The Melting of the Sun
St. Vincent * Track #5 On Daddy’s Home
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- #5The Melting of the Sun
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- #6Humming (Interlude 1)
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- #8Down
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- #9Humming (Interlude 2)
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- #14Humming (Interlude 3)
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“The Melting of the Sun” is the second single from St. Vincent’s sixth album “Daddy’s Home”. The track is a hazy, psychedellic song largely focusing on guitar and vocals, with analogue synth washes and claviscords featuring in the latter half of the track. The song heavily features backup singers Ly...
The Melting of the Sun Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So sorry, missed the party
Hello, on the dark side of the moon
Jane lost it, crashed her Corvette
Ran into the tide in Malibu
[Pre-Chorus]
And we all heard the gun
But I was slow to run
[Chorus]
It's just the melting of the sun
(It's just the sun)
I wanna watch you watch it burn
(So watch it burn)
[Verse 2]
Saint Joni ain't no phony
Smoking Reds where Furry sang the blues
My Marilyn shot her heroin
"Hell," she said, "It's better than abuse"
[Pre-Chorus]
So who am I tryna be?
A benzo beauty queen?
[Chorus]
It's just the melting of the sun
(It's just the sun)
I wanna watch you watch it burn
(So watch it burn)
We always knew this day would come
(The day has come)
It's just the melting of the sun (Sun, sun, sun)
[Bridge]
Brave Tori told her story
Police said they couldn't catch the man
And proud Nina got subpoenaed
Singing, "Mississippi, good goddamn"
But me, I never cried
To tell the truth, I lied
[Outro]
Girl, the world's spinning 'round
Spinning down and out of time
Girl, you can't give in now
When you're down, down and out
Girl, the world's spinning 'round
Spinning down and out of time
Girl, you can't give in now
When you're down, down and out
The Melting of the Sun Q&A
Who wrote The Melting of the Sun's ?
The Melting of the Sun was written by St. Vincent.
Who produced The Melting of the Sun's ?
The Melting of the Sun was produced by St. Vincent & Jack Antonoff.
When did St. Vincent release The Melting of the Sun?
St. Vincent released The Melting of the Sun on Thu Apr 01 2021.
What did St. Vincent say about "The Melting of the Sun"?
People were trying to quiet [women in the entertainment industry] when they were saying something that was righteous or true or hard to hear. [That song] in particular is a love letter to strong, brilliant female artists. Each of them survived in an environment that was in a lot of ways hostile to t...
Is there a live performance for the song?
Yes, St. Vincent performed the song for the first time on Saturday Night Live on the April 3, 2021 episode:
What have the artists said about the song?
[“The Melting Of The Sun” is] a thank you to these women who came forth and were often met with hostility and who – many years later – have made my life easier as a woman. It’s a thank you, and also an ‘I hope I didn’t let down your legacy in some way’. And I’m not putting myself in their echelon, I...