Horsegirl - Billy (Lyrics Video)

The titular character in “Billy,” the new track from budding Chicago indie rock trio Horsegirl, cuts a familiar figure. He wanders and ponders through life, an existence that bassist-vocalist Nora Cheng renders in shades of mundane saturated with just the right amount of strange.
“Billy says he’s got a stiff rate in the nick of time,” Cheng sings over an instrumental churn that’s both beatific and bombed out (indie rock vet John Agnello produced the track). “He washes off his robes in preparation to be crucified/Billy recounts all the time he spent on counting change/Changes that he never made will make him wish he stayed and prayed.”
Over three concise, vivid verses, Billy’s world seems to shrink, until all that’s left is his belief “in a room that’s growing thin and thin,” where “He’ll shut the door and think about the silly little state he’s in.” But as the character recedes into this tiny, inner world, Horsegirl explode into a boisterous din, dive bombing into the boogie buried in their wall of fuzz. The tambourine shakes, and in the “Billy” video, Horsegirl and their friends do the literal Chubby Checker “Twist” as they dance around to the song. Any despair, angst, or even caution in the song feels less like a thing to dwell on, than fuel to uncover all that’s exuberant.
Horsegirl is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band consists of Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece. The group is currently signed to Matador Records. The group originated in the year 2019, which is when they self-released their first song, titled Forecast. The group released their first EP, Horsegirl: Ballroom Dance Scene et cetera, through Sonic Cathedral Recordings in 2020. Paste Magazine named the EP one of the 25 best EP's of 2020.
In November 2021, the group released their latest song “Billy”, which is their first on Matador Records. The song was named one of Rolling Stone’s “Songs You Need To Know”. Alongside the new song, the group released a cover of Minutemen’s song History Lesson - Part II.
Lyrics:
Billy, if I went
Ahhha, ahhha
Billy, if I went
Ahhha, ahhha
Billy says he’s got a stiff rate in the nick of time
He washes off his robes in preparation to be crucified
Billy recounts all the time he spent on counting change
The changes that he never made will make him wish he stayed and prayed
Billy walks across the pond at half past eight he says
He walks into the yard and tells them everyone is nearing dead
Billy has a little nickname for his paradisе
He folds it up and sets it on the mantеlpiece to look real nice
Billy washes off his robes and he will say that
Everyone is in everyone’s out the afternoon is turning grim
Billy believes in a room that’s growing thin and thin
He’ll shut the door and think about the silly little state he’s in
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Great lyrics