Hell of a Year
Emotional, rainy-night piano ballad centered almost entirely on soft, expressive piano and breathy British male vocals. The voice should stay delicate, airy, and intimate the whole way through—gentle verses, fragile rises, and emotional peaks that are still breath-heavy and smooth. Keep instrumentation minimal: mainly piano with warm reverb and subtle ambient pads. If drums appear at all, they should be extremely light—soft pulses, distant taps, or faint heartbeat-like rhythms that never overpower the piano or vocals. The atmosphere should feel reflective, late-night, and full of quiet heartbreak, with a slow build driven by emotion rather than volume. Mood: tender, longing, intimate.
Hell of a Year
Emotional, rainy-night piano ballad centered almost entirely on soft, expressive piano and breathy British male vocals. The voice should stay delicate, airy, and intimate the whole way through—gentle verses, fragile rises, and emotional peaks that are still breath-heavy and smooth. Keep instrumentation minimal: mainly piano with warm reverb and subtle ambient pads. If drums appear at all, they should be extremely light—soft pulses, distant taps, or faint heartbeat-like rhythms that never overpower the piano or vocals. The atmosphere should feel reflective, late-night, and full of quiet heartbreak, with a slow build driven by emotion rather than volume. Mood: tender, longing, intimate.
Lyrics
It’s been a hell of a year
My love
The hell are you doing here
My love
Thought you were out of town
My dear
Don’t know
How I found my way round here
Don’t know
Who the hell she is
Really
I promise babe
I dropped my old ways
Warm that cold face
Don’t give me that look love
Sorry that I took so long
To change
I’m sorry that I lost my way
I’m sorry I can’t do this here
Babe
It’s been a hell of a year
Yeah
It’s been a hell of a year
My love
Yeah a hell of a year
It’s been a hell of a year
My love
Yeah a hell of a year
12 months
6 big fights
Tried to end it
Like 5 times
Only have one life
I just can’t keep doing this
But I’m so addicted
To your ruinous, ways
Stuck Playing a game
Where we both lose
No can’t escape
There are no clues
But baby
Don’t choose
To just run away
We can find a way
Let’s just play it safe
For now
I could down a whole case
Right now
Want to disinfect my brain
Right now
I want to extract our pain
And dump it in the ocean
Get a little place
Up in the mountains
Take it day by day
Until we’re not broken
(Yeah)
Until we’re not broken
But we’re both here
Sneaking in the open
Gone without a notice
But can we just
Get away from here
Man
It’s been a hell of a year
It’s been a hell of a year
My love
The hell are you doing here
My love
Thought you were out of town
My dear
Don’t know
How I found my way round here
Don’t know
Who the hell she is
Really
I promise babe
I dropped my old ways
Warm that cold face
Don’t give me that look love
Sorry that I took so long
To change
I’m sorry that I lost my way
I’m sorry I can’t do this here
Babe
It’s been a hell of a year