Cover art for Hope to Die by Orville Peck

Hope to Die

Orville Peck
Track 11 on Pony 

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Mar. 22, 20191 viewer28.4K views

Hope to Die Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Gone was the way we were
Just like the days we'd burn

Everything 'round us, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
Take me back to the time
I was yours, and you were mine

Take me back to the words I'd say
I had to whisper
Because you liked it that way


[Chorus]
I'm still undone, not quite young
But I, I still try
Cross my heart, now I hope to die

[Verse 2]
Was the way we were
Just like you'd say, we'd turn
Everything 'round us, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
Take me back to the time
I was yours, and you were mine
Take me back to the world I know
You were crying
They don't cry where we go

[Chorus]
I'm still undone, not quite young
But I, I still try
Cross my heart, now I hope to

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
And I'm still undone, I'm not quite young
But I, I still try
Cross my heart, now I hope to die
Cross my heart, now I hope to die

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For the official music video: The opening shot of the cowboys facing each other with the man on the right adjusting the neckpiece of the one on the left is an homage to a iconic piece of gay erotic cowboy art from 1969. The image, drawn by Jim French (aka Rip Colt and sometimes Luger), was featured in a magazine called Manpower! published by French’s Colt Studios in 1973.

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Release Date
March 22, 2019
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