According to an interview with NME, Derek had this song under construction for their debut album, Treats, but didn’t include it because he thought it felt “too muscular”. In order to thin it down a bit, they designed the verses to sound much smaller in comparison. Ultimately, they succeeded with the...
[Verse 1]
Static in the sentence, static in the dirt
Singing like a hunter, shaking, I go wild
Burning brightly, I can see you by the fire
They sing everything
[Hook]
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
[Verse 2]
Sleep for a while, you can sleep beside the fire
I dreamed I was a hunter with a neverending thirst
By the middle of July you were buried in the dirt
Looking in the dark, saying your goodbyes
Looking in the dark, saying your goodbyes
We sing everything
[Hook]
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
[Breakdown]
Meet me down in the mix
Let me hear all the kicks
Meet me down in the mix
Let me hear all the kicks
Meet me down in the mix
Let me hear all the kicks
Meet me down in the mix
[Hook]
(Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire)
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
Sing like a wire
Sleigh Bells released Sing Like A Wire on Tue Oct 08 2013.
DM: Quincy Jones, his autobiography definitely changed my life. If you listen to those horn stabs in the intro, it’s the beginning of [Michael Jackson’s] ‘Bad’. It was sort of done as a joke? But besides that I just think it sounds bad ass. The tempo as well it’s like, 108 bpm.
AK: Derek had this p...