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Vanessa by Grimes

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Grimes

Vanessa

Release date: 17th April 2011

From Darkbloom
Track 2
5:24
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About This Track

'Vanessa' finds Grimes caught in a cycle of emotional dependence and frustration. The song circles around a central complaint: a partner who runs off with others whilst she remains tethered, paying the cost of a relationship she cannot quite abandon. There's a resigned defiance in the refrain "I would throw you if I didn't know you / But I'm paying for it", a posture of someone aware of her own complicity in the trap. The track builds its tension through repetition rather than climax. Verses give way to a hypnotic loop of "everyday", the word stretched and fragmented until it becomes almost abstract, a measure of time collapsing under the weight of routine hurt. Grimes' voice moves between vulnerability and a kind of stubborn resolve, holding on precisely because she cannot let go.

"Vanessa" is a track by Grimes, from the album Darkbloom, released 17th April 2011. The track is 5:24 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about Grimes.

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Grimes

Grimes

Lyrics

Vanessa

I've been
Oh, I've been waiting destiny
And my heart is here right next to me
And I'm caught waiting in the rain
Oh, I've been waiting destiny
And my heart is here right next to me
And I'm caught waiting in the rain
And I know and I need you in the storm
And I oh-oh-oh-I-I, oh-oh-oh-I-I-I-I
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play (and I cry)
Well baby, I can go and go (and I cry)
And every other day you're running off with so and so (and I cry)
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Baby I would throw you, if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
I hold on, and I don't care what you say
But the way it goes it's happening everyday
(I can see space on my radio)
I hold on, and I don't care what you say (I can see space on my radio)
'Cause the way it goes it's not happening everyday
(I can see space on my radio)
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday-day-y-day-y-day, everyday-y-day-y-day
Everyday-y-day-y-day
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it

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Track details

From Darkbloom

5:242011
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Album
Darkbloom
Darkbloom
Grimes
18th April 2011
Track number
2
Release year
2011
  1. 1Ophia
    1:09
  2. 2Vanessa
    5:24
  3. 3Crystal Ball
    3:16
  4. 4Urban Twilight
    4:16

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