Belle Fleur Sauvage
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“La Belle Fleur Sauvage” translates roughly to “beautiful wildflower”. Perfect analogy to the character named Lily who the main character is in love with.
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Lord Huron – In The Wind
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This is the 6th GRJ installment of the Lonesome Dreams series.
This story finds Helen as the narrator for the first time in the entire series as she is lamenting the departure of
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Lord Huron – Vide Noir
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“Vide Noir” is about the effects the drug Vide Noir has on the narrator. This song may have the same narrator as the man looking for his lost love, such as “Lost in Time and Space
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Lord Huron – Ancient Names (Part I)
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“Ancient Names, Pt. I” was released alongside “Ancient Names, Pt. II” on January 26, 2018; which was also the day which the band announced Vide Noir and its release date.
The
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Lord Huron – Setting Sun (Bonus Track)
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I've been waiting for you to come / Staring out at the setting sun / You've been running 'round again / With that boy you call your friend / And it's driving me insane / Does he
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Lord Huron – Into The Sun
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[Verse 1] / Tell my family / I had to leave; I'm going away / Tell my friends for me / They'd all agree that I gotta get out of here / [Chorus] / Gonna sail that boat right into
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Lord Huron – Louisa
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[Verse 1] / Good-for-Nothing is the name they'll remember me by / Done nothin' with my life for no one, I'm just waitin' to die / I turned my back on the world / You know I'd given
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Lord Huron – She Lit a Fire
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Our main character, Lord Huron, is introduced to us here. This song makes it clear what kind of man he is. He’s a well-traveled romantic who has been searching far and wide for a
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Lord Huron – The Ghost on the Shore
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Track 3 begins with a hopeful, familiar air about it but soon diffuses towards the end of the song. Track 4, Ghost on the Shore, picks up on this sullen vibe immediately.
I take
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Lord Huron – Emerald Star
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[Verse 1] / Here by the lake, what a vision you are / In the light of the emerald star / I’ve come for you, my love / Through a window in the dark / Don’t you know you’re my
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Lord Huron & Ben Schneider – Warm Night
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[Instrumental]
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Lord Huron – Your Other Life
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[Verse 1] / I won't be the one to say / You'll never come back again though I don't think you will / I won't be the reason why / You stay until you're dead although I hoped you
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Lord Huron – Drops in the Lake
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[Verse 1] / I get by, but I'm tired of myself / And I doubt that I ever will find someone else / Lonely days fall like drops in the lake of our love / I just want it to be like it
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Lord Huron & Ben Schneider – Stained Glass
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[Instrumental]
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Lord Huron – The Stranger
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I can't trust anyone or anything these days / If you are who you say you are, then show your face / Came out of the ocean like you came out of a dream / Your voice, it sounds
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Lord Huron – Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)
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[Verse 1] / I get a thrill outta playin' with fire / 'Cause you hold your life when you hold that flame / I get a kick outta thunder and lightnin' / And tearing through the night
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Lord Huron – Moonbeam
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[Verse 1] / I had a dream that you came to me shining down / Through the clouds like a moonbeam / There you were / And you wore nothing more than your raven hair / In the air like
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Lord Huron – The Moon Doesn't Mind
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[Verse] / The sky doesn't care what my poor heart wants / And the desert can't hear my cries / The moon doesn't mind that I'm left all alone / And she's gone, gone
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Lord Huron – Twenty Long Years
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[Verse 1] / I have a tale or two to tell you / But the booze just makes me slow / Oh, I can rack my brain remembering / But I guess maybe I'll just go / There’s a method to my
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Lord Huron – Never Ever
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“Never Ever” is the second song on Vide Noir. A live video was uploaded to YouTube after it was first performed at O2 Ritz Manchester on January 19th, 2018. A snippet of the song
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Lord Huron – Ancient Names (Part II)
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“Ancient Names, Pt. II” flows fluently from the previous song “Ancient Names, Pt. I”.
The song features vocals and a driving instrumental which would be more prevalent in garage
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Lord Huron – Lost in Time and Space
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[Chorus] / Lost in time and space / Aimless drifting in a far-off place / Hurtling through the vast unknown / Staring straight into a pure, black void / Drowning in the sea of
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Lord Huron (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – The Night We Met (Remix)
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“The Night We Met (Remix)” is an alternate version of Lord Huron’s melancholy ballad, “The Night We Met”. The remix was featured on the soundtrack for the second season of the hit
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Lord Huron – The Balancer's Eye
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Frontman Ben Schneider has stated that “The Balancer’s Eye” is a track which the band created themselves, while making up their own myths as they went along.
Ben in an interview
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Lord Huron – Brother
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[Refrain] / ~chanting~ / [Verse 1] / How long have I known you, brother? / Hundreds of lives, thousands of years / How many miles have we wandered / Under the sky, chasing our fear
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Lord Huron – Time's Blur
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[Instrumental]
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Lord Huron – I Will Be Back One Day
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[Verse 1] / I wanna live in a land of lakes / Where the great waves break / And the night runs right into the day / Wanna be with ones I left / But I’m way out west / And the years
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Lord Huron – We Went Wild
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[Verse 1] / She was wise beyond all others / On the island, she was my lover / We went wild and it almost killed me, I was blind / But for thirteen days of sun and her, I thought I
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Lord Huron – Son of a Gun
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Oh there was a time when she'd lie in the grass / And imagine the places she'd never go / And there all alone she would pleasure herself / With the thoughts of a man she would
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Lord Huron – Lullaby
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This is the second time in the story Helen is introduced as a narrator. She is describing Huron’s return to her after the encounter he had with his “Brother” Admiral Blaquefut
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