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Beach House – Space Song (Slowed and Reverb)
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[Verse 1] / It was late at night / You held on tight / From an empty seat / A flash of light / It will take a while / To make you smile / Somewhere in these eyes / I’m on your side
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Beach House – PPP
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PPP stands for “Piss Poor Planning”, a term widely used in the 60s and 70s. The couple in the song are getting married, and one of them is having doubts about whether or not they
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Beach House – Levitation
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The opening track of Depression Cherry (2015) can be seen as a bridge from the preceding album Bloom (2012) to a new era for the duo.
“Levitation” uses motives from Bloom’s
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Beach House – Wildflower
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In this song Victoria imagines herself as the Wildflower – something unintentional and organic.
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Beach House – Myth
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“Nothing happens to shatter the perfect surface,” The Guardian said in a review of Beach House’s fourth album, Bloom. It wasn’t meant as a compliment. But that bright, mirror-like
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Beach House – Beyond Love
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The song takes a look at the mental state after a breakup – a heartbreak.
The song describes the destruction of looking at love in the romantic innocent way.
The narrator is
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Beach House – Saturn Song
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Beach House’s contribution to the compilation album Space Project is this dreamy, slow-paced minimalist track. The album is also set to feature songs from bands like Youth Lagoon
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Beach House – Bluebird
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Victoria sings of a peaceful longing for someone special. Using the term ‘Bluebird,’ she distances herself and creates a romantic, majestic image of the person in mind.
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Beach House – Superstar
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[Verse 1] / There's a light going out tonight / Driving fast, flashing lines / It's too late now to say goodbye / The stars were there in our eyes / [Chorus] / When you were mine
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Beach House – Heart of Chambers
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Victoria and Alex wrote “Heart of Chambers” in a practice space near Baltimore’s I-83 highway after getting kicked out of their old space due to noise complaints.
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Beach House – Sparks
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[Verse 1] / We drive around this town / Houses melting down / A vision turning green / Is all we've ever seen / And then it's dark again / [Verse 2] / A new development / Wishing
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Beach House – Days of Candy
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The album’s final track features eight singers from Pearl River Community College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to sing a 24-part harmony.
The song is about temporary bliss.
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Beach House – 10:37
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The Beach House members have a hard time describing their music and inspiration, but in a back and forth conversation about “10:37” found in a Pitchfork feature, their creative
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Matt Watson – Space Song
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[Verse 1] / It was late at night / You held on tight / From an empty seat / A flash of light / It will take a while / To make you smile / Somewhere in these eyes / I'm on your side
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Matt Watson – Space Song
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[Verse 1] / It was late at night / You held on tight / From an empty seat / A flash of light / It will take a while / To make you smile / Somewhere in these eyes / I'm on your side
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Beach House – Master of None
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This song depicts a character who moves from fling to fling, but is left feeling empty. The title refers to the line, “jack of all trades, master of none” referring to his many
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Beach House – Silver Soul
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“Silver Soul” has the thick, churning gloom familiar from earlier Beach House records, but they acquire more force by being placed alongside tracks that allow for more light. Front
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Lil Squint – Die in Space For You
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[Verse 1: Joji] / Swear I couldn't sleep a wink last night / No point in turning off the lights / Not the same without your head on my shoulders / Growing pains, but I don't wanna
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Beach House – Modern Love Stories
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[Verse 1] / Cleopatra's portrait / In the bathroom line / All the parties ended / With a lust for life / A dark mouth surrounds us / Into the stardust / [Verse 2] / I stand before
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Beach House – Holiday House
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[Verse 1] / Drive all night / Up to the old driveway / Looking for the holiday house / Where love runs about / Friends who wore / Ribbons in their hair / Talked about a new
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Beach House – Wherever You Go
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“Wherever You Go” is an hidden track contained at the end (after the 13:18 mark) of “Irene”.
It was later added to their 2017 compilation B-Sides and Rarities.
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Genius Swedish Translations – Beach House - Space Song (Svensk Översättning)
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[Vers 1] / Det var sent på kvällen / Du höll i hårt / Från en tom stol / En ljusblixt / Det kommer ta ett tag / Att få dig le / Någonstans i dessa ögon / Jag är på din sida / Ni
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Beach House – All the Years
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In an interview celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Devotion, Victoria reveals that she wrote this song while the band was sharing a practice space with a metal band – karma for
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Beach House – On the Sea
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[Verse 1] / Out on the sea, we'd be forgiven / Our bodies stopped the spirit leavin' / Wouldn't you like to know / How far you've got left to go? / [Verse 2] / Somebody's child
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Beach House – Lemon Glow
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“Lemon Glow” is the first single shared by Beach House from their seventh studio album. The duo released the song on Valentine’s Day 2018 with an Instagram message:
Wishing
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