Saint Lyrics
I got to see you live for more
You said it before
You wish I'd seen the saint you were before
Your skin's a flag that shines for us all
You said it before
The brown that shines and lights your darkest thoughts
[Verse: Devonté Hynes & Adam Bainbridge]
Ay
I had to see you live for more
You said it before, uh huh
You wish I seen the saint you were before
Your skin's a flag that shines for us all
You said it before
The brown that shines and lights your darkest thoughts
Oh, ay
Your skin's a flag that shines for us all
You said it before, mmm
The brown that shines and lights your darkest thoughts
Uh
[Interlude: Devonté Hynes & Ava Raiin]
Spreading all my love for you
You never tell me all that you do
Quiet when it's done, will you ever run?
Spreading all my love for you
You never tell me all that you do
Quiet when it's done, will you ever run?
Quiet when it's done, will you ever run?
I got to see you live for more
You said it before
You wished I'd seen the saint you were before
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For an interview with Pitchfork in which he spoke about each song on Negro Swan, Dev Hynes discussed the vocals recorded on the track:
Pitchfork: This track has a lot of different vocalists on it, what was it like putting them all together?
Dev Hynes: There are so many people on it mainly because I worked on it in different places—my old studio on St. Mark’s Place, another studio in Midtown, and then the studio I’m in now, in Chinatown. The first voices you hear on the song are BEA1991 and Aaron [Maine] of Porches, then it’s mine, then it’s Ava Raiin. Adam [Bainbridge] from Kindness is on it. All those folks recorded in completely different places. And the very first version of that song was started before Freetown Sound. It’s just been constantly worked and tweaked.
- 1.Orlando
- 2.Saint
- 4.Hope
- 5.Jewelry
- 6.Family
- 8.Vulture Baby
- 9.Chewing Gum
- 10.Holy Will
- 11.Dagenham Dream
- 12.Nappy Wonder
- 13.Runnin’
- 15.Minetta Creek
- 16.Smoke