“Last Ride” is inspired by Nico and contains references to her death in a bicycle accident.
The closing track on Beach House’s seventh LP evolves from a slow piano ballad into a triumphant guitar-driven Rock song, which ends with an atmospheric outro.
There she goes
Under the sun
Some question there
Roll her eyes
Blonde, your hair
Fake eyelashes
Sun came up
Baby went black
And she rolled over
There she goes
Around the bend
The sun is slow
Unknown friend
There she goes
The sun went bad
The cycle ends
Who takes your name back
When he said he's four streets from your bed
And I'm loving and sick
There she goes
On her bike
Earth to the side
When you're loving most at night
And I love you back
When the sun rises, I--
Who will call you back?
It's a whisper
It's just a whisper
It's just a whisper
Last Ride was written by Alex Scally & Victoria Legrand.
Last Ride was produced by Beach House & Sonic Boom.
Beach House released Last Ride on Fri May 11 2018.
Victoria Legrand, in an interview with CR Fashion Book:
The last song on the record, “Last Ride,” was inspired by [Nico]. There’s just something crazy in that song that happened on that journey and for whatever reason, I was really into that world. The madness, the darkness, the glamour, the destru...