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"How Long", track 1 on Heather Hill's album "Leuty Station". The song is often interpreted as a relationship gone bad song (sometimes an alien possession song). The main character can't stand the thought of how possessed they are by their partner. They just want to get their lover's memory out of their life because its slowly killing them.

The song's inspiration came from facing a possible diagnosis of breast cancer. Her view of the world changes when she hears her doctor speak those unwanted words. A recursive piano pattern came to her in the night, both haunting and possessing. All beauty was drained from life and replaced with fear.

The song has elements of alternative rock mixed with the Wilson Sisters (Heart) and a hint of the Beatles in the bridge.

For more details about the song and story, check out Heather's blog: wp.me/p1aIaY-ai

lyrics

How Long
written by Heather Hill and Alec Steinwall

I can’t seem to get you off of my mind
I feel you there
Hiding inside
I can feel you looking out from my eyes
Changing my world
Darkening my skies

How Long, How Long
Before you’re Gone
How Long, How Long?

I used to see colours in the rain
They turned to grey
All of them drained
Everything that used to taste so sweet
Is sour and bruised
Fallen fruit

How Long, How Long
Before you’re Gone
How Long, How Long?

Get out of here
Leave me be, Leave me be
Get out of here

How Long, How Long
Before you’re Gone
How Long, How Long?

I thought I had shown you to the door
But you shook my fear
You took even more
That same force that’s keeping me alive
Has turned against me
Speeding my dive

How Long, How Long
Before you’re Gone
How Long, How Long?

credits

from Leuty Station (album), track released June 18, 2012
How Long was written by Heather Hill and Alec Steinwall, and was produced by Orville Heyn. The players include: Heather Hill on vocals, Russ Boswell on bass, Eddie Paton on guitars, Paul DeLong on drums and Arturo Avalos on percussion.

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Heather Hill Toronto, Ontario

With her rich mezzo voice, authentic lyrics, etheric folk-pop style and classical piano chops, Heather Hill is a singer/songwriter captured by matters of the heart, the human experience, and the mystical beauty of nature and the cosmos. She creates an earthy, percussive, elemental, and transcendent sound. ... more

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