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Vessels was actually triggered by feeling hungry. I’m a big eater and hate feeling hunger pangs so usually snack constantly, but one day it felt eye-opening. I felt empty, not in a bad way but in a way where I was a blank canvas and could think completely clearly and choose to fill up the space inside with whatever else I wanted. Aside from a realisation of how much I take being full of food for granted, I thought of all the other things that matter. An image came to me, of our bodies being vessels that can take our inner beings and our happiness with us wherever we go, even if we are quite literally struggling for a place to settle. Vessels depicts a connectedness with oneself that I only dream of maintaining, one that we grasped as new born babies before being sucked into the whirlwind of careers, ownership, looks, and validating our lives through anything BUT what we can find already existing in ourselves.

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For once in my life I feel like going hungry
So I can fill the empty space with love
For all of my life I’ve tried to find a purpose
Can I just sit and feel euphoria

Yes I love to sing and play on the piano
I use my hands to cook and learn to dance
But when I was born I held a beaming smile
All that I knew was that I had a heart

If we could clear our heads at night
Imagine the arms that rocked us side to side
We’re up and down like sailors stuck in a storm
But we can be vessels
All on our own

For once in my life I’m staggeringly lonely
I know that can’t be an excuse to talk
In up to my neck at risk of being selfish
Yours are the only arms I can recall

Oh when we're rocking to and fro
And we're lifting heave and ho
And we need a heavy drink
So we pour until we sink
When you smile I feel so safe
But I know that's not the case
I just need to lift the lid
And fill every space with

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from Hideout​/​Vessels + Bonus Track, released October 21, 2018
Produced by Matt Cotterill - matthewcotterill.co.uk
Artwork by Reuben Gaines & Natalie Holmes - www.reubengaines.com
Mastered by Jp Braddock - mastering.ninja

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