After spending a year writing and recording, the Autumn of 2000 saw the release of Hungry Lucy's debut album, "Apparitions". The album garnered much attention across the US and Europe for its combination of pop song structures, trip hop grooves and Christa's haunting vocals & other-worldly lyrics. The attention to their debut CD lead to a licensing deal with Belgian label Alfa Matrix and subsequent European release of "Apparitions:Revisited" in Fall of 2001.
After spending Spring and early summer of 2002 performing live, Hungry Lucy completed their next full length album entitled "Glo". Glo captures all the elements that Hungry Lucy are known for while continuing to explore other genres such as jazz, blues and europop. Once again, the album received critical acclaim and glowing reviews worldwide and expanded Hungry Lucy's reach to a much wider audience.
In the Summer of 2003, Hungry Lucy embarked on a tour with Pittsburgh's ThouShaltNot across the Western and Midwest regions of the United States. This gave people a chance to hear, as well as see, what Hungry Lucy is all about. True to form, Hungry Lucy delivered stunning performances along with synchronized video accompanyment. Several one-off shows in late 2003 / early 2004 (including performances with Cruxshadows & Wolfsheim) followed.
In Spring of 2004, it was time to head back into the studio and capture the new material Hungry Lucy had compiled over the preceding months. The result, Hungry Lucy"s third full-length CD, "To Kill a King" was released in Nov. 2004 to critical acclaim from both fans and the media alike, debuting at #9 on the French Alternative Charts in January, 2005. In addition to college and club DJ exposure, "To Kill a King" has been featured on Public Radio programs such as PRI's "Echoes" and the X-Star Network's "Audiosyncracies". The album brilliantly displays Hungry Lucy"s passion for musical contrast and clever songwriting for which this duo is known.
Hungry Lucy released their fourth album, "Pulse of the Earth", in 2010.
In October 2013, Christa Belle and War-N separated, disbanding Hungry Lucy.
Official website: http://www.hungrylucy.com
Fearful
Hungry Lucy Lyrics
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But you didn't seem to care
When was I ever so bare
You were never aware
Take me home and make it better
Tuck me into a silent sleep
Make it all just go away
Play dead
Was what you always said
But I hear it in my head
I just want to go to bed
Tell me why I can't be better
This is always on my mind
You can't be my contraceptor
Disease will find me in time
Yearning for your love
Will it fit me like a glove
Even when push becomes a shove
You will lift me high above
Go away and leave me lying
On the floor from what you've done
When they find me I won't be crying
This disease has surely won
The song Fearful by Hungry Lucy delves into themes of neglect, mental health, and the struggle for self-worth. The opening stanza sets the tone for the rest of the song as the lyrics speak to the idea that someone was always present, but never really there for the singer. This neglect leads the singer to feel "bare" and "unaware" of themselves which is reflected in the line "tell me why I can't be better".
The next stanza speaks about the struggle of mental health, the desire to have someone make the pain go away and the willingness to practice what they preach. The phrase "play dead" seems to indicate that the singer feels like they are not being heard or understood, and their plea to "just want to go to bed" is a reflection of the desire to escape their reality for a while.
The final stanza reveals a grim ending where the disease mentioned earlier has finally taken over. Despite yearning for their love, it seems the struggle for help and the lack of understanding led to the disease taking over, leaving the singer on the floor and lifeless. The song speaks to the importance of mental health, the weight of neglect, and the struggle for understanding.
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