Abel is tired of it, and readily admits his own guilt and his exhaustion with being watched he warns someone who is close to him (the adulterous woman) to keep their relationship from being marred by hypocrisy as well. People pretend to be who they aren’t and judge others for doing those same things.
In the end, “The Hills” by The Weeknd means something more than just being about a love affair. The singer actually is Ethiopian and gives a nod to his birth country by singing “I love you very much” in Amharic. The Outro, according to, is sung in Amharic, an Ethiopian language that was Abel Tesfaye’s first. He wants her not to be one of the sets of eyes watching him. He tells her to “hide lies” and admits that he only has her “to trust.” He wants her to admit her guilt also and to enter back into a deeper relationship with him. In the context of those watching him, The Weeknd wants to know who this girl is “to judge” him. Within the song’s imagery, the hills’ eyes belong to those who want to expose him or to have him fall back into not enjoying life the way he does now. Interestingly, the line could also be a reference to the Hollywood Hills that watch his rise to fame.
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In the Bridge, he sings, “Hills have eyes,” a reference to Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes a movie about cannibal mutants watching humans from nearby hills and attacking them.
In the face of this situation, his reaction is to continue to “live life for the moment.” And though he believes this is working for him, he’s angry that everyone seems to want him to fall again–to “relapse.” He doesn’t think their “relationship” will last: “Tryna keep it up don’t seem so simple.” According to the next line, before he met with her, he had already had sex with two other women, so he may not value this affair too highly.Īnd while others are “lways tryna send off to rehab, / Drugs started feelin’ like it’s decaf.” He’s done so many drugs that their effects on him are weakened. In Verse Two, The Weeknd sings, “Imma let you know and keep it simple”: what he’s about to say is going to be serious. However, he continues to perpetuate what he seems to think is one of his mistakes–a mistake he feels fatally drawn to. He admits he’s made mistakes and that the real him is not really a nice person. He then sings, “When I’m f****d up, that’s the real me / … / I only f**k you when it’s half past five / The only time I’d ever call you mine.” He claims his own guilt and calls his messed up life his real one, not a façade that he can put on at other times. He simply wants the relationship’s physical benefits. He continues singing, “I only love it when you touch me, not feel me,” because he doesn’t want emotional closeness. Because he may not work traditional hours, this could simply be a reference to him taking his time. He sings, “I only call you when it’s half past five / The only time that I’ll be by your side,” possible a reference to him coming over after work hours.
Interestingly, in the music video, The Weeknd is singing while climbing out of a car crash with two other women (mentioned in the lyrics later) and going up to a large, rich house and walking in to find several women there, one obviously in charge of the home.Īfter Verse One, Abel launches into the Chorus to the accompaniment of a terrifying scream. Once she knew he was coming, she sent her “friends home” and though she’s going to “eep on tryna hide it,” he knows her friends know. He comes looking for her house and requests that she “send the info.” She’s rich because he’s “rivin’ through the gated residential” to get to her. If they’re still in the friend zone, then the relationship is mainly physical and not based on emotion, though The Weeknd seems to want it to be. By doing this, they create a façade which becomes a recurring motif in “The Hills.”įor his part, Abel is “just tryna get” the woman “out the friend zone / Cause you look even better than the photos.” While she wants the affair to be secret, he’s ready for it to be more open. He doin’ promo / You said, ‘Keep our business on the low-low.'” The woman’s husband is a traveling salesman or advertiser, and she wants Abel to be discreet, not letting her husband find out. The song begins with The Weeknd rapping to a woman he’s having an affair with. Unfortunately, that place is not a happy one and listeners may respond in shock, pity, or empathy. "The Hills" is not only intense musically, mixing heavy soul and rap, but its lyrics are also worth delving into for a better understanding of where this now world-renowned artist comes from philosophically.
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