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Release date: 16th June 2022

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'Wretched' by Bartees Strange is an Alternative track from the 2022 album 'Farm to Table'. The lyrics look at obsession and absence, with the speaker describing late-night longing and a craving to have someone back, culminating in the blunt admission that they cannot bear being lost and abandoned, to the point where daylight and time feel wrong. One phrase captures the intensity of the pull, “I need you back”.

"Wretched" is a track by Bartees Strange, from the album Farm to Table, released 16th June 2022. The track is 3:50 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Bartees Strange.

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Bartees Strange

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Lyrics

Wretched

Day light doesn't seem to come up as fast
When it's you I'm haunting, you I'm calling
I need you back in my system
So many things I wish I'd known
When every night I lie, hoping you'd come through the door
My life feels wrong without you, mmm

I can't be here lost and abandoned
Nobody asking, I cannot stand by you
There's days that I go off stranded
Nobody follows, nobody sees what's true
There's days that I wanted to be through
And everyday I toss and turn, my life feels wrong without you

And I took the keys to the lake
I said to God what I said
I know the folk on the road
I know they don't wanna move today
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but you know I'm thankful, mmm

I know the folk on the road
I know they die for the Lord
Sometimes ya man might go
I don't believe anymore, oh-oh
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but ya know I'm thankful, mmm

I was tryna be something wretched
Something I saw on TV
But you were the only one who
Would come through calling
You found ways to rescue me

You rescued me (You rescued me, You rescued me)
(You rescued me)

If I can't be here lost and abandoned
Nobody asking, I cannot stand by you
There's days that I go off stranded
Nobody follows, nobody sees what's true
There's days that I wanted to be through
And everyday I toss and turn, my life feels wrong without you
Woo!

Hey, and I took the keys to the lake
I said to God what I said
I know the folk on the road
I know they don't wanna move today
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but you know I'm thankful, mmm, oh

I know the folk on the road
I know they die for the Lord
Sometimes ya man might go
I don't believe anymore, oh-oh
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but ya know I'm thankful

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Track details

From Farm to Table

3:502022
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Farm to Table
Bartees Strange
17th June 2022
Track number
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Release year
2022
  1. 1Heavy Heart
    4:24
  2. 2Mulholland Dr.
    4:01
  3. 3Wretched
    3:50
  4. 4Cosigns
    2:35
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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Bartees Strange
    Producer
    Bartees Strange, Chris Connors, Dave Cerminara
    Electric Guitar
    Bartees Strange
    Mastering Engineer
    Sarah Register
    Mixing Engineer
    Chris Connors
    Programmer
    Bartees Strange, Dave Cerminara
    Recording Engineer
    Bartees Strange, Dave Cerminara, Sarah Register
    Synthesizer
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    Expertly crafted and perfectly considered: this is music at its best.

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    17 Jun 2022 • 11:34 am
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    Bartees Strange - Farm To Table

    Honest, authentic and brilliant.

    15 Jun 2022 • 11:01 am
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