The ‘Have a look at Us Now (Honeycomb)’ Lyrics Are Key to Unlocking the Daisy Jones & The Six Drama
Have you ever ever loved a song before you even heard it? That’s been the case for a lot of readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & The Six, an oral history of a fictional band that rose to superstardom within the Seventies, then abruptly fell apart as a result of turmoil behind the scenes. With in-depth backstories and even complete lyrics for some, the songs in Reid’s pages were so near being real; they simply needed to be heard. Now, they finally may be, because of Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six series adaptation and Aurora, an entire, actual album by the titular band. (It’s produced by Grammy winner Blake Mills, though actors Riley Keough and Sam Claflin perform their very own vocals.)
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Songs from the 11-track album will appear throughout the series, which just debuted today, but “Have a look at Us Now (Honeycomb)” stands out in first three episodes. Like within the book, though Reid’s version is just called “Honeycomb,” that is the primary song Daisy (Keough) and The Six, led by frontman Billy Dunne (Claflin), work on together, which results in their game-changing partnership, musical and otherwise. Nonetheless, when she joins the band within the studio, Billy is shocked to learn she’s altered a few of his lyrics. For instance, she modified the hook from, “I do know we are able to get all of it back,” to “We are able to make a superb thing bad.” He recoils.
In any case, the song comes from a private place for Billy. He’s attempting to make right after abusing drugs, cheating on his wife Camila, and spiraling so badly that he missed the birth of their daughter to examine into rehab. His “Honeycomb” is a vow to his family, and likewise to himself, that he is usually a higher man. Perhaps it’s even proof that he already is. (Hence the road, “Have a look at us now.”)
However the music industry is tough to please, and Billy’s lovey-dovey demo bored record executives. Producer Teddy Price knew when Daisy overheard the demo in his office that he needed to bring her in to shake things up. To be clear, she loves the song, but she doesn’t buy Billy’s plain message. “It’s about starting a recent life, Daisy, it’s about redemption…from letting people down,” he tells her as they argue within the recording booth.
Unconvinced, she presses, “So, you let someone down, right? And now you’re saying all the things’s fantastic, take a look at us now, all the things’s previously…I don’t consider it. It doesn’t sound honest and it sounds easy. And I don’t know you thoroughly; you don’t seem easy to me.”
So, she complicates the lyrics so as to add some tension and turbulence to Billy’s very linear narrative. But what he sees isn’t only a swapping of words; it’s a disturbance in his journey of healing. Little does he know, Daisy will only proceed to take over his life from here, and he’ll do the identical to her.
The resulting song begins as a mellow rock ballad but picks up speed, blossoming into rock-pop territory. Guitars go wailing while Billy and Daisy belt in crisp harmonies. And truthfully, it’s pretty catchy. “Oh, we are able to make a superb thing bad” has been echoing in my head for an entire week prior to writing this story.
“Have a look at Us Now (Honeycomb)” was written by Blake Mills, Jason Boesal, Stephony Smith, Jonathan Rice, and Marcus Mumford, which may explain its folk-rock influences. (Mills himself has collaborated with a lot of artists including Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes, Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, and Phoebe Bridgers.) Accompanying Keough and Claflin were Mills and Madison Cunningham on guitar and background vocals; Tyler Chester on electric piano, organ, and synth; Pino Palladino on bass; Abe Rounds on drums; and Matt Chamberlain on percussion.
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Readers will notice that the lyrics are different from those in Reid’s novel. Though she didn’t write out the total lyrics to “Honeycomb,” characters mention lines within the story, like: “Someday things will cool down / We’ll pick all of it up and move town / We’ll walk through the switchgrass all the way down to the rocks / And the youngsters will come around.” And the refrain, which Daisy modified based on her interpretation, was originally: “Will the life we wish wait for us? / Will we live to see the lights coming off the bay? / Will you hold me, will you hold me, will you hold me until that day?”
The recorded version uses less specific phrasing and focuses more on the tumult than Billy’s good intentions. As present-day Billy recalls within the series, “Come to think about it, we never did my version.” Nevertheless it’s a powerful song, and it foreshadows his and Daisy’s long and winding saga ahead.
Read the total lyrics below.
I don’t know who I’m
Baby, baby, baby,
Do who you’re?
Is it out of our hands?
Tell me, tell me, tell me,
How we made it this far?
Did we unravel a protracted time ago?
Is there an excessive amount of that we don’t need to know?
I wish it was easy, however it isn’t so
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Now where will we stand?
Baby, baby, baby,
Nobody knows who you’re
And if this was your plan,
Tell me tell me why
You’ve been crying at nighttime
We unraveled a protracted time ago
We lost and we couldn’t let it go
I wish it was easy, however it isn’t so
So baby,
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
How did we get here?
How will we get out?
We was once something to see
But, baby, take a look at us now
Baby, take a look at us now
This thing we been doin’
Ain’t figuring out
Why can’t you simply admit it to me?
Oh baby, take a look at us now
Oh, baby, take a look at us now
Oh baby, take a look at us now
Oh baby, take a look at us now
Oh baby, take a look at us now
How did we get here?
How will we get out?
This thing we been doin’
Ain’t figuring out
Oh,
How did we get here?
How will we get out?
We was once something to see
Oh, baby, take a look at us now
Baby, take a look at us now
This thing we been doin’
Ain’t figuring out
Why can’t you simply admit it to me?
Baby, take a look at us now
Baby, take a look at us now
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Oh, we could make a superb thing bad
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There may be a 75 percent probability she’s listening to Lorde immediately.
