Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Fontaines D.C. - "A Hero's Death" from the 2020 album A Hero's Death on Partisan Records.

Don't ask Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten about the meaning behind today's KEXP Song of the Day. "I'm not sure myself," he confesses to the BBC. "I purposefully keep the things I write open to interpretation, even to myself."

But the track also serves as the title of the Irish post-punk band's forthcoming full-length, out July 31st via Partisan Records. "I found the idea quite funny — because I'm half-expecting people to dislike [the album]," he continued. "So, the idea of calling it A Hero's Death is kind of laughing about that and setting people up for disappointment."

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0:00.0	I'm going to be. Life ain't always empty
0:24.8	Life ain't always empty life ain't always empty life ain't always empty life ain't always empty life ain't always empty. Life ain't always empty.
0:34.0	Don't get stuck in the past.
0:39.0	Say your favorite things at maps, tell your mother that you love her,
0:46.0	I got out of your way for others.
0:49.0	Sit beneath the light that seems to you, and look forward to a brighter future.
0:54.0	Life ain't always empty.
0:56.0	Life ain't always empty.
0:58.0	Life ain't always empty.
1:01.0	Life ain't always empty
1:04.1	ain't always empty life ain't always empty
1:09.6	life fail always empty sake is far down, it should be pulled up, happiness really ain't all about luck.
1:18.0	Let you mean a be a deep down self and don't sacrifice your life by your health.
1:23.0	When you speak, speak sincere.
1:25.0	I believe me friend, everyone will hear.
1:28.0	Life ain't always empty.
1:30.0	Life ain't always empty.
1:32.0	Life ain't always empty. Life ain't always empty.
1:35.0	Life ain't always empty.
1:37.0	Life ain't always empty.
1:38.0	Life ain't always empty. pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,
1:53.0	pop, pop, pop, back,
	...

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