Angels

## Audio

### Audio

**Angels** was the intended eleventh track on Carly Rae Jepsen's unreleased sophomore studio album, Curiosity (2012). As the album was scrapped, the song was never released.

## **Lyrics**

**Verse 1**

I believe in angels, woah-oh-oh

I believe in your kind, oh-oh-oh

And everywhere that I look

I can see those eyes, those eyes, oh-oh-oh

**Pre-Chorus**

The way they look

The way they see

The way I don't even know what I mean

Now I'm touch, touching the sky

'Cause now you're touching me, touching me

**Chorus**

Oh, it all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

It all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

**Verse 2**

I believe in angels, woah-oh-oh

Does it mean you're somewhere? Oh-oh-oh

And everywhere that I go

Well, I can see those eyes, those eyes, oh-oh-oh

**Pre-Chorus**

The way they look

The way they see

The way I don't even know what I mean

Now I'm touch, touching the sky

'Cause now you're touching me, touching me

**Chorus**

Oh, it all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

It it all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

**Bridge**

I found love and now I see

Through it all too easily

Through it all too easily

Now I know that I am found

I won't ever let you down

I won't ever let you down

**Breakdown**

But it all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

**Chorus**

But it all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

It all comes down to...

I can't wrap my head around you

**Post-Chorus**

The way they look

The way they see

The way I don't even know what I mean

Now I'm touch, touching the sky

**Outro**

I believe in angels

## **Song credits**

#### **Writing and production**

* **Written by:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Ryan Stewart • Stuart Hobson
* **Produced by:** Ryan Stewart

## **Background**

#### **Curiosity album**

Angels was originally intended to release as part of Jepsen's planned second studio album, Curiosity, exclusively in Canada on February 14th 2012. However, sometime before release, Jepsen's label 604 Records would make the decision to cut the album down into six track extended-play instead. Angels was one of five tracks to be cut from the record and currently remains unreleased.

#### **Live performances**

Prior to the announcement of Curiosity in 2012, Angels was premiered live by Jepsen on November 12th 2011 in a performance at Headliners, Nanaimo BC. Carly also performed the song additional times in June and July 2012 at Red River Ex in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada.

## **Writing and development**

#### **Development for Curiosity**

Angels was written by Carly Rae Jepsen with Stuart Hobson and producer Ryan Stewart, during the development of Curiosity. This was sometime prior to March 2011, as Carly posted lyrics from the song during this time. Based on her post, it appears the main hook of the song was written by Stuart Hobson.

Another Tweet from Jepsen in April 2011 suggests that alternative lyrics for the song's verses were "I believe in angels, dancing in your sunlight", which would ultimately go unused in the final version of the track she performed live.

#### **Stuart Hobson version**

Angels was written by Jepsen alongside musician Stuart Hobson. In April 2021, Hobson released his own version of the song with rewritten lyrics and different production and instrumentation.

## **References**

1. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "I believe in angels..I believe in your kind"(S.H.) March 25th 2011 - via Twitter
2. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "I believe in angels....dancing in your sunlight" April 20th 2011 - via Twitter
3. ↑ [https://youtu.be/h4Lp-CJzGWM Stuart Hobson - Angel