Beginning as a big-haired, black-clad garage punk outfit and soon morphing … Read Full Bio ↴Beginning as a big-haired, black-clad garage punk outfit and soon morphing into something more experimental, the Horrors featured singer Faris Badwan, bassist Tom Furse, guitarist Joshua Hayward, drummer Joe Spurgeon, and keyboardist Rhys Webb. The Horrors formed in the summer of 2005 and quickly gained notoriety around London for their look, sound, and brief but frantic live shows. Loog soon signed them, and the Horrors released their official debut single, "Sheena Is a Parasite/Jack the Ripper," in spring 2006. That summer the Horrors released their second single, Death at the Chapel. They also reissued "Sheena Is a Parasite" as a limited-edition DVD single. The song's startling video was directed by Chris Cunningham and featured actress Samantha Morton as Sheena. Late that summer, the band signed to Stolen Transmission in the U.S. and released a self-titled EP that fall. They also issued the Count in Fives single in the U.K. around that time.

The Gloves single arrived early in 2007, heralding the release of the Horrors' full-length debut, Strange House, which arrived in the U.K. that March and in the U.S. in May. In 2008, Webb and Furse formed the analog synth project Spider & the Flies, and released the album Something Clockwork This Way Comes. For 2009's Primary Colours, the band worked with Cunningham and Portishead's Geoff Barrow as co-producers, opting for a very different sound that mixed shoegaze, post-punk, and goth; the album was released by XL that spring and earned several critical raves, including NME's Album of the Year. In between albums, Badwan teamed with Canadian opera singer Rachel Zeffira for the hazy pop project Cat's Eyes, which released its self-titled debut in early 2011. The Horrors self-produced their follow-up, 2011's Skying, which featured a lighter yet still atmospheric sound that drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and the Psychedelic Furs. In 2012, they released the remix companion album Higher and embarked on an extensive tour. In 2013, they began recording new material with producer Craig Silvey. Early the following year, the single "I See You" reflected the more expansive direction of their fourth album, Luminous, which arrived in May 2014. The Horrors began work on their next full-length with Paul Epworth at London's Church Studios in 2015, and forged a darker, rawer yet still danceable sound that borrowed from '80s post-punk, synth-pop, and '90s dance. The result was V, which arrived in September 2017.

Biography by Heather Phares

There are other artists with the same name:

2) A garage rock/punk band from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which formed in 1997 and broke up in 2003. They released two albums, The Horrors (2000) and Vent (2003). Singer/guitarist Paul Cary recently released his debut album, Ghost of a Man, on Candy Dinner Records in 2010.

3) An American psychedelic rock group active in the 1960s, best known for their single "Briar Patch".

For much more information, go to the band's official forum, "The Horum", and official Myspace.

You Said
The Horrors Lyrics

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You said I had what I came for
And the whispers had washed you away
Held yourself at the window
But the rivers were turning your head

You said I had what I came for
And the whispers had washed you away
Held yourself at the window

But the rivers were turning your head

After the crash,
After the crash come the waves
And leave you with nothing
At least next to nothing

You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more
You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more

Now the echoes are endless
Whenever you say it aloud
All the whispers are heavy
And the whispers they wear you down

After the crash come the days
After the crash come the waves
And leave you with nothing
At least next to nothing

You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more
You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more

Stretching far into another night
A landscape with no heart
And no one sees her above
Oh there's nothing more to it now
Put aside and forgotten
Barely left alive
And forgotten too far gone to see you
And her eyes are too far gone to know
And her eyes are too far gone to know

You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more
You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more

You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more

You've got to give me love
You've got to give me more

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of "You Said" present a sense of detachment and disillusionment. The singer is being told by someone, possibly a lover or a friend, that they have what they came for, indicating that they have achieved some kind of goal or fulfillment. However, this statement is quickly followed by the revelation that the whispers have washed away this person, leaving the singer feeling alone and disconnected. The image of the person holding themselves at the window, while the rivers turn their head, further emphasizes this sense of being lost and helpless.

As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer is struggling to find meaning and purpose in their life, and is searching for someone to give them love and more. The repeated pleading for love and more suggests a deep sense of emptiness and longing, and the idea that the singer is willing to give up anything to feel fulfilled.

The final lines of the song describe a landscape without a heart, and the singer feeling forgotten and barely alive. They are too far gone to see someone who might be trying to help them, and their eyes cannot even recognize this person. The song presents a bleak portrait of disconnection and the search for a sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Line by Line Meaning

You said I had what I came for
You once expressed to me that I had what I came for

And the whispers had washed you away
You were overwhelmed and lost in the whispers that surrounded us

Held yourself at the window
You stood at the window, holding yourself together

But the rivers were turning your head
But the movement and sound of the rivers outside were distracting you

After the crash, After the crash come the waves And leave you with nothing At least next to nothing
After a moment of destruction or chaos, there are always further negative consequences that may leave you with very little

Now the echoes are endless Whenever you say it aloud All the whispers are heavy And the whispers they wear you down
Now, whenever you speak about it aloud, the echoes of those whispers seem never-ending, weighing heavily on you and causing you to feel drained

After the crash come the days After the crash come the waves And leave you with nothing At least next to nothing
After the initial devastation, further negative consequences will arise and may leave you with barely anything

Stretching far into another night A landscape with no heart And no one sees her above Oh there's nothing more to it now Put aside and forgotten Barely left alive And forgotten too far gone to see you And her eyes are too far gone to know And her eyes are too far gone to know
The situation I find myself in stretches on into another endless night, and it feels like there's no human emotion left behind it. Nobody can see me as a person anymore, and it seems like there's nothing more that can be done to help the situation. I've been abandoned and nearly destroyed, too far gone to even recognize the people I used to know, and they cannot recognize me either.

You've got to give me love You've got to give me more You've got to give me love You've got to give me more
You need to give me more care and attention, and put in more effort to our relationship

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: FARIS ADAM BADWAN, JOSEPH PATRICK SPURGEON, JOSHUA MARK HAYWARD, RHYS TIMOTHY WEBB, TOM FURSE COWAN

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