Littl… Read Full Bio ↴Little Green Cars are an Indie rock band from Dublin, Ireland.
Little Green Cars can trace their roots back to a former band, The Revolts, founded in the mid 2000s in Dublin, Ireland. O'Regan and Seaver-O'Leary (as well as former Little Green Cars member Utsav Lal) played with this band which subsequently grew on to become Little Green Cars upon its dissolution. Since signing professional terms, the band has toured America and the UK extensively, released three singles and supported Jake Bugg on his UK tour. The US portion of the 2013 tour included a live performance of their single Harper Lee on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The band has played at the 2013 SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas and the Coachella music festival in California. The band is scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago, IL.
Witching Hour
Little Green Cars Lyrics
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When I thought I knew
This was not just a night
It would never get bright again
So I'll tip-toe around you my friend
And the wind was crisp and clear
An I thought I could hear in the voice of the season
When it blew off the roof of my home
And I thought that I was getting old
so I dug a big hole and built a cross
And I thought that I could bury my shame,
throw in my name with it all
Step back
Try to recall
What happened to it all?
Was it always like this?
Did I hold out my fist for your fight?
Did I kneel down and close my eyes?
And I thought that I was getting old
so I dug a big hole and built a cross
And I thought that I could bury my shame
throw in my name with it all
In "Witching Hour," Little Green Cars uses lyrics that paint a picture of a confused and anxious person who has lost their way in life. The opening line, "My eyes were tinted blue," can be interpreted as a metaphor for feeling sad or depressed. The singer continues to express their pessimistic outlook by saying, "This was not just a night, it would never get bright again." The use of the word "never" connotes a sense of finality, that the future is bleak, and there's no hope for improvement.
The singer goes on to describe the autumnal weather, describing it as "crisp and clear." While the weather might be beautiful and refreshing, the singer seems to find no solace in it. The wind blowing off their roof is a metaphor for the things falling apart in their life, and they feel powerless to stop it.
The chorus reveals a person filled with regret, questioning the choices they've made in their life. They ponder whether they fought for the right things and whether they were true to themselves. The final verses suggest that the singer is trying to atone for the mistakes they've made in the past by burying their shame and throwing away their name.
Line by Line Meaning
My eyes were tinted blue
I saw the world through a sad, melancholic lens
When I thought I knew
When I believed that I had all the answers
This was not just a night
This was not an ordinary moment
It would never get bright again
My future seemed bleak and dark
So I'll tip-toe around you my friend
I'll try to avoid causing harm or discord in my relationships
And the wind was crisp and clear
Nature around me seemed untouched and pure
An I thought I could hear in the voice of the season
I imagined that nature was trying to communicate something to me
It gave me no reason to go
The world didn't seem to motivate me to pursue anything
When it blew off the roof of my home
When it made its force felt and disrupted my sense of safety
And I thought that I was getting old
I felt like I was losing my youth and vitality
so I dug a big hole and built a cross
I tried to bury my problems by creating a symbolic grave
And I thought that I could bury my shame
I believed that I could conceal my guilt and embarrassment
throw in my name with it all
I wanted to erase my identity and start anew
Step back
Take some time to reflect
Try to recall
Make an effort to remember
What happened to it all?
What caused everything to change?
Was it always like this?
Was the present state always the norm?
Did I hold out my fist for your fight?
Did I provoke you to conflict?
Did I kneel down and close my eyes?
Did I surrender too easily?
Writer(s): Dylan Lynch, Adam O'regan, Stephen Appleby, Donagh Seaver O'leary, Faye O'rourke Copyright: BMG Rights Management (Uk) Ltd.
Contributed by Sydney I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.