“Body Behavior” is perhaps George Clarke’s most personal and painful song to date.
It is an attempt to name the origins of his own insecurities – in moments when his own physicality, sexuality and identity were forced upon him.
With the interview in mind, we can see: It’s not just about personal his...
[Verse 1]
He sits and shows me naked women
Wants to know my type
Asks if I've thought to want them
Laughs when I'm shy
Hands sweat, coil back
Twist into vines
[Chorus]
Don't I owe them everything for all I've come to know?
Seeing what I'm taught to see, taking to it slow
Buried in the home
[Verse 2]
When I tell him I'd beg to love them
He starts smiling outside, smoking
Burned back slow 'til he starts choking
[Chorus]
Don't I owe them everything for all I've come to know?
Seeing what I'm taught to see, taking to it slow
Don't I owe them everything for all I've come to know?
Seeing what I'm taught to see, taking to it slow
Buried in the home
[Bridge]
Nothing so sacred leaves this place of reason
Nothing so sacred leaves this place of reason
[Outro]
That was my cross
That was the outcome
That was the loss
No, I don't feel anymore
Everything withers, everything dulls
No, I don't feel anymore
Nowhere is guidance when everything's wrong
No, I don't feel anymore
Nowhere is guidance when everything's wrong
No, I don't feel anymore
Body Behavior was written by Daniel Tracy & George Clarke & Kerry McCoy & Shiv Mehra & Christopher Paul Johnson.
Body Behavior was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Deafheaven released Body Behavior on Fri Mar 28 2025.