“Coming out of an electronic-based project with Singular Balance, and coming home from the world of big studios and producers in LA,” Lontalius explains. “I hadn’t touched an acoustic guitar in a long time until I came home to NZ and it was all I had to write with. Back to basics,” Lontalius says.
[Verse 1]
Oh, you know me
I'm a killer
I let feelings come and go
I said I'd let you win
But you figured I might be doing this all for show
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm surely not the first one
And I'm surely not the last
To be bringing the best ones right down with me
And then I might fall through the cracks
[Chorus]
But I knew you could be cruel
I knew you could be faint
And I knew all of us would lie bleeding when in your wake
But I'll find a record now
To make sense of it all somehow
I knew you could be faint
[Verse 2]
Oh, you knew me
In the winter
Taking our coats off at the door
And hoping you'd watch me, I brought you a presеnt
I'd never done that bеfore
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm surely not the first one
And I'm surely not the last
To come crawling out the wreckage
Feeling sorry I ever asked
[Chorus]
But I knew you could be cruel
I knew you could be faint
And I knew all of us would lie bleeding when in your wake
But I'll find a record now
To make sense of it all somehow
I knew you could be faint
[Outro]
I'm battered on the outside
These bruises that won't heal
I'd rather be on the bright side
Than leave your heart to steal
Faint was written by Eddie Johnston.
Faint was produced by Eddie Johnston.