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Promised

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Rock

Promised was released on September 25, 2020 by Merge Records as a part of the album Generations

Song Details

AlbumGenerations

Release DateSeptember 25, 2020

LabelMerge Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM101

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Will Butler

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Will Butler

Composer

Miles Francis Arntzen

Miles Francis Arntzen

Composer

Julie Shore

Composer

Sara Dobbs

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Will Butler

Producer

Shiftee

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The ghostly possibilities

You could conjure with your hands

The rest of us could tell you were inspired

Though sometimes it seemed a little planned

I loved to watch you sleeping in the morning light

Before you set your face

Before the others, even me, before we crowded in

And you were free a little while from time and space

[Verse 2]

But you promised me, you promised me

That you wouldn't run and hide

And in the evenings sometimes, when I'm sad and half asleep

I wonder if you should have tried

[Verse 3]

Gonna go and have a sit-down with the sit-down types

When I crawl out of my bed

When I'm done lying to all the liars, gonna go and lie back down

Put the cardboard crown back on my head

[Verse 4]

If I close my eyes while walking, will you come and take my hand?

I remember how it feels, I could stand so very still

Every crowded corner, crossing every avenue

There's a chance, there's a chance, there's a chance

[Verse 5]

But you promised me, you promised me

That you wouldn't run and hide

And in the evenings sometimes, when I'm sad and half asleep

I wonder if you should have tried

[Verse 6]

But you promised me, you promised me

That you wouldn't run and hide

But in the mornings when I'm cold and wish I was asleep

I wonder if you weren't right

[Verse 7]

I know that for you the world was painful like a fire

I'm waiting, not with patience, nor desire

But soft despair, pale and cold, and knowing that I knew you were a liar

[Verse 8]

But you promised me, you promised me

That you wouldn't run and hide

And in the evenings sometimes, when I'm sad and half asleep

I wonder if you should have tried

[Verse 9]

But you promised me, you promised me

That you wouldn't run and hide

But in the mornings when I'm cold and wish I was asleep

I wonder if you weren't right

[Verse 10]

Whatever words, whatever words I thought you promised me

Let me cast them from my mind

I can stand before the stillness of reality

Just gotta, just gotta give it time, gotta give it time, gotta give it time

Written by: Julie Shore, Miles Francis Arntzen, Sara Dobbs, Will Butler

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