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Juliet by Cavetown

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Cavetown

Juliet

Release date: 11th April 2019

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About This Track

'Juliet' appeared on Cavetown's 2019 compilation mixtape 'Animal Kingdom', co-written with Simi. The track draws its title from the object of longing at its centre, a figure the narrator cannot reach whilst paralysed by depression's physical weight. The song maps the gap between wanting to cry, to run, to be seen as pretty, and the inability to move or feel. Cavetown frames the struggle as a child's confusion, repeating the image of someone with corks in his eyes and a bully in his head, trying to discern when to power through and when to ask for help. The sour boy he wants to shoot in the brain is presumably himself; he'd miss him in the morning. The refrain about standing ground versus sitting down captures the song's central tension: the desire to make a colour no one else has seen before, set against the reality of being stuck in bed, unreachable even to Juliet.

"Juliet" is a track by Cavetown, from the album Animal Kingdom, released 11th April 2019. The track is 4:39 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Cavetown.

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Cavetown

Cavetown

Lyrics

Juliet

I need to cry, but I can't
Get anything out of my eyes or my head
Did I die?
I need to run, but I can't
Get out of bed for anyone
Not for you, ooh

My sour boy is a pain
I wanna shoot him in the brain
But I'd miss him in the morning
It really hurts
When I need to so bad, but I can't see her
My Juliet, my special girl

But I need to understand
When I can power through
And when I need some help from you
When I should stand my ground
And when I need to just sit down
Sometimes I act like I know
But I'm really just a kid
With two corks in his eyes
And a bully in his head

I wanna make
A colour that no one else has seen before
I wanna be so much more
I hope that she
Looks at me and thinks, "Shit, he is so pretty"
Something I can't believe

But I need to understand
When I can power through
And when I need some help from you
When I should stand my ground
And when I need to just sit down
Sometimes I act like I know
But I'm really just a kid
With two corks in his eyes
And a bully in his head

Sometimes I act like I know but I'm really just a kid
With two corks in his eyes and a bully in his head
Sometimes I act like I know but I'm really just a kid
With two corks in his eyes and a bully in his head

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Track details

From Animal Kingdom

4:392019
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Album
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
Cavetown
12th April 2019
Track number
1
Release year
2019
  1. 1Juliet
    4:39
  2. 2Lullaby
    2:41
  3. 3Boys Will Be Bugs
    5:29
  4. 4Waves (Piano)
    2:57

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