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Hellbent

by Autoheart

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Little living thing, slowly flickering Whirling in the camera Perfecting my face I’m in my happy place I’m in awe of me, captured candidly Keeping up with everyone When I act this way I’m like a bird of prey Into the woods I go Into the woods I go Sometimes when I’m going under I feel drunk and close my eyes and the darkness is a comfort, for a while I feel fine, I feel fine And occasionally, fluttering briefly I remember who I was With my water gun shooting up at the sun Live my life online, spend most of my time With my hand upon my chest Scrolling avidly through vivid images Into the woods I go Into the woods I go Sometimes when I’m going under I feel drunk and close my eyes and the darkness is a comfort for a while I feel fine, I feel fine I feel fine, I feel fine With insight I’ll rewrite My history to make it right I’m hopeful, I’m certain I won’t be always hurting With insight I’ll rewrite My history to make it right I’m hopeful, I’m certain I won’t be always hurting I feel fine, I feel fine, I feel fine I feel fine, I feel fine I feel fine, I feel fine
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I’ve been caught up in a whirlwind I’ve been livin’ in a dream And I’m losing all perspective Nothing’s ever what it seems But I know that he loves me I know that he loves me back I’ve been trippin’ over laces And stumblin’ my words Every move is ungracious To the point of absurd But I know that he wants me I know that he wants me back During the darkest of blues That I am trying to fight I look up to the ceiling Unravel inside On the edge of imploding He surrounds me with light And he acts like a sedative All through the night And I know that he loves me I know that he loves me He comes and he goes But I know that he loves me I know that he loves me Yes I know that he loves me He’s here then he’s gone But I know that he loves me When he comes around My feet don’t touch the ground (I know that he loves me! I know that he loves me!) (I know that he loves me! I know that he loves me!) I’ve been sittin’ in the darkness And rockin’ in my chair I’ve been seein’ apparitions Embodyin’ despair But I know that he’s got me I know that he’s got my back I’ve been everywhere and nowhere By belittlin’ myself So, I say a little prayer To serenity and health And I know that he loves me I know that he loves me back And when I’m losin’ the plot And overthinkin’ it all And my resilience falters I know who to call In these moments of madness He knows just what to do My salvation, my pick-me-up The voodoo he do I know that he loves me I know that he loves me He comes and he goes But I know that he loves me I know that he loves me Yes I know that he loves me He’s here then he’s gone But I know that he loves me When he comes around My feet don’t touch the ground I come alive, I come alive Tell me, what is it like when you’re runnin’ around all the clouds at night With the moonlight beatin’ hard on your skin And the wind blowin’ through the cobwebs of your mind Tell me, what is it like when you’re runnin’ around all the clouds at night With the moonlight beatin’ hard on your skin And the wind blowin’ through the cobwebs of your mind Tell me, what is it like when you’re runnin’ around all the clouds at night With the moonlight beatin’ hard on your skin And the wind blowin’ through the cobwebs of your mind Tell me, what is it like when you’re runnin’ around all the clouds at night With the moonlight beatin’ hard on your skin And the wind blowin’ through the cobwebs of your mind (I know that he loves me! I know that he loves me!) (He’ll be runnin’ around, he’ll be runnin’ around) (He’ll be runnin’ around all the clouds at night) (I know that he loves me! I know that he loves me!) (Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah) (I know that he loves me- loves me- loves me- loves me)
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Time Machine 04:59
Every now and then I think of you I think of all the things we’d do Drinking Diamond White and Malibu And then when it run out, Taboo We would stay up late and fool around Caught up in deep and meaningfuls I told you things I’d never told myself I grew up right in front of you I forgive you, forget me That’s just how it’s meant to be My nostalgic time machine Transporting me back to you (and you to me) Voices Seven of them inside of me Each requiring autonomy, autonomy Hostage Trapped forever in a prism Nothing’s truly ever what it seems Every now and then I think of you Nirvana playing in your room “Choking on the ashes of her enemy” You'd sing out of tune “I’m not like them but I can pretend” You would often say to me And I knew exactly what you meant We could never be completely free I forgive you, forget me That’s just how it’s meant to be My nostalgic time machine Transporting me back to you (And you to me and me to you and you to me) Voices Seven of them inside of me Each requiring autonomy, autonomy Hostage Trapped forever in a pris Nothing’s truly ever what it seems Took a little time to be without you Musicality - it nearly left me We were intertwined like fire and water The reason I was shook - because of you You took all my yearning and all of my hunger I was like a child without a mother I can’t forget the cassettes That you made for me everyday I mistook your sad look For the end, maybe I was too hasty Voices Seven of them inside of me Each requiring autonomy, autonomy Hostage Trapped forever in a prism Nothing’s truly ever what it seems Every now and then I think of you I think of all the things we’d do Every now and then I think of you I think of all the things we’d do My nostalgic time machine Transporting me back to you My nostalgic time machine Transporting me back to you (and you to me)
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It’s never easy when you’re lying still Frozen panic shapes the way I feel It’s not a spirit but I’m paralysed From the neck down, I’m so unsatisfied Got to find a way to leave the darkness in the past Blue black magic What I need is something strong enough to bring me back Blue black Magic It’s never easy, every passing year Life gets harder for this balladeer I could whisper to the gods’ above But they won’t answer cos I’ve been faking love I don’t know why I am always in another world Blue black magic ‘Cos reasons come and go but lovers never leave the soul Blue Black Magic Hellbent, hellbent, hellbent (Don’t wanna be) Hellbent, hellbent, hellbent (Don’t wanna be) Hellbent
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Bent 00:37
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Perestroika 02:10
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There’s something deep inside of me It lingers and it presses hard A tidal wave that never catches breath The end is just the start And now I don’t know what to do I’m not able to do bad things Don’t surround myself with desperados And even though my strategy is just to see the bigger picture All the while, I’m mystified It’s not right of you to do what you’ve done to me It is criminal I am struggling to see So, tell it to me slowly, tell it to me slowly It’s not fair of you to do what you’ve done to me It is arbitrary I am covered in deceit So, break it to me slowly, break it to me slowly Look up, look up I keep falling Look up, look up I keep falling Look up, look up I keep falling down Last night I dreamt that you and I We’re still in love, emulsified And when I woke an emptiness Took over me like nothing else A bitter pill for me to take Forgive my need for absolution I know I’m not the one who’s done wrong Oh clemency you come to me For being foolish, being weak I need to gain control of this It’s not right of you to do what you’ve done to me It is criminal I am struggling to see So, tell it to me slowly, tell it to me slowly It’s not fair of you to do what you’ve done to me It is arbitrary I am covered in deceit So, break it to me slowly, break it to me slowly Look up, look up I keep falling Look up, look up I keep falling Look up, look up I keep falling down All alone So cruel So cruel So cruel All alone I could’ve spoken up I guess Could not have given any less And now I’m feeling such a fool, you know Believing that you ever felt a thing for me was cruel I am sore and I am burned And this is everything I’ve learned And now I’m feeling such a fool, you know Believing that you ever felt a thing for me was cruel Dancer in the dark Dancer in the dark Dancer in the dark all alone Dancer in the dark Dancer in the dark Dancer in the dark all alone
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Already Gone 05:15
It's the way you tell a story That gets us all hooked Hook, line and sinker Captivating when you're holding court You give this look Shrewd as a splinter I know how cold you get How cold you go I know how sad you get, How sad you go, you go, you go If you're already gone can I have just one last moment to say I love you I understand, I do It's the way you push your shoulders back And puff your chest As proud as a robin It's the way you never back down from an argument It’s your God-given right to be right I know how dark you get, How dark you go I know how hard it is, How hard it gets, it gets for you If you're already gone can I have just one last moment to say I love you I understand, I do I love you I miss you I love you, I do
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I recall many years ago When I was living in a bubble - a utopia Running ‘round the city and absorbing every little bit of Ecstasy, young and free, happy Looking back, I was so invincible And nothing was impossible - I tried it all No fear of repercussions Every night an introduction To somebody new, I could do no wrong Like a fossil I’ve been living underground Hoping I’ll be found someday Don’t take a genius To figure this out I’m drowning in this doubt of mine I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right (I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right) Like a rabbit in a headlight (Like a rabbit in a headlight) I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right in myself Every day, I’d wake up in the morning Never knowing in the evening what I’d be doing A liberating feeling when there isn’t any structure To define your time, mine was mine, always Rose-tinted - I know that’s what you’re thinking And believe me I remember all the bad times too I wrote this song as therapy Concluding that primarily I’ve done my thing; how do I bring the old me back Like a fossil I’ve been living underground Hoping I’ll be found someday Don’t take a genius To figure this out I’m drowning in this doubt of mine I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right (I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right) Like a rabbit in a headlight (Like a rabbit in a headlight) I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right in myself I don’t feel a thing No euphoria It don’t mean a thing In this rabbit hole Like a fossil I’ve been living underground Hoping I’ll be found someday Don’t take a genius To figure this out I’m drowning in this doubt of mine I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right (I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right) Like a rabbit in a headlight (Like a rabbit in a headlight) I don’t feel right, I don’t feel right in myself
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Clear 02:16
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Older 04:42
I can still remember when I was seventeen The whole world right in front of me with velvet skin I came here for direction but I got lost I came here for protection at any cost And I know, and I know, and I know, and I know I got nothing to show, I got nothing to show And I know, and I know that it’s nobody fault but mine And I know, and I know, and I know, and I know That the things that you wish for rarely ever come true I came alive I had a spark When I was younger Now that I am older Heavy on my shoulders Hands around my neck Now there’s nothing left Sometimes like a thunderstorm everything erupts A silent rage of mercury within my veins Trembling hands of paranoia; a cloud of dust It covers me entirely like empty lust And I know, and I know, and I know, and I know I was looking for somebody, looking for love And I know, and I know that I ended up all on my own And I know, and I know, and I know, and I know That the things that you dream of rarely ever come true I came alive I had a spark When I was younger Now that I am older Heavy on my shoulders Hands around my neck You were the lie I should’ve told When I was stronger Now that I am weaker Everything is bleaker Hands around my neck Now there’s nothing left If there is a world where we don’t exist within it If there is a place where we don’t exist within it If there is a world where we don’t exist within it If there is a place where we don’t exist within it (take me there) If there is a world where we don’t exist within it (take me there) If there is a place where we don’t exist within it (take me there) I came alive I had a spark When I was younger Now that I am older Heavy on my shoulders Hands around my neck You were the lie I should’ve told When I was stronger Now that I am weaker Everything is bleaker Hands around my neck Now there’s nothing left
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Extraclear 01:23
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You look at me as I am now and then extrapolate You say there’s good in me but I just want to amputate The parts that make me sad, the parts I’ve never had So I can start anew I have a coping mechanism that I put in place I remove every emotion from my hollow face It’s just a thing I do, it’s just a thing I do When I’m confused I have a feeling that I’m losing my mind Cannot deny this is a difficult time And yet I’m telling everybody I love that I’m fine I have to pull myself together again Give something back to all my family and friends It’s such a pressure on my temporal lobe But I still have hope I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day I’ll be free I’m gonna prove that I’m not already gone I’m not delirious I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day you’ll be proud Instead of saving me from every mistake I’m deadly serious And when you break it down you say it’s psychological I look at things in the wrong way, I’m too illogical And when it matters most, when it matters most I fall apart A broken heart, a broken soul, a broken everything My inability to mend is at the route of it If I could find a fix, if I could find a fix To be a better me I got a feeling that I’m losing my mind Cannot deny this is a difficult time And yet I’m telling everybody I love that I’m fine I have to pull myself together again Give something back to all my family and friends It’s such a pressure on my temporal lobe But I still have hope I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day I’ll be free I’m gonna prove that I’m not already gone I’m not delirious I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day you’ll be proud Instead of saving me from every mistake I’m deadly serious I’m going to be who I need to be Love who I wanna love Live how I wanna live Be a better version of me Be who I need to be Love who I wanna love Live how I wanna live Be a better version of me Be who I need to be Love who I wanna love Live how I wanna live Be a better version of me Be who I need to be Love who I wanna love Live how I wanna live Be a better version of me I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day I’ll be free I’m gonna prove that I’m not already gone I’m not delirious I want to be a better version of me I have a vision that one day you’ll be proud Instead of saving me from every mistake I’m deadly serious I’m gonna be, be, be, be, be what I wanna to be Love, love, love, love, who I wanna love Live, live, live, live, live how I wanna live Be, be, be, be, be a better version of ….
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In my head There’s a space Which is dead Such a waste It does not Occupy Any rational thoughts Molecules Multiply By my side I do not Have the strength To survive Save A wretch like me And I will be Eternally grateful More than you’ll ever know So please Save A wretch like me Shut your mouth I’ll shut mine And in time We’ll be fine Too much noise Only serves To destroy I don’t care Anymore Such a sad Place to be You’re my one And only Save A wretch like me And I will be Eternally grateful More than you’ll ever know So please Save A wretch like me Who will save a wretch like me Just hold me to the ground Who will save a wretch like me Just hold me to the ground Save A wretch like me And I will be Eternally grateful More than you’ll ever know So please Save A wretch like me

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The 3rd studio album from Autoheart

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released October 29, 2021

WE ARE AUTOHEART

Jody Gadsden, vocals
Simon Nelson, keys
Barney JC, guitars

All tracks written, produced, performed and recorded by Autoheart

Mixed by Dan Cox at Urchin Studios and Autoheart

Vocal recording, Dan Cox at Urchin Studios and Billy Halliday at Miloco, and Hannes Plattmeier

Additional vocals on Hellbent and Rabbit in a Headlight, Keziah Black Gold Buffalo, additional vocals on Look Up, Look Up and Already Gone, Anne Haight.

Saxophone on Older, David Zucchi

Additional percussion on Into The Woods, Ruairi Glasheen

Art by Aspen T @aspentart

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Jody Gadsden - Vocals/Guitar
Simon Neilson - Piano and Keys
Barney JC - Guitar/Bass

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