Scenes from an Art Heist
from Scenes from an Art Heist by The Eighty Six Seas
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The thesis statement for the entire album. I wrote this song very early on in the process as a way to express the question that drives the album - why does someone steal art? Again heavily inspired by Phoebe Bridgers, this time Garden Song. David Knox added in some fun Simon and Garfunkel-esque harmonies. Franky Rousseau is the MVP on this track, creating an amazing acoustic and electric guitar arrangement.
lyrics
Shards of glass litter the floor
A table turned to block the door
A single shred of canvas left to find
Wrists tied to a drainpipe
Mouths taped so they won’t snipe
The tortured work of art you left behind
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Cos the money ain’t much at all
You’re painted on the TV screens
And we’re waiting for the fall
Thomas Crown or Dr. No?
A charcoal sketch don’t really show
If it’s dollar signs or daggers inside your head
Now every paper and magazine
Cops and agents and in between
Left to wonder where you’ve gone or if you’re dead
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Cos the money ain’t much at all
You’re painted on the TV screens
And we’re waiting for the fall
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
It can’t be this hard to survive
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Did the loneliness eat you alive?
A table turned to block the door
A single shred of canvas left to find
Wrists tied to a drainpipe
Mouths taped so they won’t snipe
The tortured work of art you left behind
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Cos the money ain’t much at all
You’re painted on the TV screens
And we’re waiting for the fall
Thomas Crown or Dr. No?
A charcoal sketch don’t really show
If it’s dollar signs or daggers inside your head
Now every paper and magazine
Cops and agents and in between
Left to wonder where you’ve gone or if you’re dead
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Cos the money ain’t much at all
You’re painted on the TV screens
And we’re waiting for the fall
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
It can’t be this hard to survive
I’ve no idea, but I wonder
Did the loneliness eat you alive?
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from Scenes from an Art Heist,
released February 23, 2024
Nick Stevens - vocals, synthesizer, drum machine programming
Franky Rousseau - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, ukelele
David Knox - bass, vocals
Nick Stevens - vocals, synthesizer, drum machine programming
Franky Rousseau - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, ukelele
David Knox - bass, vocals
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The Eighty Six Seas Brooklyn, New York
The Eighty Six Seas is the moniker of Nick Stevens, a Brooklyn-based artist who weaves a tapestry of indie rock, indie pop, indie folk and folktronica into a sound all his own. Decorated with sweeping strings and poetic stories, it’s a sound shaped by influences as wide-ranging as The National, Frightened Rabbit, New Order, Belle and Sebastian, David Byrne, The Mountain Goats and Bon Iver. ... more
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