“Desert Man” is the fifth track released in advance of the release of Lost Girls.
Natasha Khan shared a snippet of the song in a piano/vocal version on her Instagram on 23 August 2019.
[Verse 1]
Measuring the distance between you and I
Finding the location inside
You being alive while I'm alive
Within the dusty desert sky
[Chorus]
It’s hard to get high with you
And not go low
I've waited so long to
Take it slow
Desert man
Desert man
Love is a nowhere land
Desert man
Desert man
Love is a desert man, man
[Verse 2]
Measuring the vastness of pastel blue
Measuring the sadness I see in you
You take me to that nowhere land
Pull me in with your both your hands
And just to love is all I can do to understand
[Chorus]
It’s hard to get high with you
And not go low
I've waited so long to
Take it slow
Desert man
Desert man
Your love is a nowhere land
Desert man
Desert man
Your love is a nowhere land
[Outro]
It’s hard to get high with you
And not go low
I've waited so long to
Take it slow
Desert man
Desert man
Love is a nowhere land
Desert man
Desert man
Desert Man was written by Jennifer Decilveo & Natasha Khan.
Desert Man was produced by Charles Scott IV & Jennifer Decilveo & Natasha Khan.
Bat for Lashes released Desert Man on Mon Sep 02 2019.
From a Fader interview on September 23, 2019:
It’s an obvious reference to [LA’s] landscape, but also about being in a relationship with someone who doesn’t feel a sense of home — that romance about the nomadic wild guy and how difficult it is to penetrate people that don’t want to be. It was one o...