Extract from a Newsweek article
Speaking of mortality, “Next of Kin” centers around a hell of a couplet:
I am at peace with my death /
I can go back to bed
Dacus explains:
When you can admit you’re going to die—because clearly that is true—you can just decide to live /
It’s hard for me to think...
[Verse 1]
Reading in the phone booth
Sucking on a ginger root
I never got to talk to you
Why is this the image I come back to?
Pick my jewelry from the ash
Find the box with the cold hard cash in it
Give it to the next of kin
[Chorus]
I used to be too deep inside my head
Now I'm too far out of my skin, too far out of my skin
I am at peace with my death
I can go back to bed
I am at peace with my death
I can go back to bed
[Verse 2]
I'll make a desert of my mind
Unfold myself so flat and wide
Have nothing in my line of sight
No cover for my thoughts to hide
Never went to Monaco
But I held your hand in the pocket of my coat
I learned to be in love and learned to be alone
Satisfied body and a hungry soul
[Chorus]
I used to be too deep inside my head
Now I'm too far out of my skin, too far out of my skin
I am at peace with my death
I can go back to bed
I am at peace with my death
I can go back to bed
[Bridge]
I don't wanna be that man on the train
On a gray commute, imagining fame
Sweet relief, I will never be complete
I will never be complete
I'll never know everything
I will never be complete
I will never be complete
I will never be complete
I'll never know everything
[Chorus]
I used to be too deep inside my head
Now I'm too far out of my skin, too far out of my skin
Next of Kin was written by Lucy Dacus.
Next of Kin was produced by Lucy Dacus & Jacob Blizard & Collin Pastore.
Lucy Dacus released Next of Kin on Tue Feb 13 2018.