Lord Huron showed their Rock-aligned skills in a collaboration with actress
Kristen Stewart – “Who Laughs Last.” It’s an adventure from the “standard” Lord
Huron sound, so much so that it’s only when Ben Schneider voice is heard at
2:11 that the identity is revealed. About the single, Schneider commented:
“I
didn’t know Kristen previously but I’d been a big fan since seeing her work
with Olivier Assayas, which my wife introduced me to. I kept hearing her voice
when I was writing this song and just thought “what the hell, I’ll reach out
and see,” thinking it was a long shot. But she said she was interested so we
met up and hit it off talking about books, movies and music. She immediately
got what I was going for and had great ideas to boot.”
The
press material related to the single interestingly explains:
The
track once again finds Lord Huron evolving at lightspeed. With Stewart
in the driver’s seat, they traverse a lonely and lost highway soundtracked by a
rumbling palm-muted bass riff and a high octane beat. The groove picks up as
samples of garbled news broadcasts echo in waves over strings. While she grips
the wheel, Stewart’s poetic spoken word chills. At one point, she confesses
that staring at an oncoming storm “made me feel something I never felt
before…something between awestruck and horrified…I kept my eyes on the long
white lines.” Turning on a dime, the momentum picks up and frontman Ben
Schneider’s vocals take hold around a hard-hitting hook, “You don’t
remember what I said, but you’ll remember what I did.”
“Who Laughs Last” (feat. Kristen Stewart) by Lord Huron
LYRICS OF “Who Laughs Last” (feat. Kristen
Stewart) by Lord Huron
Kristen Stewart, spoken-word
After three hours at the wheel, I found myself beyond the borders of my experience
From there it was one alien world after another
Ghost towns, painted deserts, hamburger stands, neon temples
Canyons carved by patient rivers
Craters gouged by giant hunks of rock flung from who knows where
The headlights quit somewhere around mile 400
But I drove on through the darksome night
Pedal down to the floor, windows wide
Strange words repeating, repeating, repeating in my head
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
And I drove like hell
Above me shone a terrifying number of stars
Spelling out the cold indifference of the universe
I tried to stare at the road ahead
I saw a huge storm far off on the horizon
Dark and crawling with lightning
Just looking at that churning mass
Set in all that immense emptiness
Made me feel something I'd never felt before
Something between awestruck and horrified
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
And I laughed like hell
Chorus: Ben Schneider
I'm gonna leave that city far behind and get a long, long way from there
I've got a burning feeling deep inside of me and don't know where to put it
Now that I've left that place I feel like someone for the first time in my life
You don't remember what I said, but you'll remember what I did
Kristen Stewart, spoken-word
I found no solace on the radio
Nothing but crackpots and static
UFOs and white noise
Scripture and garbled frequencies
I tried to switch it off, but the dial snapped in my fingers
The volume lodged at a distorted maximum
So loud, I never even heard the sirens
I gripped the wheel and stomped the pedal
I said a meaningless prayer through my gritted teeth
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
I laughed like hell
Chorus: Ben Schneider
I'm gonna leave that city far behind and get a long, long way from there
I've got a burning feeling deep inside of me and don't know where to put it
Now that I've left that place I feel like someone for the first time in my life
You don't remember what I said, but you'll remember what I did
I sure like the feeling of an endless road
My life is still a tale untold
I gotta stop believing in a long-gone past
If nothing stays forever, who laughs last?
I sure like the feeling of an endless road
I'm tired of doing what I'm told
I know that life is fleeting and it all goes fast
If no-one lives forever, who laughs last?
Kristen Stewart, spoken-word
Who laughs last?
Who laughs last?
Who laughs last?
Kristen Stewart, spoken-word
After three hours at the wheel, I found myself beyond the borders of my experience
From there it was one alien world after another
Ghost towns, painted deserts, hamburger stands, neon temples
Canyons carved by patient rivers
Craters gouged by giant hunks of rock flung from who knows where
The headlights quit somewhere around mile 400
But I drove on through the darksome night
Pedal down to the floor, windows wide
Strange words repeating, repeating, repeating in my head
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
And I drove like hell
Spelling out the cold indifference of the universe
I tried to stare at the road ahead
I saw a huge storm far off on the horizon
Dark and crawling with lightning
Just looking at that churning mass
Set in all that immense emptiness
Made me feel something I'd never felt before
Something between awestruck and horrified
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
And I laughed like hell
I'm gonna leave that city far behind and get a long, long way from there
I've got a burning feeling deep inside of me and don't know where to put it
Now that I've left that place I feel like someone for the first time in my life
You don't remember what I said, but you'll remember what I did
I found no solace on the radio
Nothing but crackpots and static
UFOs and white noise
Scripture and garbled frequencies
I tried to switch it off, but the dial snapped in my fingers
The volume lodged at a distorted maximum
So loud, I never even heard the sirens
I gripped the wheel and stomped the pedal
I said a meaningless prayer through my gritted teeth
I kept my eyes on the long white lines
I laughed like hell
I'm gonna leave that city far behind and get a long, long way from there
I've got a burning feeling deep inside of me and don't know where to put it
Now that I've left that place I feel like someone for the first time in my life
You don't remember what I said, but you'll remember what I did
My life is still a tale untold
I gotta stop believing in a long-gone past
If nothing stays forever, who laughs last?
I sure like the feeling of an endless road
I'm tired of doing what I'm told
I know that life is fleeting and it all goes fast
If no-one lives forever, who laughs last?
Who laughs last?
Who laughs last?
Who laughs last?
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