“Luca” is about Luca Brasi, a character from Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, who was essentially a spy for the Corleone family. In the story, when Luca gets made by Sollozo, he’s drowned with a pair of cement boots to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
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[Verse 1]
When I disappear, do you fear for the sister I took?
When I disappear, it is clear I am up to no good
I am drearily bloodletting this bedwetting cosmonaut
"Son, the last thing you'll realize you need is what you've already got,” yeah
[Chorus 1]
So touch me, or don’t
Just let me know–
Where you been?
[Verse 2]
Please drop me a line with a hook and some raw bleeding bait
(One, two, three, four)
For I am uncaught and still swimming alone in the lake
(Five, six, seven, eight)
Shimmering under a moon made in anger and haste
Shimmering like a penny out of reach in the subway grating
(Shimmering like a coin kept safe away)
(You never listen to anything)
[Chorus 2]
So touch me, or don’t
Just let me know–
Where you been?
We could leave it alone
I’m sure there’s someone who knows
Where you have been
[Bridge]
"You could never work well with our group
Not with the faults we've found
So we've fixed you with cement galoshes
And no one can save you now
Unless you have friends among fish
There’ll still be no air to breathe
You could drink up the entire ocean
We’ll still find someone to be everything
We know that you’ll never be"
[Chorus 3]
So touch me, or don’t
Just let me know–
Where you been?
We could leave it alone
I’m sure there’s someone who knows
Where you been?
[Outro]
Where you been?
Where you been?
Where you been? (Where you been?)
Where you been? (Where you been?)
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-ah
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-ah-agh!
Luca was written by Jesse Lacey.
Luca was produced by Brand New & Mike Sapone.