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“Death in Midsummer” is the story of a place where workers struggle to carve out a living in factories and what the song describes as poisoned hills.
It was the first single from the album.
According to the liner notes, “Death in Midsummer” was inspired by a photograph of people running away from...
[Verse 1]
Come on down from that cloud
And cast your fears aside
You're all here and there
And there's nothing inside
May God's will be done
In these poisoned hills
And let the devil be cast out on his tail
(Head)
[Chorus 1]
There was a voice that called me
There was a light that burned me
[Verse 2]
Come on and let's be sure
Let's not pave the way
Your friends have died
And their lives, they just fade away
Some worked the hills
Some worked in factories
Worked their lives away
And in time, you will see your own life fade away
[Chorus 2]
There was no time to go back
There was no time to go back
(Come on)
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
They were in hills
They were in factories
They are in graves now
They were in debt to themselves
And what? Is it paid off now?
[Outro]
I go around and I feel how it fades
I walk around and I see what's fading
Walk around and you'll see how it fades
Walk around and you'll see what's faded
Death in Midsummer was written by Bradford Cox.
Death in Midsummer was produced by Ben H. Allen III & Ben Etter & Cate Le Bon & Deerhunter.
Deerhunter released Death in Midsummer on Tue Oct 30 2018.
This song, really, to me, is not a political song as much as it might seem. It’s more of a song about the people who are caught—the people that suffer the consequences of these political push-and-shoves, which is—I guess is particularly poignant at this moment, where the government’s shutdown, and a...