Elastic Heart (Hunger Games Version) Lyrics

How to Format Lyrics:

  • Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus
  • Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines
  • Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc.
  • Use italics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part
  • If you don’t understand a lyric, use [?]

To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum

About

Genius Annotation

Maddie Ziegler (from the “Chandelier” video) and Shia LaBeouf star in the clip for “Elastic Heart,” directed by Daniel Askill and choreographed by Ryan Heffington.

Additional vocals by The Weeknd appear on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, but not in the album and video version, which was released as the second single from 1000 Forms of Fear.

The video was met with what CNN described as “outrage.” Apparently, the sight of a 28 year-old man and a 12 year-old girl wearing flesh-colored outfits and grappling in a giant bird cage made people uncomfortable, despite the lack of any graphic violence or sexual acts in the video. Barbara Ellen defended the rights of Sia and her collaborators to make provocative art in the Guardian:

Is this where we are now: society flinching from the sight of a man and a girl performing together in any way that hasn’t been entirely emotionally neutered?

Sia was braced for the video’s impact, as she made clear through Twitter, while also trying to make clear the intent of the casting:

https://twitter.com/Sia/status/553023264646123520

https://twitter.com/Sia/status/553023400327647234

Although many have interpreted the video as a depiction of a tumultuous relationship between a girl and her father, Sia and LaBeouf, who came up with the concept for the video, describe it as dueling self-states. The cage acts as a symbol for the human skull, in which the two states do battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJtWWH2qWk

“Elastic Heart” appears on both The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 1000 Forms of Fear.

Credits
Featuring
Produced By
Vocals
Co-Producer
Drum Programmer
Recording Engineer
Additional Engineering
Mixing Engineer
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Vocal Recording Engineer
Release Date
September 30, 2013
Elastic Heart (Hunger Games Version) Is A Remix Of
Tags
Comments