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
Softly
Hungry Lucy Lyrics
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Pain is coming close
I know all too well
By the force of your hand
I am so afraid
You have crushed my will
As my tears run softly down
I ask you to stop
You continue anyway
Is this what you call love
As I shut my eyes
I could have been free
Without your chains
But my tears still run softly down
Will I ever know
A life away from you
As my tears still run softly down
The lyrics to "Softly" by Hungry Lucy describe someone who is in an abusive relationship but is struggling with the idea of leaving. The opening lines set the tone of the song with the singer mentioning that they don't need to be told that pain is on the way. This could be an indication of the fact that the person has been in this situation before and knows how it feels.
The singer then talks about how afraid they are of the person they're with and how their will has been crushed by them. The tears running down are an indication of the emotional trauma that the singer is experiencing. They ask their partner to stop but they continue anyway, questioning if this is what they call love. As the singer shuts their eyes it's unclear if it's due to the physical abuse they're experiencing or if they're shutting out the reality of the situation they're in.
The chorus of the song is a moment of reflection where the singer acknowledges that they could have a life free from their abusive partner's chains. However, the tears still run softly down which highlights the difficult decision of leaving someone they might still have feelings for. The final lines of the song have the singer questioning if they will ever know a life without this person, which speaks to the cycle of abuse that many people experience.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't need you to say
I am already aware
Pain is coming close
I sense it approaching
I know all too well
I am familiar with it
By the force of your hand
Through your actions
I am so afraid
I feel frightened
You have crushed my will
You have defeated me mentally
As my tears run softly down
As I cry silently
I ask you to stop
I plead with you to cease
You continue anyway
You ignore my request and persist
Is this what you call love
Are your actions a representation of love
As I shut my eyes
As I close my eyes in pain
I could have been free
I had the potential to be free
Without your chains
Without being bound by you
But my tears still run softly down
But I still cry silently
Will I ever know
Will I ever experience
A life away from you
A life not influenced by you
As my tears still run softly down
As I continue to cry silently
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Steve Gans
I've had the pleasure of meeting both War-N and Christa Bella and they're great, amazing people as well as amazing artists. She's an angel onstage and off.
YaroSz.
Christa Belle voc.,ur. 21.08.1974r. świętuje dzisiaj swoje urodziny. 100 lat i wszystkiego najlepszego droga jubilatko.
erynrachell
It's absolutely beautiful!
Schubert958
I love this song! Amazing!
I S E
2020 and hey i'm here again. My Spotify 2020 most listened artists included hungry lucy 💜
molestthedecapitated
damn ive never heard of this artist nore this song but damn im hooked on it!!
Brett Correia
BRILLIANT!
Lora Blue
I'm hungry for Hungry Lucy!
Martial Wolf
Funniest name ever! But cool band!
I S E
My biggest dream is meet Christa and War-N, but I'm brazilian and I don't even have a way to go to USA! Notice me!