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One of my favorite love songs ever. Like many Chris Knox songs (and those of his band Tall Dwarfs) this sounds like it was captured on the first take, or like audio from a home video of a playing child discovering the power of his own imagination, attacking his fantasies with pots and pans for drums and an older brother’s cheap synthesizer. But it also sounds perfect. Knox sings like someone who’s been through it and out the other side— with adolescent wonder still intact, love ready to give.
Feb 15, 2024
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A kid out of the UK. I think he’s like 16 or something with the songwriting skills of a pro.
Jan 24, 2024
yeah yeah yeah call me a normie or whatever. i was listening to rocket when most of you were but twinkles in the eyes of your fathers. he's the voice of a generation. such a unique songwriter, his style is often emulated but never wholesale surpassed. he's incredible. nothing & i mean nothing will ever measure up to listening to gnaw for the first time.
LYRICS
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You never met me
I don't think anyone has
But we can still be laid up together
the sugarhouse picked up the tab
I won't be forgotten
They'll have to bury me in the sand
When our children go digging for answers
I hope they can put me together again
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Had a dream about a promised land
Walk around with a big gun in my hand
& when I look you in the eye
You're gonna tell me that you love me & hold me tight
'Cause you know that I have no fear
Ain't gonna walk into the river & disappear
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I paint pictures of my heart
the colors blue & purple start to bleed into an endless dark
it's only you, it's only you
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I think about him a lot. He's my favorite artist doing it right now. I'm so happy he's so successful now. My only sorrow is how expensive it is to see him live, and how qickly tickets sell out!
May 21, 2024
i didn’t quite appreciate this song as much as i do now until seeing it performed as the closer to his live show… such a great encapsulation of the feeling of years of life under very late capitalism weighing on you
how hard can you go,
and for how long can you sustain it?
when the force that fights back
doesn’t ever relax
it’s so relentless,
oh how long can you defend
against a cheat code?
at a furious pace,
with a smile on your face
May 5, 2024
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