Cut Back by Lady Lyon
"Cut Back" is a three-and-a-half-minute burst of country-tinged indie rock— and the first taste of Lady Lyon’s debut album, arriving in June.
The “Cut Back” bop belies an introspective and, at times, defiant conversation between past and present selves. It's a reckoning with identity and change: some things never leave you, life is messy, “it’s hard and it’s easy…but it’s all that way.” The future is uncertain, but looking back—cutting back—reveals what you’re made of.
Slotted in as track two on the album, "Cut Back" was produced by Wade Keighran (dust, Polish Club) and recorded at Golden Retriever Studios in Marrickville as 2024 ticked over into 2025. The forthcoming 12-track LP will be at home on shelves alongside artists like Angel Olsen, Julia Jacklin, Adrianne Lenker, Wednesday, Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten.
‘Cut back 'refers to a kind of ‘sliding doors’ moment in time. I found myself pushing through a lot of self-doubt last year when writing this album. I would question my life, my choices, my abilities to do the things I set out to do and my deservingness of my relationships. Cut Back is the stubborn need to do what you love and the reflection on what you can achieve when you give it everything you’ve got.’ - Hayley Lyon
Tracklist
| 1. | Cut Back | 3:36 |
Lyrics
V1
It’s hard and it’s easy
But it’s all that way
Walkin down our street
I felt the night wane
Signs come, they come, they go away
The faces do the same
Stars in the night sky, the things we don’t say
C
Oh, and I heard you first
And I spoke your name
Oh, and I’ve seen some things
That will always stay
R
And i said, cut back, cut back and tell me i was wrong
Cut back, cut back and tell me i was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
V2
It’s hard and it’s easy
Living day to day
Walkin’ down our street
I swear I will change
C
Oh, and I heard you first
And I spoke your name
Oh, and I’ve said some things
That will always stay
Oh, and I loved you first
That will never fade
Oh, and we’ve seen some things
That we can’t erase
R
And i said, cut back, cut back and tell me i was wrong
Cut back, cut back and tell me i was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
