Ashes

Album: Out Of Nothing (2005)
Charted: 11
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  • Lead singer Danny Macnamara and his brother wrote this as the first song on Out Of Nothing, their comeback CD. They originally wrote the song without a drum beat as a soft piano ballad. Danny didn't like it, but eventually, after some fighting and swearing, the two brothers agreed to make the sound more upbeat. >>>
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    Gautam - Rockville, MD

Comments: 1

  • Amiee from Manchester, EnglandThe song is about Embraces come back. After being dropped by their record company and told they would never make it big .. the song is about them coming back with an even bigger contract and kinda proving that they're already BIG! and that in life when you're kicked down you just get back up and do it again 10 times better.
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