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Rescue by James Bay

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James Bay

Rescue

Release date: 9th May 2019

Track 32:55
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About This Track

'Rescue' by James Bay is a 2019 single, built around a narrator who finds someone alone in the dark and insists on coming to warm them, heal their hurt, and climb back from sinking despair. The lyrics frame affection as risky, yet still worth choosing, with the speaker preferring pain to emotional emptiness, and centring the pledge of being there when everything feels like sand and tears. One line crystallises the romantic urgency: 'I came to warm your bones'.

"Rescue" is a track by James Bay, released 9th May 2019. The track is 2:55 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about James Bay.

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James Bay

James Bay

Lyrics

Rescue

I found you all alone
I came to warm your bones
There were twenty million tears in your hands
You found me in the dark
You came to heal my scars
I was slipping, sinking through the sand

They say the more you love the harder you fall
But I would rather hurt than nothing at all
Through the good, through the bad
Through the lonely
I always rescue you
You always rescue me

We never draw the line
But only 'cause you're mine
Only 'cause you promise me I'm yours
You made me fall apart
My sewn together heart
Is better when you're walking through the door
You know you keep me alive, oh

They say the more you love the harder you fall
But I would rather hurt than nothing at all
Through the good, through the bad
Through the lonely
I always rescue you
You always rescue me
I rescue you
And you rescue me

I shelter you, you guide me
I lose myself, you find me
I shelter you, you guide me
I shelter you

They say the more you love the harder you fall
But I would rather hurt than nothing at all
Through the good, through the bad
Through the lonely
I always rescue you
You always rescue me

I always rescue you
I rescue you
You always rescue me
You rescue me
I always rescue you
I rescue you
Oh, I always rescue you
You always rescue me

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Rescue

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Release year
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    Credits

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    Writer
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    Producer
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Engineer
    Chris Kasych, Dave Schiffman, John DeBold, Robert Root
    Bass
    Gus Seyffert
    Drums
    Victor Indrizzo
    Guitar
    James Bay
    Keyboards
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Vocals
    James Bay
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Michael Freeman
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Matt DiMona
    Background Vocals
    Jackie Gouche, Judith Hill, Lynn Mabry
    Celesta
    Tommy King
    Mastering Engineer
    Randy Merrill
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Piano
    Tommy King
    Programmer
    Ariel Rechtshaid
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