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Cavetown

Devil Town

Release date: 9th November 2015

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'Devil Town' appeared as the eighth and final track on Cavetown's eponymous debut album in 2015. The song emerged from the artist's attempt to explore a new genre, and draws directly on the experience of parental divorce. Over the years it has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams, becoming one of the project's most enduring releases. The lyrics sketch a portrait of childhood anxiety refracted through domestic fracture. Cavetown writes plainly about parents who 'aren't in love', the compensatory promise of two birthdays, and a persistent unease that colours even ordinary moments. The refrain anchors itself in companionship rather than resolution: the reassurance of falling together, of making it through another night with someone else's hand held tight. The title's 'Devil Town' functions less as a place than as a state of mind, colder in the summertime, where forgetting your own name feels worth remembering. It's a song about fear managed rather than overcome, about finding safety in shared vulnerability. The domestic details accumulate quietly until the whole thing feels like a photograph you didn't know someone had taken.

"Devil Town" is a track by Cavetown, from the album Cavetown, released 9th November 2015. The track is 3:00 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Cavetown.

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Lyrics

Devil Town

Life's alright in Devil Town
Yeah, right, no one's gonna catch us now
Dad has bought a new car now
We're fine, no one's gonna catch us now (okay)

You said something dumb again
She's mad, at least that's what they say
Mum and daddy aren't in love
That's fine, I'll settle for two birthdays

Devil Town is colder in the summertime
I'll lose my mind at least another thousand times
Hold my hand tight, we'll make it another night
I still get a little scared of something new
But I feel a little safer when I'm with you
Falling doesn't feel so bad when I know you've fallen this way too

We're all dead in Devil Town
That's fine 'cause nothing's gonna scare us now
We're all in our dressing gowns
Mine's white and stripy, yours is green and brown

I forgot my name again
I think that's something worth remembering
Spiders in your favourite shoes
Just leave them be 'cause they're more scared of you

Devil Town is colder in the summertime
I'll lose my mind at least another thousand times
Hold my hand tight, we'll make it another night
I still get a little scared of something new
But I feel a little safer when I'm with you
Falling doesn't feel so bad when I know you've fallen this way too

Devil Town is colder in the summertime
I'll lose my mind at least another thousand times
Hold my hand tight, we'll make it another night
I still get a little scared of something new
But I feel a little safer when I'm with you
Falling doesn't feel so bad when I know you've fallen this way too

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3:002015
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9th November 2015
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8
Release year
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