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Honeycomb Hotel

by Luke Frees

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Honeycomb Hotel 02:43
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You paid in cash And then you crashed At the honeycomb hotel Stayed out last night Couldn’t make things right Didn’t wanna go home Cuz she don’t miss you anymore The empty house The dusty wooden floor You’re better off going to the honeycomb hotel You’re smoking more And drinking less And that’s got you in your head But when she doesn’t want you And when that starts to haunt you You can stay here instead And you can play your piano loud Who knows, you might Even draw a crowd When you’re hanging around at the honeycomb hotel And you can’t overstep if you’re scared to walk And you can’t lose your voice if you never talk So just come out of your shell You’re either living the dream or you’re dreaming through life So warm yourself up inside You paid in cash And then you crashed It’s lonely but it’s comfortable Here’s a place Where you can wash your face Be open and be vulnerable And you can stay here or you can leave Take all the time All the time you need You can put yourself together at the honeycomb hotel
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Hang Onto Yr Youth 02:52
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You travelled across the country Just to find what you left behind The draining pool of friends Spiral away from your mind You’re hanging with the younger crowds Hanging in the college towns To hang onto yr youth Went looking for an adventure To live just like the Beats Stuffed the car with guitars and boxes Piled on the seats But now you’ve slowed down Yeah, you’re getting older now So hang onto yr youth Hello Are you there? Could you answer the phone? Or would you rather be alone? Just gimmea lil somethin’ to know that you’re alright And I know You’re afraid To see how it all has changed If there’s even still a place For a curious kid In this grown-up world All the rules you took as gospel Mean next to nothing now Question the “why” But don’t get lost in the “how” The sun’s set too soon But it’s too early for the moon So hang onto yr youth

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Honeycomb Hotel is the next in a series of a-sides and b-sides I've been releasing every month or so.

The a-side, Honeycomb Hotel, is an upbeat rock song with influences from funk music, dance music, and traditional AABA songwriting. It's a fictional hotel anyone can check into when they need some time to regroup and ground themselves again. It can also be a metaphor for any friends or family who are supportive of you during a hard time--people who bring you soup when you're sick, who talk to you on the phone for hours, who, no matter how long since you last caught up, you know always have your back. This one's for all my friends out there <3.

The b-side, Hang Onto Yr Youth, is almost on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Written right after I moved to Chicago from LA in the fall of 2021, it details the sense of isolation and instability I felt at that time of my life. The song was shelved for a long time because I didn't know if it was good enough to put out there, but now it's slipping its way into the public as a b-side.

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released May 12, 2023

Honeycomb Hotel features Gary Zucker on drums and was mastered by Garrett Edson in LA.

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Luke Frees Chicago, Illinois

I'm a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and producer living in Chicago. My songs are melodic and have a strong emphasis on narratives, with lyrics that often tell a story.

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