By any reckoning, Iranian native Kia has an extraordinary story to tell; he calls Ashes “music to lament to,” and he is only half-joking. As a small boy, he fled Tehran for London with his father, after witnessing up close the internecine violence of the Islamic Revolution. In the U.K., he was reintroduced to the mother he’d virtually never known, since she’d left Iran years before him, and he found himself placed in the strange, regimented environment of a British military school. As he grew up, the feelings that Kia was unable to articulate in words alone found expression in songs. He was so intuitively skilled at this creative channeling that he attracted the interest of a major London music publisher. As Kia built a repertoire, he decided to go to the United States in pursuit of his first record deal.
After making the rounds in New York City and Los Angeles, he signed a deal with Interscope Records. So far so good, but it wasn’t long before he discovered that the industry was more interested in molding him to suit the tastes of the moment than in exploring what he might really have to offer in his own right. One can understand why: Kia has an impressive, elastic vocal range, able to perform hushed ballads as eloquently as anthemic rockers.
As the powers that be tried to figure out how they wanted to present their find, Kia decided he would prefer to do it his own way. So he jettisoned the cadre of producers, mixers and constantly gear-shifting executives who surrounded him. He chose a tougher, more D.I.Y. approach to his fledgling career, touring relentlessly as a solo artist, opening for better-known acts. After meeting and working with bassist Toby Evers and Guitarist Simon Gibson, the trio began touring at an unrelenting pace, playing over 400 shows in less than two years. “It was on the road, in the crammed space of the tour van, that our new sound was formed and Buddahead was reinvented as a band”, says Gibson.
Their 2004 debut, Crossing The Invisible Line, showcased a prodigious talent with the vocal prowess of Thom Yorke and a band so skilled at arranging that it recalled vintage U2 or contemporary Coldplay. But these artful tracks barely hinted at the roiling emotions lying beneath their sleek surface and the truly dramatic stories Kia had yet to tell. Ashes changes all that. Surrounded by the darker musical influences of Gibson and Evers, Ashes are Kia’s stories as he wants to – has to – be heard. “Urgent but less desperate, Ashes is the amalgamation of a band that is growing up.”
Ashes has its origins in some of the darker moments of a few far-flung lives, yet these real-life scenarios connect in many tangible ways to our collective cultural and political history, and that makes them all the more powerful. In his lyrics, Kia doesn’t offer answers to the dilemmas he presents, yet in the very act of creating these songs, articulating these emotions, Kia makes Ashes an uplifting experience. His catharsis becomes our own. Gazing into the ashes of torched relationships, Kia discovers a spark of hope for us all.
How Does It Feel
Buddahead Lyrics
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Would it make it easier if I told you that
I didn't mean to hold you back?
I just couldn't let you leave this house
In the smallest hour of the night
How does it feel on the inside?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
When you're leaving home?
Now take your time
Work things out
Don't give yourself easily
To everyone that you meet
How does it feel on the inside?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
How does it look from the outside
When you're leaving home?
You're leaving home
One day you're gonna turn around and see
I'm the only one that will always be
Everywhere you go when you're all alone
Just turn around and find your way home
Because you're still young
And life is hard
Some things are not for your eyes
And nothing is truly lost
How does it feel on the inside?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
How does it look from the outside
When you're leaving home?
Leaving home
How does it feel on the inside?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
How does it look from the outside
When you're leaving home?
The lyrics to Buddahead’s “How Does It Feel?” express the emotions of someone who has been left alone, as the singer tries to comfort them. The song seems to be directed towards someone who has left home in the middle of the night, and the singer regrets not being able to stop them. However, they make it clear that they didn’t hold the other person back on purpose. They are asking the person who left how they feel on the inside and on the outside, and urge them to take their time and work things out before giving themselves away too easily.
The singer tells the person that they are still young and that nothing is truly lost, but life is hard and there are some things that they might not be ready to face on their own. Buddahead’s vocals are emotive throughout the song, conveying a sense of sadness and tenderness. The lyrics are reflective and hint at the possibility of reconciliation, suggesting that the person who left may one day turn around and find their way back home.
Line by Line Meaning
I know that you're feeling hurt
I am aware that you are in great emotional pain.
Would it make it easier if I told you that
Do you believe that it would alleviate your pain if I informed you that?
I didn't mean to hold you back?
Was it not my intention to prevent you from moving forward?
I just couldn't let you leave this house
I lacked the ability to allow you to depart from this residence.
In the smallest hour of the night
During the earliest moments of the night.
How does it feel on the inside?
What is the sensation that you experience internally?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
What emotions arise from understanding that you are unaccompanied?
How does it look from the outside
What is the outward appearance of your current situation?
When you're leaving home?
As you prepare to depart from this residence?
Now take your time
Proceed at your own pace.
Work things out
Resolve these matters with careful consideration.
Don't give yourself easily
Do not yield yourself readily to others.
To everyone that you meet
To every individual with whom you come into contact.
One day you're gonna turn around and see
There will come a moment when you will pivot and perceive.
I'm the only one that will always be
I am the singular person who shall remain consistent.
Everywhere you go when you're all alone
Wherever you may journey when in solitude.
Just turn around and find your way home
Simply reverse course and proceed in the direction of your dwelling.
Because you're still young
Because you are yet inexperienced.
And life is hard
Life presents many hardships.
Some things are not for your eyes
There exist certain matters which are unsuitable for your observation.
And nothing is truly lost
And no object or concept is genuinely forfeited.
Leaving home
Preparing to exit from one's residence.
How does it feel on the inside?
What is the sensation that you experience internally?
How does it feel to know you're alone?
What emotions arise from understanding that you are unaccompanied?
How does it look from the outside
What is the outward appearance of your current situation?
When you're leaving home?
As you prepare to depart from this residence?
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Vilmar Susko
Essa canção é show, quando a música é boa... ela já começa agradando, depois a gente eterniza...para sempre ♥️💚💛🧡❤️💓
Len Cranston
Absolutely wonderful. Such a great voice for this melody. Thank you very much for sharing this.
DirkjeA
Even though you posted this beautiful song 2 years ago, I heard it for the first time not so long ago. Returning to see if I remembered it to be as awesome as I thought it was, I can only listen to it again, trying to keep my tears from falling.
I C.C
The lyrics are beautiful and that music with the sound of the guitar !!!
Southern gal
I just discovered this song. I too love the guitar and the lyrics and also the organ. Just beautiful! 💖
JANE DENT
It sounds so good ❤🥰
Katarina Kaća Stevic Titovic
Hvala vam na divnoj melodiji ,perfect ,nice ....