Repeat Lyrics
Here in the shadow of all that's said and done
The love that you borrowed in the morning's come and gone
You run from tomorrow, but the madness catches up
Your pain from the window, yeah, it all keeps stackin' up
[Pre-Chorus]
This is all we are, we are
This is all we are
[Chorus]
You seem so damn familiar, but I just can't place the name
You're starin' in the mirror, but your face won't stay the same
Been waitin' for so long, but the moment never came
If life's a game of inches, how'd you get miles away?
Away
[Verse 2]
Hand to the Bible, but my wrongs stay still in place
Lost in thе rubble, but the house stands all thе same
You bet on the sorrow, now your heart is overrun
You fear what you don't know, tell me, what have I become?
[Pre-Chorus]
This is all we are, we are
This is all we are
You seem so damn familiar, but I just can't place the name
You're starin' in the mirror, but your face won't stay the same
Been waitin' for so long, but the moment never came
If life's a game of inches, how'd you get miles away?
Away
[Outro]
Leave me in the dark, leave me in the dark
Tell me what to see, tell me what to see
Let it fall apart, let it fall apart
Livin' on repeat
Leave me in the dark, leave me in the dark
Tell me what to see, tell me what to see
Let it fall apart, let it fall apart
Livin' on repeat
About
“Repeat” is the sixth track on Luke Hemmings' debut solo album When Facing the Things We Turn Away From. The song could be a conversation between present and past Luke. The demons past Luke was running from eventually catch up to him and he is almost unrecognizable to present Luke.
Q&A
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‘If life’s a game of inches, how’d you get miles away?’ was the first lyric written for this song. I was listening to a lot of Neil Young at the time and wanted to write a song that I felt would make him proud. “Repeat” is about the endless feeling of chasing something so long, or living a certain way for so long, only to wind up back at the beginning—unrecognisable to yourself.
—via Apple Music
