Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton is an indie rock solo project of Emily Hai… Read Full Bio ↴Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton is an indie rock solo project of Emily Haines (born January 1974 in New Delhi, India). She is the vocalist, keyboardist and co-songwriter of the Canadian band Metric and a member of the group Broken Social Scene. The music released as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton could be described as intimate and mellow, featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements.
On 26 September 2006, Haines released the album Knives Don't Have Your Back on Last Gang Records. The album was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she'd been plotting this for years. "When I was a little kid," she said in a statement, "I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I'm told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
"Everywhere I've lived while working with Metric, I've written songs on the piano and played them for no one," she continued. "On the advice of a friend, I decided I'd better start recording them before they were forgotten."
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal while some were recorded in Toronto, Canada in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines' father.
Official site: http://www.emilyhaines.com
On 26 September 2006, Haines released the album Knives Don't Have Your Back on Last Gang Records. The album was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she'd been plotting this for years. "When I was a little kid," she said in a statement, "I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I'm told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
"Everywhere I've lived while working with Metric, I've written songs on the piano and played them for no one," she continued. "On the advice of a friend, I decided I'd better start recording them before they were forgotten."
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal while some were recorded in Toronto, Canada in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines' father.
Official site: http://www.emilyhaines.com
Nihilist Abyss
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton Lyrics
When I walk alone I'm walking with you
When I sleep alone I'm sleeping with you
When I just drink alone, I get so drunk with you
When I go out alone, I'm dying
I'm dancing
I'm dying with you
I'm dying
I'm dancing
I'm dying with you
Set me free
Let me never feel, let me never feel, let me never fear anything
Set me free
Let me never feel, let me never feel, let me never fear anything
Set me free
Like we never kissed, like we never touched, like we never did anything
Never did anything
Never feel anything
How can you resent love?
Can you prevent any love at all?
How can you resent love?
Can you prevent any love at all?
I meant what I said back then but the danger now is all my anger
Spinning out of orbit toward the nihilist abyss
When I walk alone I'm walking with you
When I sleep alone I'm sleeping with you
I meant what I said back then but the danger now is all my anger
Spinning out of orbit toward the nihilist abyss
When I sleep alone I'm sleeping with you
When I just drink alone, I get so drunk with you
When I go out alone, I'm dying
I'm dancing
I'm dying with you
I'm dying
I'm dancing
I'm dying with you
Let me never feel, let me never feel, let me never fear anything
Set me free
Let me never feel, let me never feel, let me never fear anything
Set me free
Like we never kissed, like we never touched, like we never did anything
Never did anything
Never feel anything
How can you resent love?
Can you prevent any love at all?
How can you resent love?
Can you prevent any love at all?
I meant what I said back then but the danger now is all my anger
Spinning out of orbit toward the nihilist abyss
When I walk alone I'm walking with you
When I sleep alone I'm sleeping with you
I meant what I said back then but the danger now is all my anger
Spinning out of orbit toward the nihilist abyss
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Written by: Emily Haines
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