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How by Daughter

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Daughter

How

Release date: 15th January 2016

From Not to Disappear
Track 4
4:27
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About This Track

Elena Tonra's voice carries a quiet indignation through 'How', a study in longing and emotional restraint. The song moves between whispered verses and a minimal instrumental chorus, each shift amplifying the weight of her questioning: how long to wait, how can light change, what makes someone fail you. The lyrics circle around absence and veneers, the gap between what appears and what is. The track builds its power through contrast, moving from the intimate to the expansive without ever raising its voice. Tonra's earnest phrasing and silky delivery anchor verses that feel almost conversational, before the song opens into something larger. It is the kind of regret-filled, stomach-tightening piece that defines Daughter's approach: beauty drawn from restraint, meaning earned through understatement rather than assertion.

"How" is a track by Daughter, from the album Not to Disappear, released 15th January 2016. The track is 4:27 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Daughter.

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Daughter

Daughter

Lyrics

How

Moving on
Just moving in slow motion
To keep the pain to a minimal
Weightless, only wait for a fall
How long must I wait for you?
I dance in the evening
How long must I wait for you
To become what I need?
Holding on to veneers
His words end from birthdays
Goodbye to our emptiness
Yeah that's when I saw her
Hold me back
Hold me back
All I am
All I am
How long
Before the last dance
How come he's the one
To let me down
How can the light glows
Different in the evening
How can the stars
Distance into daylight?
Like it's alright
Like it's alright

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Track details

From Not to Disappear

4:272016
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Not to Disappear
Not to Disappear
Daughter
15th January 2016
Track number
4
Release year
2016
  1. 1New Ways
    5:26
  2. 2Numbers
    4:17
  3. 3Doing the Right Thing
    5:15
  4. 4How
    4:27

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