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Daniel Caesar

COMPLEXITIES

Release date: 28th June 2019

From CASE STUDY 01
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Daniel Caesar strips back to a single, repeating refrain on 'Complexities': the acceptance that nothing changes, that he has already spent himself on someone and cannot return home until the work is done. The song moves through resignation and a kind of weary defiance, Cupid's arrows having done their damage to any straightforward ambition. What emerges is less a love song than a reckoning with the cost of attachment. The chorus loops its mantra, the outro doubles down on the title phrase as both obstacle and invitation, asking someone to meet him in the mess of it all. Matthew Leon's production holds the space open, letting Caesar's voice sit in the weight of what he is saying.

"COMPLEXITIES" is a track by Daniel Caesar, from the album CASE STUDY 01, released 28th June 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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Daniel Caesar

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Lyrics

COMPLEXITIES

[Chorus]

Now that I know what I know

There's nothing new under the moon

Spent many nights on you

Oh I, oh I

[Verse]

I don't give a damn 'cause it don't make a difference

I can't get mad 'cause I know I went missin'

Cupid takes aim and puts holes in ambition

Can't go back home 'til I finish the mission

[Chorus]

Now that I know (Now, now), what I know (What I)

There's nothing new (Nothing), under the moon (Oh, no)

Spent many nights (Many), on you (On you)

Oh I (Oh, oh), oh I (Oh, oh)

[Outro]

Complexities, come get with me

In spite of these complexities

Complexities, come get with me

In spite of these complexities

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From CASE STUDY 01

2019
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CASE STUDY 01
CASE STUDY 01
Daniel Caesar
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2019
  1. —CYANIDE
  2. —OPEN UP
  3. —ARE YOU OK?
  4. —SUPERPOSITION
  5. —RESTORE THE FEELING
  6. —LOVE AGAIN
  7. —FRONTAL LOBE MUZIK
  8. —ENTROPY
  9. —COMPLEXITIES
  10. —TOO DEEP TO TURN BACK

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Son Of Spergy
Son Of Spergy
2025
NEVER ENOUGH (Bonus Version)
NEVER ENOUGH (Bonus Version)
2023
NEVER ENOUGH
NEVER ENOUGH
2023
CASE STUDY 01
CASE STUDY 01
2019
Freudian
Freudian
2017
Get You - Single
Get You - Single
2016

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Production & Engineering

Writer
Ace G, Daniel Caesar, Liam Mitro, Liza, Sean Leon, Spydersound
Producer
Ace G, Spydersound
Additional Production
Spydersound
Additional Vocals
Liza
Flute
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Mastering Engineer
Riley Bell
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Recording Engineer
Ace G, River Tiber
Saxophone
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