The songwriting process itself gets a meta look-in on ‘Moving In’, explaining its own decision to include a freshman prom date out of nowhere.
- DIY
[Radio voice:
Mental telepathy: communicating thoughts without words
(yeah)
(yeah) psychic surgery
Telekinesis: moving objects with power of the mind]
Was it something I said?
Got 'em listening in
But I started mumbling softly to you
Catching feelings again
Now I'm taking a freshman to prom
'Cause that's the only way I get to put him in a song
And he's the type I wanna write a song about
The kind that makes me want to stick around
After the dance this time
Once thought all love was affliction but I know
I'm moving in as close as how close I wanna get
In spite of appropiate predictions, yeah, I know
Moving in as close as how close I wanna get
I'm sick of telekinetic loneliness
I wanna home where you are
Moving in as close as how close I wanna get (close as how close I wanna get)
Close as how close I wanna get
Though he started talking slowly
He was finishing sentences for me
I'm taking a freshman to prom
'Cause that's the only way I get to put him in a song
He's the type I wanna write a song about
The kind that makes me want to stick around
After the dance this time
Once thought all love was affliction but I know
I'm moving in as close as how close I wanna get
In spite of appropiate predictions, yeah, I know
Moving in as close as how close I wanna get
I'm sick of telekinetic loneliness
I wanna home where you are
Moving in as close as how close I wanna get
Close as how close I wanna get
Close as how close I wanna get
[indistinct radio voices]
Once thought all love was affliction but I know
I'm moving in as close as how close I wanna get
Moving In was written by Sadie Dupuis.
Speedy Ortiz released Moving In on Fri Apr 27 2018.