Cover art for Die Alone (In Your Lover’s Arms) by Holding Absence

Die Alone (In Your Lover’s Arms)

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Die Alone (In Your Lover’s Arms) Lyrics

[Intro]
"Sit there, stoic and scarred for weeks at a time. I believed in her so much. I think the saddest part was the fact that I hadn't realised I'd gone in until I'd come out the other end."

[Verse 1: Lucas Woodland]
If we all just go to hell
Then why should I regret
All the wasted decades that we spent
Sat in utter silence?
Nobody told me my deathbed
Would be harrowed by hindsight
The truth is you weren't right
For me

[Pre-Chorus: Lucas Woodland]
Maybe, baby
I just can't look you in thе eyes
I wasted all your prеcious time

[Chorus: Lucas Woodland]
Bury me in broad daylight
I've already died inside a thousand times
Waving you goodbye tonight, waving you goodbye
Let it be the final time
You place your hand in mine
Waving you goodbye tonight, waving you goodbye
Watching you die alone
In your lover's arms
[Interlude]
"Paint the walls of dusk with the sound of my name."

[Verse 2: Caitlin Woodland & Lucas Woodland, both]
When you looked me in the eyes
On that warm, summer night
You might as well have buried me alive
And saved me all the sorrow
If you'd have told me I'd be led
And left out in the cold
I would've kept my soul
And lived my life out on my own
Maybe, baby
At least we can say that we tried it

Lately, baby
It feels like I spent all my life up
Maybe, baby
I still can't look you in the eyes

I wasted all your precious time

[Chorus: Lucas Woodland & Caitlin Woodland]
Bury me in broad daylight
I've already died inside a thousand times
Waving you goodbye tonight, waving you goodbye
Let it be the final time
You place your hand in mine
Waving you goodbye tonight, waving you goodbye
Watching you die alone
In your lover's arms
In your lover's arms
In your lover's arms
In your lover's arms
[Outro: Lucas Woodland & Caitlin Woodland]
Have you ever felt alone inside
The arms of someone else and tried
To tell yourself that they were fine?
A lifetime lost to a long, long lie

Have you ever felt alone inside (Let me start again)
The arms of someone else and tried (Let me start all over again)
To tell yourself that they were fine? (Let me start again)
A lifetime lost to a long, long lie (Let me start all over again)

Have you ever felt alone inside (Let me start again)
The arms of someone else and tried
To tell yourself that they were fine?
(Let me start all over again)
A lifetime lost to a long, long lie
Have you ever felt alone inside
(Let me start again)
The arms of someone else and tried
To tell yourself that they were fine?
(Let me start all over again)
A lifetime lost to a long, long lie
Have you ever felt alone inside
(Let me start again)
The arms of someone else and tried
To tell yourself that they were fine?
(Let me start all over again)
A lifetime lost to a long, long lie

Have you ever felt alone inside
(Let me start again)
The arms of someone else and tried
To tell yourself that they were fine?

Let me start all over again

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Genius Annotation

From “The Greatest Mistake Of My Life” Documentary:
“I was sat in there and said to Ash: This is weird for two reasons. First off this is my sister, and second off this is someone else singing on my song. It was as easy as it was hard. It was a very unique situation to be in really for me, both emotionally and mentally. But like I said, it’s the most special thing.”

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What did Holding Absence say about "Die Alone (In Your Lover's Arms)"?
Genius Answer

The two sides of deathbed regret. One narrator is remorselessly singing about how the love that their life was devoted to ultimately meant nothing to them, the other narrator laments over the fact that she never truly knew her time was being squandered.

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Recorded At
Middle Farm Studios
Release Date
April 16, 2021
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