Hurricane Bells is a new project from Steve Schiltz, singer and guitarist o… Read Full Bio ↴Hurricane Bells is a new project from Steve Schiltz, singer and guitarist of Longwave for nearly ten years. After touring the better part of last year around Longwave’s fourth album Secrets Are Sinister – a critical success and arguably the best of the band’s career – Schiltz set up shop to create a new project with little else than his MacBook and an Mbox. He wrote, played, recorded and mixed every note himself, arranging what would become Tonight Is The Ghost. Some songs were fully crafted within the past 18 months, while others are newly architected from pieces written throughout his years as a songwriter.

Vagrant Records released Tonight Is The Ghost digitally on November 10, 2009. A b-side, Monsters, appears on the soundtrack of the second film of the Twilight franchise, New Moon.

This Is A Test
Hurricane Bells Lyrics

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Listen to the words
On all the channels buzzing in your head
Invisible brigades
Could make you crumble underneath their hand

But if you wanna go somewhere
And if you wanna rest your head
If you wanna go somewhere

You must leave alone
Take nothing but what you already own
The powers at your door
Have all come back to take you away once more

But if you wanna go somewhere
And if you wanna rest your head
If you wanna go somewhere

World out of control
World out of control

Listen to the words
On all the channels buzzing in your head
Invisible brigades
Could make you crumble underneath their hand

World out of control
World out of control
World out of control

World out of control

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Hurricane Bells' song, "This Is a Test," call for listeners to heed the warnings that they are receiving from various sources. The first two lines tell us to listen to the words that are coming through our various channels, as there are invisible brigades that could cause us to crumble. The song's themes explore the idea that the world feels like it is out of control and that we must be vigilant against invisible dangers.

The chorus is where the song imparts its message of empowerment. If you want to go somewhere, you must leave alone, take nothing but what you already own, and be wary of the powers at your door that may take you away. These lyrics encourage self-reliance, resilience, and the ability to let go of unnecessary burdens on one's journey.

The rest of the lyrics are merely repetitions of the first and last lines of the chorus, emphasizing that although the world seems to be out of our control, we have the power to take our fate into our own hands, and we mustn't let ourselves be driven by fear. Overall, the song offers a message of hope and strength to its listeners.

Line by Line Meaning

Listen to the words
Pay attention to what is being said

On all the channels buzzing in your head
The thoughts in your mind are overwhelming

Invisible brigades
Unseen forces trying to control you

Could make you crumble underneath their hand
These forces could easily overpower you

But if you wanna go somewhere
If you want to make a change

And if you wanna rest your head
If you want peace in your mind

If you wanna go somewhere
If you want to make a change

You must leave alone
You must be independent

Take nothing but what you already own
Don't rely on material possessions for happiness

The powers at your door
The forces trying to control you are nearby

Have all come back to take you away once more
They will try to bring you back under their control again