Shelter

Shelter is a single by FINNEAS an the second track on his debut EP Blood Harmony. The song was released on August 22nd, 2019. A music video for the song was later released on September 30th, 2019.

## Background

In interview with *Coup de Main* Finneas said the following about the song, "‘Shelter’ is a song I wrote a long time ago, I wrote it around the same time I wrote ‘Break My Heart Again’, which was in 2016. I wrote it to send to Avicii – I’d heard that he was looking for songs for one of his last couple of EPs, which obviously nobody knew were his last couple of EPs at the time, but it was a song that I wrote. Sometimes those songs are really liberating to write because I wasn’t having to etch my diary, the story of my life, into a song. I just had this thought, ‘I’d love to write a song called ‘Shelter’ and I want to see if I can make it quickly.’ So I probably wrote the song in 45 minutes, recorded the demo, and then I fell in love with the song. It hit my voice in a really fun way to me, it was really fun for me to sing the demo, and it became this thing that I became very attached to. It’s honestly unclear whether or not he heard it, I had nothing beyond my really wonderful managers that anyone was hearing anything that I was doing at the time, but unfortunately, he passed away the year later. The song sat dormant until recently, I started to play live a lot, and I think when you play live a lot you start to understand what you want a lot of when you play, and I just had this feeling of, ‘I would love to do this song every day at a show.’"

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's no one else, could ever hold me like you do

There's nowhere else, that I'd rather be than with you

They call us lucky, but I think we might be cursed

'Cause the way you love me

I could drink the river dry and still die of thirst

[Chorus]

Give me, give me shelter from the storm

Give me, give me shelter, keep me warm

Come kiss me by the delta, where the river's torn

But I'll be whole

As long as I'm yours

Yours

[Verse 2]

There's no way out, the city sinks into the sea

But if we go down, at least I'm in good company

They call us hasty, and I think they might be right

But I know that I'd be crazy

Not to wanna be the one to keep you up all night

[Chorus]

Give me, give me shelter from the storm

Give me, give me shelter, keep me warm

Come kiss me by the delta, where the river's torn

But I'll be whole

As long as I'm yours

As long as I'm yours

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Refrain]

(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna)

I don't wanna think about a life without you

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no

(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna)

I don't wanna go to war, but I'm about to

[Chorus]

Give me, give me shelter from the storm

Give me, give me shelter, keep me warm

Come kiss me by the delta, where the river's torn

But I'll be whole

As long as I'm yours (As long as I'm yours)

Give me, give me shelter from the storm (As long as I'm yours)

Give me, give me shelter, keep me warm (As long as I'm yours)

Come kiss me by the delta, where the river's torn (Oh, no, no, no)

But I'll be whole (Oh)

As long as I'm yours

[Refrain]

(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna)

I don't wanna think about a life without you

(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna)

I don't wanna go to war, but I'm about to

## Reference

1. ↑ https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/finneas/15934