Empty handed by Honeybadger
“Empty-Handed”, a song about the poetic despair of ending up with nothing, washed up from life. This will be a part of their upcoming LP, titled “Let There Be Light”.
"Empty Handed" fuses heavy desert grooves with haunting melodies, driven by thundering riffs and hypnotic rhythms. Lyrically, it's a bittersweet anthem for resilience in the face of disappointment.
“My luck could start to show, I need a heavy blow of sympathy from my gods.
Just when things start to turn, I get to crash and burn. I hide away and I wait.”
The band’s signature blend of fiery energy and reflective storytelling shines through, offering a track that's both powerful and painfully relatable.
Tracklist
| 1. | Empty handed | 4:07 |
Lyrics
I'm sure I'm gonna win the race of my old sins
So I will lose, I won't choose
The life I had in mind, the one that fed my pride
With all the right fantasies
I hovered right below the ceiling of my soul
And I saw red, I'm not dead
Can't find the words that match, I have a breath to snatch
and find my way through the grey
And I'm empty-handed
But I've been praying for so long
To catch a break
From the storm
My luck could start to show, I need a heavy blow
Of sympathy from my gods
Just when things start to turn I get to crash and burn
I hide away and I wait
To cover all my faults with smiles and sing-alongs
Cause I don't read between the lines
I've been the one to blame but I forgot my shame
And carried on, now I'm gone
And I'm empty-handed
But I've been praying for so long
To catch a break
From the storm
Credits
Produced by Alex Bolpasis and Honeybadger
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Bolpasis at Suono Studio, Athens - Greece
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Mastering by Nick Townsend at Infrasonic Mastering, L.A - California - USA
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Composers:
Dimitrios Vardoulakis
Evangelos Oikonomou
Ioannis Laganakos
Dimitrios Giannakopoulos
Dimitrios Giannopoulos
Lyrics by Dimitrios Vardoulakis
Cover photo by Cristina Alossi calossiphotography.com
Band logo by A.D. Visions
Cover color, editing & video by Dimitrios Michailaras michailaras.com
License
All rights reserved.
Formed in 2015, achieved a local success in their hometown, Athens.
Discography includes The Rain EP (2017), debut full-length album Pleasure Delayer (2020), most recent single, Diamonds (2023)
Played on major stages (Gagarin, Temple, Six Dogs, the legendary AN Club) and numerous fests with the likes of Nightstalker, Planet of Zeus etc.
Sophomore album, Let There Be Light in the spring of 2025.