“Closer” has an undeniably choral sound, and sounds very hymnal. The slow, mellifluous beat and the soaring vocals are not far-removed from the ethereal voices in the compositions of Thomas Tallis, the famed composer of sacred music in Gregorian England. This song is a superb example of FKA’s extrem...
[Verse 1]
Now I yearn to
Follow you in
Everything I do
All those years in isolation
Helped me want for you
Lead me to a
Place I'm free from
All the wrongs I do
[Pre-Chorus]
In return, I'll live my life
Forever loving you
[Chorus]
Closer
I'm here to be closer
Closer
To you, to you, to you, to you
Closer
I'm ready now, closer
Closer
To you, to you, to you, to you
[Verse 2]
In my mind
Eternal darkness
Seemed like it was true (true, true, true)
Oh, so wretched, wretched, wretched, wr-wretched
My savior knew (oh, so lost)
I was weary
I was sleepy
But you held me through
[Pre-Chorus]
Carried me along the sand
Your footsteps gold and couth
[Chorus]
Closer
I'm here to be closer
Closer
To you, to you, to you, to you
Closer
I'm ready now, closer
Closer
To you, to you, to you, to you
[Outro]
All those years in
Isolation
Isolation
Isolation