On the surface, 22-year-old Florida native Matt Hires seems to be the epito… Read Full Bio ↴On the surface, 22-year-old Florida native Matt Hires seems to be the epitome of the sunshine state: bare-footed, artistic, and coolly easy-going. But there’s a lot more to him than meets the eye. As a child, Matt was introduced to different musical genres by his father. It was Matt’s father that passed along his old, handmade acoustic guitar from 1977 to Matt when he was sixteen years old - the same guitar that Matt uses today. A homeschooler, Matt taught himself to play the guitar. During high school, Matt gravitated towards the punk/hardcore scene, which is a far cry from his own introspectively powerful acoustic pop sound. Although he was a hockey player and enjoyed surfing and skateboarding, Matt was self-proclaimed nerd. “I collected tons of Star Wars toys as a young kid, made my own Star Wars movies with them that usually starred my pet hedgehog, Prickles, and wrote my own Star Wars stories - they were pretty bad,” Matt recalls of his early childhood. Though Matt might have outgrown his fascination with Star Wars toys, he never outgrew his love for music. By the time he was seventeen years old, Matt wrote his first song, and began performing in public a year later. Soon thereafter, Matt and a few of his friends decided to start a band, Brer. They recorded two 'chill' albums, The Sun Is Rising EP and Microwavable. “There were ups and downs, band members came and went, but overall it was a great time, and a great experience. We also evolved a lot musically over our fairly short existence, and I grew a lot as a songwriter and musician,” says Matt. Now, as a solo artist, Matt is poised to captivate audiences with his endearing personality, melodic sound, and undeniable talent.

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Hurricane
Matt Hires Lyrics

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Something like a hurricane in my head
Scattering my thoughts into motion.
Water's rising up to the foot of my bed.
It's gonna pull me under into the ocean.

"This wasn't what I wanted" were the words that you said.
We fell apart without even knowing.
Open up my eyes or I'll end up dead,

It's like a hurricane, it's like a hurricane.

We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now.
I'd take your hand if you'd hold it out,
'Cause we're going down, down, down.

Every little thought of you burns in my brain,
Words repeating over and over.
If it wasn't what you wanted, won't you just turn away?
It's like a hurricane, it's like a hurricane.

We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now.
I'd take your hand if you'd hold it out,
'Cause we're going down, down, down.

Tell me what you wanted, baby, 'cause we're going down.
Tell me what you wanted, baby, 'cause we're going down.
And tell me what you wanted, baby, we keep going around.
Oh, and tell me what you wanted, baby, 'cause we're going down.

Water's rising up to the foot of my bed.
It's like a hurricane, it's like a hurricane
We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now.
I'd take your hand if you'd hold it out,
'Cause we're going down, down, down.
We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now.
I'd take your hand if you'd hold it out,
'Cause we're going down, down, down.

We're going down, down, down.
Down, down, down...

Overall Meaning

Matt Hires's song "Hurricane" is a powerfully emotional piece that captures the feelings of a desperate man whose world is tumbling down around him. The scene is set to portray a mind that is in turmoil, split into pieces because of the storm of conflicting thoughts and emotions raging inside. The singer compares his situation to a hurricane, as it feels like he is being pulled under the ocean and drowning in a rush of feelings that he can't control.

The song's lyrics seem to speak to a relationship that has fallen apart. The singer recalls their significant others' words, "This wasn't what I wanted," and how they "fell apart without even knowing it." The singer seems to be close to collapsing under the weight of his thoughts, which continually turn back to his relationship. He begs for an open mind and heart from his partner, yet the person is distant and far away, just like the ocean's distance from the shore. The lines "We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now," is a clear representation of this.

Throughout the song, the water imagery used in the lyrics is consistent, with the "water's rising up to the foot of my bed," creating a sense of suffocation and drowning, which is the same feeling the singer has about the failed relationship. The song ends with the repetition of the lines "tell me what you wanted, baby, we keep going around," leaving an open, aching question that remains unanswered.

Line by Line Meaning

Something like a hurricane in my head
My thoughts are chaotic and intense, resembling a turbulent storm in my mind.

Scattering my thoughts into motion.
The hurricane in my head is causing my thoughts to become disorganized and uncontrollable.

Water's rising up to the foot of my bed.
The emotions and problems caused by the hurricane in my head are getting worse and more overwhelming.

It's gonna pull me under into the ocean.
The hurricane in my head is becoming so overwhelming that I fear it will consume me completely.

"This wasn't what I wanted" were the words that you said.
You expressed disappointment or dissatisfaction with our situation, causing our relationship to start falling apart.

We fell apart without even knowing.
Our relationship disintegrated without either of us realizing it was happening.

Open up my eyes or I'll end up dead,
I need to face and confront my problems properly, or else they will continue to impact me negatively until I can no longer handle them.

It's like a hurricane, it's like a hurricane.
The chaos and turmoil in my head feels like an unstoppable natural disaster that threatens to destroy everything in its path.

We are crashing without a sound, it feels like we're oceans apart now.
Our relationship has fallen apart so thoroughly that it's as though we're completely different people, and there's no way to repair the divide between us.

I'd take your hand if you'd hold it out,
I'm still willing to try and save our relationship, if you'll meet me halfway.

'Cause we're going down, down, down.
Our relationship is rapidly deteriorating, and we're running out of time to save it.

Every little thought of you burns in my brain,
Thoughts of you turn into painful reminders of what we've lost, and how much it hurts.

Words repeating over and over.
Memories and regrets about our past keep repeating in my head, making it impossible to move past them.

If it wasn't what you wanted, won't you just turn away?
If our relationship wasn't what you wanted, why didn't you speak up and leave earlier? Why did you let it fall apart without trying to fix it?

Tell me what you wanted, baby, 'cause we're going down.
Our relationship is in a critical state, and if we're going to save it, we need to be completely honest with each other about what we really want.

And tell me what you wanted, baby, we keep going around.
We're stuck in a cycle of repeating the same mistakes, and if we're going to get out of it, we need to change things up by being honest and open.

We're going down, down, down.
We're running out of time to save our relationship, and if we don't do something soon, it will crash and burn completely.

Down, down, down...
The repeated use of the word "down" emphasizes how low and hopeless the situation has become, and how much we need to change to fix it.

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