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Hotel Lux – An Ideal for Living (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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Hotel Lux
Hands Across the Creek
An Ideal for Living

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An Ideal for Living

Release date: 27th January 2023

From Hands Across the CreekTrack 73:32

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About This Track

"An Ideal for Living" is a track by Hotel Lux, from the album Hands Across the Creek, released 27th January 2023. The track is 3:32 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Hotel Lux.

About the Artist

Hotel Lux

Hotel Lux

Lyrics

An Ideal for Living

I pay the price for arbitrary remarks

I could be destined for glory or destined for nothing

I could be the shy guy that I once was

Or the man I'm turning into

The cost of growing old

Oh, an ideal for living

Reminds me of days that give life meaning

I'm just getting used to being wrong

It's the cost of growing old

A year wasted, oh

Put my woes into a song

Tell me what's right and tell me what's wrong

The cost of growing old

Oh, an ideal for living

Reminds me of days that give life meaning

I'm just getting used to being wrong

If I could've written any other tune, a lullaby

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

If I could've written any other tune, a lullaby

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

If I could've written any other tune, a lullaby

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

About getting by

Oh, an ideal for living

Reminds me of days that give life meaning

I'm just getting used to being wrong

Oh, an ideal for living

Reminds me of days that give life meaning

I'm just getting used to being wrong

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Track details

From Hands Across the Creek

3:322023

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Album

Hands Across the Creek

27th January 2023

Track number

7

Release year

2023

1Old Timer
3:01
2Common Sense
3:49
3National Team
3:34
4Eastbound and Down
4:04

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EncoreThe Bitter Cup

The Bitter CupThe Bitter Cup

Nod (To The Retrospect)The Bitter Cup

JoyThe Bitter Cup

The FearThe Bitter Cup

CostermongerThe Bitter Cup

EvelynThe Bitter Cup

Hand of MineThe Bitter Cup

Song for John HealyThe Bitter Cup

Another One GoneThe Bitter Cup

Another One Gone

Solidarity SongHands Across the Creek

Morning After MourningHands Across the Creek

National TeamHands Across the Creek

Easy Being LazyHands Across the Creek

Eazy Being LazyHands Across the Creek

Eastbound and DownHands Across the Creek

Old TimerHands Across the Creek

StrutHands Across the Creek

Common SenseHands Across the Creek

Points of ViewHands Across the Creek

Eddie's GaffBarstool Preaching - EP

CharadesBarstool Preaching - EP

Tabloid NewspaperBarstool Preaching - EP

Ballad Of You & IBarstool Preaching - EP

Loneliness Of The Stage PerformerBarstool Preaching - EP

English Disease

The Last Hangman

Common SenseHands Across the Creek
3:49
Eastbound and DownHands Across the Creek
4:04
Eazy Being LazyHands Across the Creek
4:06
Morning After MourningHands Across the Creek
2:31
National TeamHands Across the Creek
3:34
Old TimerHands Across the Creek
3:01
Points of ViewHands Across the Creek
3:37
Solidarity SongHands Across the Creek
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StrutHands Across the Creek
3:41
Another One GoneThe Bitter Cup
4:38

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Hotel Lux have unveiled their new single 'Joy' from upcoming album 'The Bitter Cup'

Hotel Lux have unveiled their new single 'Joy' from upcoming album 'The Bitter Cup'

The album is self-produced and releases on 14th November.

23 Oct 2025 • 10:33 am

Hotel Lux have dropped new single 'Nod (To The Retrospect)' from their self-produced second album 'The Bitter Cup'

Hotel Lux have dropped new single 'Nod (To The Retrospect)' from their self-produced second album 'The Bitter Cup'

Self-produced at Big Jelly Studios, with live recordings and collaborative writing sessions.

4 Sept 2025 • 9:30 pm

Hotel Lux have confirmed their second album 'The Bitter Cup' for October

Hotel Lux have confirmed their second album 'The Bitter Cup' for October

Hotel Lux announces self-produced second album 'The Bitter Cup' and releases 'Costermonger', a single about Deptford Market's decline.

15 Jul 2025 • 1:33 pm

Hotel Lux are back with their intense new single 'Another One Gone'

Hotel Lux are back with their intense new single 'Another One Gone'

Hotel Lux explores loss and friendship in their first release since their debut album, blending vulnerability with live performance energy.

29 May 2025 • 1:40 pm

Hotel Lux have dropped a new Christmas single (and tribute to Nigella), 'The Carvery'

Hotel Lux have dropped a new Christmas single (and tribute to Nigella), 'The Carvery'

"Let’s toast Nigella."

30 Nov 2023 • 11:49 am

Hotel Lux have dropped a new single, 'Vice'

Hotel Lux have dropped a new single, 'Vice'

It marks their first new material since their debut album.

10 Aug 2023 • 10:22 am

Hotel Lux are teasing their upcoming debut album with new single, 'Points Of View'

Hotel Lux are teasing their upcoming debut album with new single, 'Points Of View'

The band describe the song as a bridge between their previous EP, and their new album.

12 Jan 2023 • 3:13 pm

Hotel Lux have shared ‘National Team’, the second single from their upcoming debut album, ‘Hands Across The Creek’

Hotel Lux have shared ‘National Team’, the second single from their upcoming debut album, ‘Hands Across The Creek’

The 10-track LP will arrive in full on January 27th via The State51 Conspiracy.

26 Oct 2022 • 9:28 am

Hotel Lux have announced their debut album, 'Hands Across The Creek'

Hotel Lux have announced their debut album, 'Hands Across The Creek'

The news comes alongside a new single, 'Common Sense', and a string of UK/EU tour dates.

26 Sept 2022 • 7:33 am

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6Morning After Mourning

7An Ideal for Living

3:32

8Points of View

9Eazy Being Lazy

10Solidarity Song

—Easy Being Lazy