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Shell by Holly Macve

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Holly Macve

Shell

Release date: 3rd March 2017

From Golden Eagle
Track 4
5:27
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About This Track

‘Shell’ by Holly Macve is an alternative track from the album ‘Golden Eagle’, released in 2017. The lyrics sketch a regretful, introspective moment, with the narrator looking back on impulsive words and actions, then retreating into the inner life that feels steadier than outward reality. A line about love being “sincere and true” sits beside images of being undone and collapsing inward, as if the mind becomes both refuge and trap. The song moves from outside intimacy to the private, self-contained space where the speaker feels most human and grounded, even as thoughts take over.

"Shell" is a track by Holly Macve, from the album Golden Eagle, released 3rd March 2017. The track is 5:27 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Holly Macve.

About the Artist

Holly Macve

Holly Macve

Lyrics

Shell

[Verse 1]

I wasn't thinkin' when I turned and said to you

"The love I give is sincere and true"

Oh, I wasn't myself when I led you through the door

The world was flat, and I was lyin' on the floor

Oh, I feel most human when I'm in my own head

And I feel most steady when my thoughts aren't fed by you

[Chorus]

Why do you act like you know me so well

When I don't even know myself?

Why do you act like you know me so well

When you've barely even touched the shell?

When you've barely even touched the shell?

[Verse 2]

Your words hit me like a feather, then sink like a stone

And I pushed you away with silence alone

I'm pushing you away with silence alone

Because I have never learned how to speak for myself

And I never will learn to envy that in you

[Chorus]

Why do you act like you know me so well

When I don't even know myself?

Why do you act like you know me so well

When you've barely even touched the shell?

Oh, why do you act like you know me so well?

(When I don't even know myself?)

Oh, why do you act like you know me so well?

(When you've barely even touched the shell?)

Oh, why do you act like you know me so well

When you don't even know yourself?

Oh, why do you act like you know me so well

When you've barely even touched the shell?

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Track details

From Golden Eagle

5:272017
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Album
Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle
Holly Macve
3rd March 2017
Track number
4
Release year
2017
  1. 1White Bridge
    3:26
  2. 2The Corner of My Mind
    4:44
  3. 3Heartbreak Blues
    4:08
  4. 4Shell
    5:27

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