“Hideaway” by NEEDTOBREATHE
Needtobreathe is a rock outfit from Seneca, a city found in South Carolina, whose music is known to possess a Christian slant. This band has been around since the turn of the century and thus far have eight studio LPs under their belt, all released between 2006 and 2021, as well as a handful of indie albums they dropped beforehand.
Their last five studio albums, beginning with 2011’s “The Reckoning” up until 2021’s “Into the Mystery”, have all reached number one on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart.
Needtobreath’s ninth studio album is a project titled “Caves”. The entire project is backed by Drive All Night Records. And the LP’s third single, “Hideaway”, was made public on 10 August 2023.
This song was produced by Cason Cooley alongside Needtobreathe. To note, the band currently consists of the following musicians:
- frontman Bear Rinehart
- bassist Seth Bolt
- drummer Randall Harris
- keyboardist Josh Lovelace
- guitarist Tyler Burkum (who joined in 2020)
And it is the aforenoted Bear Rinehart who co-wrote “Hideaway” with Mokita and Trent Dabbs.
Lyrics of “Hideaway”
“Hideaway” reads like a love song that is likely, all things considered, influenced by Christian ideology. The reason we can presume that this piece is romantic in nature is because in the chorus, the vocalist refers to the addressee as “baby”.
And as far as the verses go, most simply put Bear goes about presenting himself as someone who will always be there for this person he’s singing to, regardless of whatever hardship she is going through. And the way he goes about relaying that message is slightly reminiscent of certain lines from the Bible.
So ultimately, this is a song of encouragement. As illustrated in the bridge, it isn’t necessarily as if the vocalist is supporting the addressee for supporting’s sake. Instead, he is encouraging this person to keep pressing on, knowing that he or she has a faithful companion along the way.
