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Objects by Big Thief

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Big Thief

Objects

Release date: 8th June 2017

From Capacity
Track 8
2:41
AlternativeMusicRockIndie Rock
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About This Track

'Objects' by Big Thief is an alternative track from the album 'Capacity' (2017). The lyrics move through images of upheaval, with volcanoes and melting suggesting a crisis of the familiar, then a push towards exposure, leaving the known behind, and setting yourself alight from within. The repeated idea of “turn your own light on” frames the song’s emotional pivot, from being overwhelmed to choosing illumination, with the body of the lyric repeatedly returning to guarding, opening out, and stepping outside your skin. The vocal delivery feels urgent, as if the invitation is immediate and irrevocable.

"Objects" is a track by Big Thief, from the album Capacity, released 8th June 2017. The track is 2:41 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Big Thief.

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Big Thief

Big Thief

Lyrics

Objects

Oh, volcanoes melting, love is overwhelming
Letting your insides out
Blind altercation, open invitation
Breaking your guard down

Leaving the familiar, air is getting chillier
Stepping outside your skin

No ordinary measurement

You turn your own light on
You turn your own light on inside of me
Closer, the farther you've gone
Stronger the harder you fall in front of me

Walking through your garden, pulling up the garlic
Getting our hands dirty
Kissing on the vampire, kissing on the werewolf
We have no enemies

No ordinary measurement

You turn your own light on
You turn your own light on inside of me
Closer, the farther you've gone
Stronger the harder you fall in front of me

You turn your own light on
You turn your own light on inside of me
Closer, the farther you've gone
Stronger the harder you fall in front of me

You turn your own light on
You turn your own light on inside of me
Closer, the farther you've gone
Stronger the harder you fall in front of me

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Track details

From Capacity

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Capacity
Capacity
Big Thief
9th June 2017
Track number
8
Release year
2017
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