Hannah has been writing music since her second year of high school and also began teaching herself to play piano during that time. She continued to write for several years before building a studio and recording her debut EP, Soul Poison (1998).
Since then, Hannah's output has been erratic in quantity but consistent in quality. She has released two full-length albums as well as a handful of singles and EPs, all receiving high praise from the music press. Hannah's now-out-of-print album The Thing That Feels (2000) featured several songs inspired by Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. (Pre-dating the Broadway musical by several years.) The Thing That Feels also included "The Vampire Waltz," which is the first song Hannah ever wrote, as well as other songs all linked by the theme revealed in the title.
A few years later, as a result of a generous donation by an anonymous listener, Hannah made a video for her song "Carnival Justice (The Gloves Are Off) Part II." The video, directed by Chris Ohlson, featured puppets created by renowned Ohio artist, puppetmaster and sculptor Scott Radke. The video appeared on the Subterfuge EP (2005).
Hannah's covers of other artists' songs have also been well-received. The Meathook EP (2001) featured what one reviewer called a "soul-shredded" version of ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All," as well as Hannah's versions of Berlin's "The Metro" and Daniel Johnston's "True Love WIll Find You in the End." Hannah also collaborated with The Synthetic Dream Foundation to create "Trapeze" -- the music was composed by TSDF, with vocals, lyrics and vocal melody by Hannah.
Hannah's most recent release is Through the Gash (2007), an album that has been called "a masterwork in minimalism and stark beauty" (Absolute Punk) and "seductive and breathtaking from the start" (Gothic Beauty). Hannah writes, produces, engineers, and performs everything on her CDs. And, contrary to popular opinion, she uses no sequencing whatsoever. With the exception of drum tracks, all of the instruments and vocals are recorded and layered in real time, not looped or electronically generated or duplicated. Even the drum tracks, which are programmed using a drum machine, are painstakingly hand-altered, with some beats being dropped and others reversed in entirely specific ways.
Hannah is known for her intensely layered production and complex vocal arrangements. Her vocals, which have been likened to "wraiths filling the screen of a Tim Burton film" (High Bias), often move from clearly sung phrases and high, tremulous keening to whispered and spoken words, to vicious hisses and screams -- sometimes within the confines of a single song. The subjects and lyrics in Hannah's songs have a tendency to be obscure and metaphorical, often causing listeners to mistake her work for being fictional. In fact, Hannah classifies her music as entirely autobiographical, although not overtly so, and insists that it is actually magical realism, not fantasy, and definitely not theater. Hannah has said that she uses music to transform troubling feelings and experiences into something positive and hopeful, and that writing has served as a mechanism to work through and mend things in her life. It may take careful listening to hear all the various layers of sound and meaning, but devout listeners consistently claim that it is worth the trouble.
Hannah loves flowers, rap music and snow days, and is often distracted by bright and/or shiny objects and the perceived scarcity of cotton candy, but she says that the only thing that actually inspires her to create music is love.
Since 2020 Hannah has been releasing new digital-only music on her Bandcamp page.
Hannah has been interviewed here:
http://www.muruch.com/2007/08/interview-hannah-fury.html
http://www.adequacy.net/2008/05/interview-with-hannah-fury/
http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/images/the_mick_40_hfury_excerpt.pdf
http://vmunderground2.podomatic.com/entry/2007-08-21T00_31_49-07_00
Hannah's offical web sites are http://www.mellowtraumatic.com, http://www.antoinettesrevenge.com, and her MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/hannahfury
Hannah's Bandcamp page, with a name-your-price download of her 2015 single 'Not Sad' and all her new music since 2020 https://hannahfury.bandcamp.com
For more "information," go to:
http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/diversions_HannahBio.html
Never Look Back
Hannah Fury Lyrics
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I'm a girl who wishes on scars
You must know that love can fade
Don't look back during the parade
So I love like they do under the sea
And I pull him much too close to me
Yes, I know that love can fade
But I never look back during the parade
I prefer to exit through wounds
You must know that life will fade
Don't look back during the parade
So I live like they do under the sea
And I pull him even closer to me
Yes, I know that life will fade
So I never look back during the parade
No, I never look back during the parade
In Hannah Fury's song "Never Look Back," the lyrics speak to the idea of embracing life while it's there, and not getting bogged down in the fear of losing it. The first stanza sets the tone for the song, with the lyrics "You can have the brightest star, I'm a girl who wishes on scars." This line conveys the sentiment that sometimes, the things that others might find desirable (like a bright star) aren't necessarily what brings us joy. Instead, the singer finds comfort in things that remind her of her own past pain and scars.
The chorus of the song reinforces this idea of not dwelling on fear, with the lyrics "So I love like they do under the sea, and I pull him much too close to me. Yes, I know that love can fade, but I never look back during the parade." Here, the singer is saying that she loves fearlessly, even though she knows that any moment of happiness could come crashing down. She chooses to focus on the present and the joy of the moment rather than worrying about what the future might hold. The repetition of the phrase "never look back during the parade" reinforces this idea of moving forward and not dwelling on the past.
The second verse of the song continues with this theme, with the lyrics "You can have the light of the moon, I prefer to exit through wounds. You must know that life will fade, don't look back during the parade." Here, the singer is saying that she finds her own beauty and meaning in the darker aspects of life (like wounds) rather than the more traditionally "beautiful" things (like the light of the moon). It's a continuation of the idea that sometimes the things that others might find beautiful or desirable hold no meaning for her.
Overall, the lyrics to "Never Look Back" convey a sense of living life to the fullest and not allowing fear to hold us back. It's a reminder to focus on the present moment and find beauty and meaning in unexpected places.
Line by Line Meaning
You can have the brightest star
You can have the superficial things that everyone desires
I'm a girl who wishes on scars
I find beauty in the imperfections, pain, and struggles of life
You must know that love can fade
You need to be aware that feelings of love may not last forever
Don't look back during the parade
Don't dwell on the past, keep moving forward
So I love like they do under the sea
I love deeply and passionately, like creatures in the depths of the ocean
And I pull him much too close to me
I hold onto an idealized love that may not be sustainable
But I never look back during the parade
I try not to dwell on past heartbreaks and disappointments
You can have the light of the moon
You can have the beauty that is visible to everyone, but not necessarily meaningful to me
I prefer to exit through wounds
I find value in the pain and darkness of personal growth, even if it's not always pleasant
You must know that life will fade
You need to be aware that life is temporary and fragile
Don't look back during the parade
Don't get distracted by the past, focus on living in the present
So I live like they do under the sea
I embrace the mystery and uncertainty of life, and plunge into it headfirst
And I pull him even closer to me
I hold onto love with all my might, even if it may not last forever
Yes, I know that life will fade
I'm aware that everything is temporary and fleeting
So I never look back during the parade
I focus on moving forward instead of dwelling on the past
No, I never look back during the parade
I refuse to let memories or regrets hold me back from living in the moment
Contributed by Gianna P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.