HeartSongs - 20180226
- Written by Marky Edison
Welcome to HeartSongs, our regularly scheduled (probably) look at songs and the people who write them. We spoke to Tyler from California’s Cloud about their recent single, ‘Two Hands Bound’.
“I wanted to create a song that addressed an immense amount of weight I felt at the time. Specifically, the weight of those first few years into the real world and the work force was the most pressing struggle I had. I was working in the restaurant industry at the time.
My heart goes out to anyone who works in this environment— especially in the U.S. Our relationship to work and to our jobs is increasingly complex and I wanted to focus on this relationship and it’s correlation with love and joy. The song is very pointedly joyous and celebratory, an intention of solidarity.
The lyric I’m most proud of in the song is “Talking is also love”. At a point in time where the weight shifted on and off my chest and every successful attempt in relieving it came with a realization just like that. When I listen to the song, all shades of green come to mind, like sun was poking through leaves.”
Two Hands Bound lyrics;
I fell so low
Some things you’ll never know
How odd to pray
Tried again the other day
C’est la, c’est vous
Got work in the afternoon
Born to die a thousand days
And, oh, to see what life remains
‘cause losing is a way of life
And building is another way of life
Says the man with his two hands bound
Says it all with his two hands
Man made me a wage slave
Time made me a gelatin
A day so nice
You can shake it off sometimes
And love is good
Mostly misunderstood
Like how we talk
Talking is also love
Born to doubt and see what it’s about
And, oh as I dance
I help myself to live
And if I don’t
To keep my self from loss
I lather a friend,
A vial of peppermint!
Says the man with his two hands bound
Says it all with his two hands
Man made me a wage-slave
Time made me a gelatin
Time made me a bitter one
An animal
An animal is what I’ve become