The Day I Die
from Scenes from an Art Heist by The Eighty Six Seas
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The second song in the trilogy started by Coffee and Art, where the narrator decides to steal a mutual loved piece of art to win back his former partner. So many of the narrators on this album are looking to reconnect with people from their past who have an outsized emotional impact on their lives and are just looking to save themselves from loneliness. I was heavily influenced by Holly Humberstone's cover of I Would Die 4 U on this one. I love the subtle mix of EDM sounds with what's otherwise a straightforward ballad.
lyrics
No longer lovers
No longer friends
I thought you’d be with me until the very end
The tears are burning, and the world’s cold
I thought our story’d be the greatest every told
Pray to the heavens and kneel on the floor
What would it take for you to walk right through that door?
I’d beg and borrow, I’d steal and lie
I’d write a thousand sonnets long into the night
My heart is yours until the very day I die
My heart is yours until the very day I die
I’d scale a mountain, or museum walls
No height too great for me and no fear that I’d fall
I’d sprint down the marble halls just to break a sweat
Anything to feel the heights I felt when we first met
A touch of lavender and a blush of blue
Those swirls and strokes of paint that clearly meant so much to you
A quick tug off the wall, cold brass in hand
It’s the only way I can make you understand
My heart is yours until the very day I die
My heart is yours until the very day I die
Counting the days
Counting the hours
Counting the days
’Til I see you again
No longer friends
I thought you’d be with me until the very end
The tears are burning, and the world’s cold
I thought our story’d be the greatest every told
Pray to the heavens and kneel on the floor
What would it take for you to walk right through that door?
I’d beg and borrow, I’d steal and lie
I’d write a thousand sonnets long into the night
My heart is yours until the very day I die
My heart is yours until the very day I die
I’d scale a mountain, or museum walls
No height too great for me and no fear that I’d fall
I’d sprint down the marble halls just to break a sweat
Anything to feel the heights I felt when we first met
A touch of lavender and a blush of blue
Those swirls and strokes of paint that clearly meant so much to you
A quick tug off the wall, cold brass in hand
It’s the only way I can make you understand
My heart is yours until the very day I die
My heart is yours until the very day I die
Counting the days
Counting the hours
Counting the days
’Til I see you again
credits
from Scenes from an Art Heist,
released February 23, 2024
Nick Stevens - vocals, piano, synthesizer
David Anthony - electric guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum machine programming
Nick Stevens - vocals, piano, synthesizer
David Anthony - electric guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum machine programming
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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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