Dilettante

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“Dilettante” is the ninth song on Indie/Art Pop-artist St. Vincent’s 2011 album, Strange Mercy. It was her third full studio album, and came to be with Clark writing in an… Read More

Sep. 12, 20111 viewer16.5K views

Dilettante Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, Elijah
Don't make me wait
Nobody's winning
The sharks are swimming in the red

[Verse 2]
Oh, Elijah
Don't make me wait
While you are sleeping
My mind goes creaking down the wall

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Slow down
Dilettante
So I can limp beside you
I’m following your houndstooth
Hang on
Street savant
My bank in my back pocket
How far you think it'd take us?

[Chorus]
You're like a party I heard through a wall
I'm always watching you through a keyhole
But let's not forget
Let's not forget
Let's not forget
Why we crawled here

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[Verse 3]
Oh, Elijah
Don't make me wait
I got no patience
For an estrangement anyway

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Wake up
Avenue C
Your hometown is still sleeping

[Chorus]
You're like a party I heard through a wall
Invite me
I'm always watching you through a keyhole
But let's not forget
Let's not forget
Let's not forget
Where we crawled from

[Verse 4]
Oh, Elijah
Don't make me wait
What is so pressing
That you can't undress me, anyway?

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“Dilettante” is the ninth song on Indie/Art Pop-artist St. Vincent’s 2011 album, Strange Mercy.

It was her third full studio album, and came to be with Clark writing in an isolated Seattle home, focusing inwardly – and it seems it worked out that way.

Aside attaining critical acclaim, the album also topped at #19 on the Billboard 200, the artist’s highest at the time. Pitchfork stated (giving it a 9.0/10):

“Across three albums, the Dallas native has become a master of subverting her picture-perfectness with violence, rage, and mystery–”
John Congleton… produced the record with her, who was, according to her “immensely helpful to have”