Hungry Lucy was a darkwave band from Cincinnati, OH, United States, started… Read Full Bio ↴Hungry Lucy was a darkwave band from Cincinnati, OH, United States, started by chance in 1998 when War-N Harrison (Fishtank No. 9) was asked to contribute to a Depeche Mode tribute album. War-N asked vocalist/lyricist Christa Belle to record vocals for the song "Blue Dress". The couple realized that they worked together so well and Hungry Lucy was born.

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

Stay
Hungry Lucy Lyrics

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I come through the door
You're not sitting by the table
Anymore
I look away
Can't hold this image in my mind
I wish I was blind
To the hope your face will bring

Why should I
Keep this guilt wrapped up in chains
Pain again
'Cause my heart's not made that way
We can be
Just as close if I am far away
Love you enough
To stay ... to stay

Oceans of love
Fill my empty heart
And I wonder
Would it always be the same
Carry me inside
These feelings will not die
You'll be with me forever

Why should I
Keep this guilt wrapped up in chains
Pain again
'Cause my heart's not made that way
We can be
Just as close if I am far away
Love you enough
To stay ... to stay

Why should I
Keep this guilt wrapped up in chains
Pain again
'Cause my heart's not made that way
We will be
Just as close though I am far away

I loved you enough
To stay ... to stay

Overall Meaning

Hungry Lucy’s "Stay" is a sad and haunting song that expresses the longing of a person who cannot be with their loved one physically but is still committed to staying with them emotionally. The song starts with the singer coming through the door where their loved one is not sitting by the table anymore, and this hints that their partner has likely left them, and therefore, they are experiencing emotional pain that they wish they could unsee. The singer seems consumed by anguish and wonders if it's better to be blind than live with the hope that their love will return.

The chorus then comes in where it seems the singer is rationalizing with themselves, asking why they should keep this guilt wrapped up in chains and bring themselves pain again when their heart is not made that way. The singer believes that they can still be close to their love even if they are far away, and they love them enough to stay.

In the second half of the song, the singer is hopeful that their love will never change, and they will carry their feelings within themselves forever. They once again reiterate that they love their partner enough to stay committed to them, even if they are physically far away.

Overall, "Stay" is a melancholic ballad that portrays the pain and hope of a person who cannot be with their beloved physically, but they are willing to stay with them emotionally despite the distance.

Line by Line Meaning

I come through the door
I enter the room

You're not sitting by the table Anymore
You are not where I expect you to be

I look away
I avert my gaze

Can't hold this image in my mind
I can't stop thinking about what I just saw

I wish I was blind
I wish I didn't have to see this

To the hope your face will bring
I am afraid of what I might see on your face

Why should I Keep this guilt wrapped up in chains
Why should I hold onto my guilt and let it control me?

Pain again
I don't want to feel this pain anymore

'Cause my heart's not made that way
I am not capable of holding onto this pain and guilt

We can be
We have the ability

Just as close if I am far away
We can still be connected even if we are physically apart