The single “55” questions ageism in music and culture:
Is it ever too late to chase your dream?
If you were 21 instead of 55, doing exactly the same thing, would the world treat you differently.

Recorded at Magic Garden Studios with legendary producer Gavin Monaghan and Liam Radburn and featuring renowned classical musician and composer Julianne Bourne on strings, this song evokes 90s indie rock with a modern edge. 

Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Robert Plant, The Twang, Ocean Colour Scene):
"55 by HorthWorld is a classic piece of British songwriting. 
It’s deep enough to make you think, and catchy enough to have the front three rows with their hands in the air. 
An interesting artist with a bank of songs worthy of a bright future" 

FFO The Beatles, Oasis, Blur, The Verve, Shed Seven, Robbie Williams, Sam Fender

hear my cry

(way up in the clouds)

(never comin down)

moonlight

on my white skin

in the dead of night

coolin with the stars again

when all of a sudden

i hear the angels singin

lift me up to heaven

someone pinch me if i’m dreamin

then i played a concert in the clouds

all my angels sing along with me

i’m never comin down

they dont focus on the wrong in me

i see demons in the crowd

vibin to the sound

concert in the clouds

all my demons singin loud

i get lonely in my head

i dont feel like i belong

i keep tossin in my bed

i’m still haunted by the monsters

my life has been long search

i dont wanna cause hurt

why do i feel hollow if i’m livin life on gods earth

life is like a cemetary

people waste away at home

no way it’s hereditary 

livin life inside a phone

kids committin suicide

everybody wanna die

prayin for another life

we all need some peace tonight

lonely road to home when ur walkin all alone

prayin for the change in life but never seems to come

i know u loosin hope & i know u feel alone

sing it with me baby, call on all the angels up above

play a concert in the clouds

all my angels sing along with me

i’m never comin down

they dont focus on the wrong in me

i see demons in the crowd

vibin to the sound

concert in the clouds

all my demons singin loud

got these voices in my head

screamin at me loud

its like theyre only gettin louder, more i try to drown em out

all the lyin isnt fair

tryna live my life, aware

just another dreamer boy

existing in a nightmare

yeah.

concert in the clouds

Ashen Promises

Where’d you drift off?
Did you miss the land?
Left me adrift in fog,
Filling holes with sand.
I lit the flare, but you went blind
Coulda called, but changed your mind
Shoulda stayed, but played the kind
Of legs that never learned to stand

You said “maybe,”
I heard “never”
And it broke me
Too damn clever
Wish you'd want it
Just enough
But love for you was always rough

Shoulda, woulda, coulda said it
But you let me break within
Left the engine runnin’, sped it
Right back to where you've been
We were hanging by a thread
Spun from stars we never met
I would lose you just to prove
I don't use what I regret

I took the hit,
Swallowed every dull excuse
Poured a fifth
Just to get a little loose
Thought if I gave more than half
You’d let me make it last
But you vanished in the math
Now I’m proof you can’t deduce

You say “sorry,”
I say “maybe”
Like chopped off fingers
Our digits severed
You gave nothing
That was real
I gave you every ache I feel

Shoulda, woulda, coulda held me
But you folded, played it cold
Said you missed me, then repelled me
Watched me raise, watched me fold
We were comets pulled apart
By a wish that had no spark
I would rather break in two
Than be the one who left a mark

Now we're cobwebs in the attic
We were magic, then dramatic
Started comedic, ended tragic
And you vanish like a trick
I still see me in your madness
In the mess, behind the glasses
Told myself you’re not the axis
But I still revolve too quick

Shoulda, woulda, coulda saved it
But we drowned in all that light
Used to shine it, now we fake it
In the cracks between the night
You were someone I once knew
Built from stars and residue
I would lose you all again
If it meant I made it through

Shoulda, woulda, coulda saved it
But we drowned in all that light
Used to shine it, now we fake it
In the cracks between the night
You were someone I once knew
Built from stars and residue
I would lose you all again
If it meant I made it through

Shoulda, woulda, coulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
oh!


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