The title song from Cat Power’s blockbuster record The Greatest opens the album with the same halting, thick-fingered piano style Marshall has relied on since 2000’s The Covers Record, but here it’s swathed in Henry Mancini strings, teary delay effects, gently nudging drums, and Marshall’s own multi...
[Chorus]
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
[Verse 1]
Melt me down
Into big black armor
Leave no trace of grace
Just in your honor
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash a space in town
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade
[Chorus]
Once I wanted to be the greatest
Two fists of solid rock
With brains that could explain
Any feeling
[Verse 2]
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
For the later parade
[Chorus]
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
The Greatest was written by Cat Power.
The Greatest was produced by Stewart Sikes.
Cat Power released The Greatest on Fri Jan 20 2006.