Los Angeles- was written in Los Angeles, except for the third verse which Buck and James and I finished together. It felt like time needed to pass in order to get there, to be able to write the third verse. A testament to enduring love, a love which lasts through many forms and boils down till becom...
[Verse 1]
Los Angeles, 3:33, nothing on the stereo
Dirty tea, you're like the Mona Lisa
Smiling in the half-light
Mysteriously, but seriously
[Pre-Chorus]
I'd follow you forever
Even without looking
You call, we come together
Even without speaking
[Chorus]
You sang for me
You sang for me
[Verse 2]
The picture box is full
And we are kissing in a fistful of fragments, falling down
I throw them up and I watch them hit the ground like snow
Amputated dimension of the physical
Melting image without sound
Park Avenue, 838, waving to my best friend
Like a soldier at the gate in tears
Feels like it's been ten years, has it only been two years?
[Pre-Chorus]
Two years feels like forever
But I know you without looking
You call, we come together
Even without speaking
[Chorus]
You sang for me
You sang for me
[Verse 3]
The ocean is bright and blue
And it opens to you every day
It took you in when I pushed you away
It was your lover, it was your mother
And there is so much
That I wish I could've been for you somehow
But we don't need to talk about that now
We're finally in a good place, meeting face-to-face
On an airplane, 27D, crossing the Grand Canyon
But I can't see I'm headed home from somewhere
That I can't be, remembering everything
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll follow you forever
Even without looking
You call, we come together
Even without speaking
I can tell what you are thinking
Even without saying
We dream our dreams together
Even without laying in the same bed
[Chorus]
And you sang for me
You sang for me
You sang for me
You sang for me
Los Angeles was written by Buck Meek & Adrianne Lenker & James Krivchenia.
Los Angeles was produced by Dom Monks.
Big Thief released Los Angeles on Tue Aug 05 2025.