It’s a feeling that comes through not only in the gauziness of the production, but also in the vulnerability of the songs themselves. Sagar began writing Helium shortly after completing Fresh Air, and in the middle of what he calls a “binge” reading of Haruki Murakami. It’s not hard to picture the narrator of these songs as a distinctly Murakamian character: He moves through time by himself, bemused by and insulated from a world he doesn’t quite seem to have been made for. Everyone Sagar encounters here — including himself — seems to be a step removed from present reality, whether by technology (“Anything At All”), solitude (“Just Like My”), or sweet fantasy (“Like Mariah”). The record is stitched together by a series of instrumental interludes, synthesizer explorations whose haziness adds to the suspicion that this is all an uncanny dream.
Which isn’t to say that Sagar is unmoored in his own world. In fact, much of Helium is the result of what he calls “a much clearer mental state” than the one he’d experienced shortly following Fresh Air’s completion. “I had a better idea of the sound that was working for this record and what it was turning into as I was writing the songs,” he says. That’s owing in part to the album’s genesis. Where his previous three records were recorded directly to one-inch tape in a local studio, Helium was recorded and mixed by Sagar alone in his apartment in Montreal’s Little Italy neighborhood between April and June of this year. Freed of the rigid editing process he’d endured before, he was able to lose himself in pursuit of tone and texture. “I didn’t have to book time, compete for good hours, wait on availability. I did a lot of it at home in the middle of the night,” he says. “It made me get more obsessive about details.”
A budding interest in ambient and experimental music — particularly Visible Cloaks, DJ Rashad, and Jlin — pushed him to tinker with the micro-sounds that surround the songs here. It’s a process he found creatively invigorating; even the tinkling boom-bap of Young Thug informs “All Night Long.” It’s a far cry from the chorus-laden guitars of his earlier work. “Ever since I started introducing synthesizers into my music, I’ve gotten more interested in texture,” he says. “I’d hit a creative dead end [with guitars], so synths took over.” The warm chords of a Roland Juno 60 form the album’s base, and gave him a clean palette with which to work. “No tape hiss, no humming power outlets and shitty mixing boards,” as he puts it. “Everything just came out nice and pure.”
Still, for all the growth it demonstrates and the ways it luxuriates in its discoveries, Helium is at its core a record that isn’t beholden to any particular set of sounds, textures, or instruments to get its point across. In that sense, it feels closer to the bone, at once assured of its vision and remarkably vulnerable. It’s perhaps our purest view yet of Homeshake’s home country.
Give It To Me
Homeshake Lyrics
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So you could see
What it means
When I'm so cold
Feeling so low
Horrible
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me, baby
Now show me your love
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me, baby
Now show me some love
I wish I could live in your heart
So I could see
What it means
When you're so hot
You seem so far
Away
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me, baby
Now show me some love
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me, baby
Now show me some love
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me baby
Now show me some love
Please, baby
In "Give It To Me" by Homeshake, the singer expresses a desire for understanding and connection with their partner. The first verse expresses a sense of loneliness and a desire for their partner to understand their emotional state, which they describe as "cold" and "horrible." By saying they wish their partner could "climb inside [their] head," the singer is expressing a need for deeper intimacy and empathy. In the second verse, the singer expresses a desire to understand their partner's emotional state as well, but this time using the metaphor of living in their partner's heart. The singer describes their partner as "hot," which could imply sexual desire, but then adds that their partner "seem[s] so far away," indicating a deeper emotional distance.
Throughout the song, the repeated refrain of "give it to me" can be interpreted as a request for emotional intimacy and vulnerability from the singer's partner. The addition of "baby" to the refrain adds a pleading quality to the singer's request, suggesting a sense of desperation and longing.
Overall, "Give It To Me" is a song that explores the complexity of emotional connection and the desire for deeper intimacy in a relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
I wish you could climb inside my head
I hope you understand what I'm feeling and thinking
So you could see what it means
So you could understand the depth of my emotions
When I'm so cold
When I feel numb and distant
Feeling so low
Feeling down and depressed
Horrible
Experiencing a sense of disgust and dread
Give it to me
I need your attention, love, and support
Give it to me baby
I need your love and affection, my dear
Now show me your love
Express your affection and care for me
I wish I could live in your heart
I want to experience your love and emotions
When you're so hot
When you're passionate and intense
You seem so far
You seem distant and unattainable
Away
Emphasizing the distance between us
(Please, baby)
An imploring request for affection and closeness
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
Written by: Peter J. Sagar
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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[Verse 1]
I wish you could climb inside my head
So you could see what it means
When I'm so cold
Feeling so low
Horrible
[Hook]
Give it to me, (3x)
Give it to me baby,
Now show me your love
Give it to me, (3x)
Give it to me baby,
Now show me some love
[Verse 2]
I wish I could live in your heart
So I could see what it means
When you're so hot
You seem so far
Away
[Hook]
Give it to me, (3x)
Give it to me baby,
Now show me some love
Wendolyne Barrios
i wish you could climb inside my head
so you could see,
what it means,
when I'm so cold
feeling so alone
*inaudible
give it to me, give it to me, give it to me baby
show me your love
give it to me, give it to me, give it to me baby
show me some love
i wish i could live in your heart
so i could
see what it means
when you're so hot
you seem so hot
*inaudible/you're ahhhh(?)
give it to me, give it to me, give it to me baby
show me your love
give it to me, give it to me, give it to me baby
show me some love
give it to me, give it to me, give it to me baby
show me some love
please baby
Max Liberty MTC
this song is so captivating, its like you get stuck in that one place in your mind and every time you try to move that chord plays and keeps you right where you are.
Michael Caballero
There's almost a nostalgic high you get off this song
tebai anwer
hands down the best music to listen to when you're high
anonymous
haha it seriously is
cadete espacial
Que hermoso, la voz, el sonidito, las imágenes de vacaciones con su novia
Me relaja
Randy G
This song is absolutely beautiful. Dude's got a gold mine in his soul supply
ZZZ
That moment you look up and say...thank you higher power for HOMESHAKE!!
Buhle Lexy
asé!!
Angel Medina
Reminiscing on the time I went to their concert and stood right in front of their huge speakers during the whole thing and when this song came on it almost knocked me off my feet literally
emilio lara
I saw them in concert the other day, saw this song live. Let's just say i still need to constantly change my underwear.