'Vista' is taken from new album 'On Grace and Dignity', out now via 4AD.
Stream/buy: 'On Grace & Dignity': goldendregs.ffm.to/gracedignity
Visualiser by Michael Speed
Model: Edie Lawrence
Lyrics:
Climbed to the roof so I could be high
Saw a lifetime passing me by
There was warm smoke on the vista
Thick clouds at the farthest reach of sky
And I smiled to myself
And waited to die
Suns painted fields gold
We’ve never been so bold before
Wrap up the day so it won’t spoil
And though they didn’t know what for
Put red bricks through the windows and kicked down the doors
With smoke and fire celebrated life upturned
For no better reason than to see the burning world
Speak with the confidence of a man who is yet to learn of loss
Move with the purpose of a river only a fool would cross
Be tender and gentle, but only by so much as he’ll allow
Think of me not with admiration or respect, for I have seen it all now
The falling rain (I’ve seen it all now)
The burning plane (I’ve seen it all now)
The maddening crowd (I’ve seen it all now)
The stubborn and proud (I’ve seen it all now)
The disgraced prince (I’ve seen it all now)
The unconvinced (I’ve seen it all now)
The boy who lied (I’ve seen it all now)
The rising tide (I’ve seen it all now)
Suns painted fields gold
We’ve never been so bold before
Wrap up the day so it won’t spoil
And though they never knew what for
Put red bricks through the windows and kicked down the doors
With smoke and fire, celebrated life upturned
For no better reason than to watch the burning world