Tell Them
James Blake & Metro Boomin & Moses Sumney * Track #3 On Assume Form
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Tell Them by James Blake (Ft. Metro Boomin & Moses Sumney)
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“Tell Them” is a collaboration between James Blake, Moses Sumney, and Metro Boomin. It is one of two tracks that feature Metro Boomin on the album. The song is a monologue on a one-night stand and serves as a self-analysis.
Tell Them Lyrics
[Verse: Moses Sumney]
You'd like to stay long, though you're a wanderin' soul
And you've got to move on from the squandered soil
When you get what you came here for
Will you leave in the dead of night?
In the hall is a wall of horrors
You're the yonder light
[Refrain: Moses Sumney]
You can't return the sacred time you steal
The fact betrays the way you feel
And the sight delays the right to heal
You decide to stay long
[Pre-Chorus: James Blake & Moses Sumney]
I didn't plan to stay long
I didn't plan to stay long (Stay long)
I didn't plan to stay long
I didn't plan to stay long (Stay long)
In the snake pit so long, I've got posters up (Stay long)
Been defending so long, I don't know how to stop (Long)
[Chorus: James Blake]
Heart, tell them what you came for
Heart, tell them what you came for
Heart, tell them what you've been daydreamin' about
What the evening's about to
[Refrain: Moses Sumney]
You can't return the sacred time you steal
The fact betrays the way you feel
And the sight delays the right to heal
You decide to stay long
[Pre-Chorus: James Blake & Moses Sumney]
I didn't plan to stay long
I didn't plan to stay long (Stay long)
I didn't plan to stay long
I didn't plan to stay long (Stay long)
In the snake pit so long, I've got posters up (Stay long)
I've been defending so long, I don't know how to stop (Long)
I'm so afraid
[Chorus: James Blake]
Tell them what you came for
Heart, tell them what you came for
Heart, tell them what you've been daydreamin' about
What the evening's about to
[Outro: James Blake & Moses Sumney]
Ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
Tell them what you came here for
Oh, oh, oh, stay long
Oh, oh, oh, stay long
Oh, oh, oh, stay long
Oh-oh-oh-oh, long
Tell Them Q&A
Who wrote Tell Them's ?
Tell Them was written by Allen Ritter & Metro Boomin & Moses Sumney & James Blake.
Who produced Tell Them's ?
Tell Them was produced by Dom Maker & Jameela Jamil & Dre Moon & Allen Ritter & James Blake & Metro Boomin.
When did James Blake release Tell Them?
James Blake released Tell Them on Fri Jan 18 2019.
Have James Blake and Metro Boomin collaborated before?
This song marks Blake and Metro’s second collaboration, following the prior track, “Mile High.”
What did James Blake say about "Tell Them"?
Moses came on tour with me a couple years ago. I watched him get a standing ovation every night, and that was when he was a support act. For me, it’s a monologue on a one-night stand: There’s fear, there’s not wanting to be too close to anybody. Just sort of a self-analysis, really.
-James Blake (v...
Have James Blake and Moses Sumney worked together before?
The two have previously worked together when James did an alternate version of “Make Out In My Car,” originally by Moses Sumney.