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Jeunesse (ft. Kate Wilkins)

from Electric Ladywood by Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance

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I had a relationship in mind with this song- but 'Jeunesse' also means 'youth' (I think).

So it's about a romantic relationship, but also our wider relationship with the passing of time, and the supposedly 'best time of your life', your early twenties (spoiler alert: frequently awful).

lyrics

Met me in the hallway
Laughing so easy,
Yes in every small way
You know, you always please me,
And it's strange to find
I've been counting time
Since you were mine

In the rooms I'm sweeping,
Timber needs weeding,
Iron's been sleeping,
Bricks are all bleeding,
But the dust is blessed-
Thought I knew you best,
But I loved you least, Jeunesse

Singing like a child would,
Tigers in your yawning,
Silent as a wild wood,
Solemn as the morning,
Somewhere in the West,
All the skies undress
Waiting for the night, Jeunesse

I am always tracing
Beds you would wake in
Summers you were racing
Bodies you were breaking
With a subtle art
Yeah, we moved apart
Right from the start

Shiver in a storm, you
Stare so sternly!
When I go to warm you,
Now you only burn me.
It felt like a test.
Is it cruel to guess
Why you moved through me, Jeunesse?

credits

from Electric Ladywood, released September 25, 2020
Dominic Hyde: songwriter, vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass
Adam Feeney: drums
Kate Wilkins: harmony vocals, piano

Toby Wilson: engineering, mixing
Andy Gordon: engineering, mixing, mastering

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Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance Birmingham, UK

Alt. folk and punk-soul band with a soft spot for thoughtful lyrics.

We love Taj Mahal, John Martyn, The Pixies, Feist, W. H. Auden and Pablo Neruda.

We hope you enjoy our music!

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