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Panda Bear

Praise

Release date: 28th February 2025

From Sinister Grift
Track 1
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‘Praise’ by Panda Bear is an alternative track from the album ‘Sinister Grift’, released in 2025. The lyrics speak in the language of refusal and attachment, with the speaker insisting on separation while also clinging to a single, intense bond. There is a fraught emotional logic throughout, from being “holdin’ like a stone” to the foreknowledge that the heart may bend before it breaks. The vocal stance feels restrained but determined, moving between a withheld contact and a desire to give, even as love is framed as something exchanged and taken.

"Praise" is a track by Panda Bear, from the album Sinister Grift, released 28th February 2025. The track is 3:31 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Panda Bear.

About the Artist

Panda Bear

Panda Bear

Lyrics

Praise

It's somethin' in the tone
You won't get on the phone with me
I'm holdin' like a stone
I'm holdin' on to you
My heart, it bends before it breaks
(Only want to give it to you)
I'm gonna give, you're gonna take
(All the love is going through you)
A kind of bond I wanna make
(But you never let it happen)
My heart, it bends before it breaks
(I'm just crumblin' and crackin')
I'm holdin' on to you
And so I'll take, another chance
To give some proof to you
I'm waiting 'cause my makeup tells me to
Again and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again
It's somethin' in the home
It chills me to the bone, you see
Not holdin' you alone
I'm holdin' on to you
My heart, it bends before it breaks
(Only want to give it to you)
I'm gonna give, you're gonna take
(All the love is going through you)
A kind of bond I wanna make
(But you never let it happen)
My heart, it bends before it breaks
(I'm just crumblin' and crackin')
I'm holdin' on to you
And so we do, another dance
I make it up with you
I'm movin' and I'm watchin' how you do
Again and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again

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Track details

From Sinister Grift

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Sinister Grift
Sinister Grift
Panda Bear
28th February 2025
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Release year
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  1. 1Praise
    3:31
  2. 2Anywhere but Here
    4:40
  3. 350mg
    4:35
  4. 4Ends Meet
    3:22

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