Cover art for Repellent by Hail the Sun

Repellent

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Nov. 9, 20171 viewer

Repellent Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Testing auras I detect
Feeling us connect
Decimation, medication fix
‘Cause I gotta try to shake this off
Mental moat rocks the boat of progress

[Verse 2]
What do you do every chance you get?
Call me on my shit
Overstate it, meditated tricks
Leading tone!

[Hook]
In the moment you see red
In the mirror I see dread

[Chorus]
Then I get it, that I’m invested
I’m the culprit and I resent it
(Detach!)
Social defect
I detest it
(Keeping distance!)
So I’m staying alone
[Verse 3]
Brief interaction
Is ideally the way that I choose for it to stay
Quick dissolution
If the stated rule above is threatened

[Verse 4]
Wait, am I who I want to be?
I don’t say half of what I mean
Could I see my name on your grave?
Am I wrong to feel it out that way?

[Bridge]
Oil in water
See, what comes next defines the context
Oh… I just don't know!
I just... I really like the way that things have landed!

[Hook]
I hate it when you call me on my shit
In the moment you see red
I see dread

[Chorus]
Then I get it, that I’m invested
I’m the culprit and I resent it
(Detach!)
Social defect
I detest it
(Keeping distance!)
So I’m staying alone
Alone

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What did Hail the Sun say about "Repellent"?
Genius Answer

This is the opening track of the EP and probably my favorite. It’s just very chaotic, and represents what is to come. It’s about my infatuation with being alone, and asking myself if maybe I even sabotage strong ties to others in order to remain in that familiar zone. My favorite part is the middle section with the strange time signature and cacophonic chords. I spent about 20 minutes straight just figuring out the drums and stabs to that before the rest of the guys started adding.

Donovan Melero in an interview with New Noise Magazine

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