As the lead single of Cocoa Sugar released months before the album, rather than representing the album musically, it represents firstly the fact that the band is exploring different directions than their previous output (light on the rhythm, not for dancing, and with a big choir-like sound). Secondl...
[Chorus]
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Lord, if you choose a time
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
I'll take another one and I'll be yours
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll hear the chimes
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll hear the chimes
[Verse]
It's too late
Too late
I won't see you later
If you fade
I'll fade
Fading together
Her love is blind
Her love is kind
Her love is mine
(Her love is mine)
Love wants to give
Hate wants the thrills
Joy hates the pain
The pain we all need
The pain we need to feel
If wishes were horses
Then beggars would ride
This is my cross to bear
This is my cross to bear
This is my cross to bear
This is my cross to bear
[Chorus]
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
I'll take another one and I'll be yours
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll hear the chimes
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
I'll take another one and I'll be yours
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll hear the chimes
[Outro]
While the government wants to control
Her culture will set you free
Lord was written by Kayus Bankole & Tim London & ‘G’ Hastings & Alloysious Massaquoi.
Lord was produced by Young Fathers.
Young Fathers released Lord on Tue Oct 31 2017.
From Bandcamp: “Listening to “Lord,” the band says, “you might let out some demons and feel better, or you might get addicted to the feeling and just want to wallow in it for eternity.” Or, as Bankole puts it, “It’s just us asking ourselves—how do we actually fucking portray that emotion that we’re...