Says Alex of the first single from the fourth Oh Mercy album - still untitled... “Sandy is a fast song. Faster than the other ones. Or slower. It really just depends on how you count the bars. And which song you compare it to. Faster than a real slow song. Slower than a real fast one. Sandy is a stuck in the middle kind of song. I wrote it in Nashville. I was walking to a Mexican restaurant. It's about self loathing. And self loathing by way of resenting someone who loves you. Just for loving you! (what a world!!!). It's a little about needing it. But wishing you didn’t need it. In the end you're god damn glad you got it.”
Alex Gow recently returned home to Melbourne from the States where he spent time in Nashville, Portland and Los Angeles, disconnected and rootless - a ‘romatic saboteur’ creating his forthcoming album.
Read the album’s travel diary here: http://www.ohmercy.com.au/about/
Gow is one of Australia’s most acclaimed singer/songwriters. Releasing three albums by the time he was 25, he won the ‘Outstanding Potential Award’ at the AMP’s in 2009 and was awarded the EG Music ‘Outstanding Achivement’ Award in 2012. He also has a string of ARIA nominations under his belt for the albums Privileged Woes, Great Barrier Grief and most recent, Deep Heat.
Confessions
Oh Mercy Lyrics
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Lost my girl voluntarily
A sun rises not sunsets
Nurturing this deep dark regret
Now that you've gone I think I've loved you more
I dream of you upon my kitchen floor
That when you're gone is when I love you the best
I got a feeling if you turn me
Later when you're most passionately
One knock or maybe two or three
Twice is hard for you to please me
Build me a ship and I'll set it sail
Maybe a month if this wind prevails
I'm so alone and I'm so prepared
For you to come home and sit on my bed
I never felt like how I feel for you
I'm pleading guilty, made your brown eyes blue
I called your nan she says I'm up the creek
???, lonely and hardly discreet
Oh Mercy's song Confessions talks about lost love and regret. The singer of the song admits that he lost his girl voluntarily and now feels deep regret about it. He is stationary and round the world, but his heart is still with his lost love. He talks about loving her more now that she is gone and dreaming of her on his kitchen floor. The singer's confession is that he loves his girl the best when she is not around.
The chorus of the song says that the singer has a feeling that if his lost love were to come back to him, he would want her passionately. He wants her to come home and sit on his bed, but he knows that he may be hard to please. He asks for a ship to be built so that he can set sail and be alone with his thoughts. He admits to his guilt and calls his lost love's nan, who tells him that he is in trouble, lonely, and not discreet.
The song has a melancholic tone and portrays the deep regret that the singer feels for losing his love. It talks about the complexity of relationships and how sometimes love is felt the most when it's gone.
Line by Line Meaning
Round the world now stationary
I'm physically still but my thoughts are traveling around the world
Lost my girl voluntarily
I let her go by choice
A sun rises not sunsets
Every day brings new opportunities and beginnings, not endings
Nurturing this deep dark regret
I'm holding onto this regretful feeling and keeping it alive
Now that you've gone I think I've loved you more
Losing you has made me realize how much I truly loved you
I dream of you upon my kitchen floor
You constantly haunt my thoughts and dreams
My secrets out now I must confess
I can't keep this feeling inside any longer, I need to reveal it
That when you're gone is when I love you the best
I realize how much I love you only when you're not with me
I got a feeling if you turn me
If you give me a chance, I can prove my love to you
Later when you're most passionately
At a time when you feel most emotional and unguarded
One knock or maybe two or three
It won't take much for you to give me another chance
Twice is hard for you to please me
I have high expectations and needs in a relationship
Build me a ship and I'll set it sail
I'm willing to do anything to prove my love
Maybe a month if this wind prevails
I'm determined to succeed in winning you back, no matter how long it takes
I'm so alone and I'm so prepared
I'm ready to wait for you, even if it means being alone
For you to come home and sit on my bed
All I want is for you to come back to me and be close to me again
I never felt like how I feel for you
My love for you is like nothing I've ever felt before
I'm pleading guilty, made your brown eyes blue
I take responsibility for the pain I caused you, and I want to make it right
I called your nan she says I'm up the creek
I reached out to your family for help, but they told me I'm in trouble
???, lonely and hardly discreet
I'm feeling lost and lonely, and I'm not doing a good job of hiding it
Contributed by Alexandra M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.