“1972” is a track from Let’s Try the After (Vol. 1), the first of two EPs released by Broken Social Scene in 2019.
A few months before the studio version was released, a live version debuted on CBC Music’s The Strombo Show. It was one of two new songs performed on the session, alongside “Can’t Find...
[Verse 1: Ariel Engle]
Back in 1972, I didn’t really know
I never really knew how we were moving
'Cause we didn’t come to light this loss
Just because
[Verse 2: Ariel Engle]
1972, I barely knew of
Lights and sounds and sparkle eyes and reasons to lose
It’s ok, got the cemetery goal
Beauty can’t console
[Chorus: Ariel Engle]
Life leads, eyes bless
I’ve got it, you need it, we want it, it’s dead
House calm, wives left, we’re dying here, we're dying here
I’ve got it, you need it, we want it, it’s love
I’ve seen it, I’ve heard it, I steal it, it’s death
We’re dying, We're dying
We're dying
[Verse 3: Ariel Engle]
Blinking in the bright light with you
I really have to believe that everyone and everything
Just shines for the one to find this is loss
And just because
[Verse 4]
Sparkle like you would for them
Preyed upon, I prayed within
The hearth, the home, the house, the sin that waits until then
The call, the home, the shape, the dead, the centuries dying
[Chorus: Ariel Engle]
Life leads, eyes bless
I’ve got it, you need it, we want it, it’s dead
House calm, wives left, we’re dying here, we're dying here
I’ve got it, you need it, we want it, it’s love
I’ve seen it, I’ve heard it, I steal it, it’s death
We’re dying, We're dying
We're dying
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Instrumental Outro]
1972 was written by Andrew Whiteman & Ariel Engle & Brendan Canning & Charles Spearin & David French & Howard Bilerman & Kevin Drew.
1972 was produced by Joe Chiccarelli & Charles Spearin.
Broken Social Scene released 1972 on Sun Jan 13 2019.