June
IDLES * Track #6 On Joy as an Act of Resistance.
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June by IDLES
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IDLESProduced by
Paul FrazerWrited by
Paul Frazer & Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire & Joe TalbotAbout
This song concerns Joe Talbot’s daughter Agatha, who was born stillborn in June 2017. It was obviously a distressing time for both Joe and his partner and he never actually planned to release the song due to it coming from such a personal place. Unlike the rest of Idles’s songs, Talbot wrote the lyr...
June Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Dreams can be so cruel sometimes
I swear I kissed your crying eyes
Dreams can be so cruel sometimes
I swear I kissed your crying eyes
[Verse 2]
A stillborn but still born
I am a father
A stillborn but still born
I am a father
[Chorus]
I'll mend
I'll mend, I'll mend, I'll mend
I'll mend
I'll mend, I'll mend, I'll mend
[Verse 3]
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
Baby shoes for sale: never worn
[Chorus]
Pretend
I'll mend, I'll mend, I'll mend
Amen
Amen, amen, amen
June Q&A
Who wrote June's ?
June was written by Paul Frazer & Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire & Joe Talbot.
Who produced June's ?
June was produced by Paul Frazer.
What did IDLES say about "June"?
I didn’t really intend on it ever coming out…It’s quite a telling sign of what I’m writing about, which is carrying the shame of grief and feeling like you’re a burden because you’re feeling so dysfunctional and angry at the universe for something that you have no control over. People often have a s...
What have the artists said about the song?
I wrote this song for me. It’s the only song where I’ve ever written the lyrics first and will probably remain so. I struggled to see where it would fit on the album because it was so personal, but after hearing the riff Lee [Kiernan, guitarist] wrote, I realized that I did want to show my pain. I w...