Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths
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The first release since their 2017 album Go Farther in Lightness and their subsequent move from Sydney to London, ‘the angel of 8th ave’ is characterised by the poetic, reflective lyricism and indie rock style that the band are known and loved for.
The song is inspired by frontman Dave Le'aupepe’s e...
[Verse 1]
So we got straight to the heart
And I was a coward and worse to my shame
I fell hard upon the weightless weeks
But wasted every day
‘Til you emerged in the park
Like some patron of Washington Square
For the first time in a long time
Inside everything stood clear
So went out to find me a job
But I didn't think I would hold this one down
It gives the same old sinking feeling
Of fucking hammers in my bowels
But you are good to me still
And when my old man was near to the end
You loved his broken body
In thе same way that I did
[Chorus]
I wanna lay me down
And be lovеr of the year
In this strange new town
This strange hemisphere
[Verse 2]
God, it was state of the art
You called each of my sorrows by name
And a tide of tender mercies
Shook my body from the grave
And in the festival years
Of our makeshift parade
In perpetual fall
And immeasurable rain
I wanna see this one out
And I wanna join the impossible swing
And fall hard beside you
Screaming at the bowels of everything
And in the Islington morn
You're the angel of 8th
And what's more, the goddamn greatest thing
That Laney ever made
[Chorus]
I wanna lay me down
And be lover of the year
And in this strange new town
This strange hemisphere
You persuade me now
To look closer in the mirror
And I wanna lay me down
For years and years and years and years
[Outro]
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
There is heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
There is heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
Ah, there's heaven in you now
There is heaven in you now
Now, now
the angel of 8th ave. was written by Tom Hobden & Max Dunn & Jung Kim & Donnie Borzestowski & David Le’aupepe.
the angel of 8th ave. was produced by Gang of Youths.
Gang of Youths released the angel of 8th ave. on Wed Jun 16 2021.
“It’s about falling in love and finding a place in a new city with that person,” frontman Dave Le’aupepe told NME. “It’s my story, but we wanted it to feel like a more broad spectrum of love and the two major cities that played a big part in mine and my wife’s life. There’s always going to be poetry...