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  3. Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4)
  4. Grip

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Seeb

Grip

Release date: 6th December 2018

From Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4)
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About This Track

Seeb and Bastille collaborate on a track built around compulsion and moral surrender. The song frames temptation as a physical force, something that grips and pulls despite rational resistance. The narrator knows the sensible choice, to walk away, to call it a day, but finds themselves unable to act on it. That tension between knowledge and behaviour, between what we should do and what we actually do, runs through the whole piece. The production sits at a steady electronic pulse, with the vocal melody carrying the weight of the lyrical conflict. Bastille's voice moves through verses that sketch a picture of diminished humanity, of drinking to escape the mind, of pushing against limits until they break. The chorus lands on its central image: the devil's got my arms, pulling back into the night. It is a song about being caught, about the grip of something you cannot quite name or resist.

"Grip" is a track by Seeb, from the album Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4), released 6th December 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

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Seeb

Seeb

Lyrics

Grip

[Verse 1]

As the night time bleeds into the day

Tomorrow spills across the sky

And the sun's a harsh reminder why

We are feeling barely human

[Pre-Chorus]

We don’t know what's good for us

'Cause if we did, we might not do it

Who knows where our limits lie?

We won't discover till we push it

[Chorus]

I should just walk away, walk away

But it grips me, it grips me

When I should call it a day, and make my way

Oh, it grips me

'Cause the devil’s got my arms ('Cause the devil's got my arms)

And it pulls me back into the night

When I should just walk away, away

Oh, it grips me

'Cause the devil’s got my arms

[Drop]

'Cause the devil's got my arms

And it pulls me back into the night

[Verse 2]

We got drunk on this unholy wine

To deliver us from our old minds

The promise of a better time

Till we're feeling barely human

[Pre-Chorus]

We don't know what's good for us

'Cause if we did, we might not do it

Who knows where our limits lie?

We won't discover till we push it

[Chorus]

'Cause the devil's got my arms ('Cause the devil's got my arms)

And it pulls me back into the night

When I should just walk away, away

Oh, it grips me

'Cause the devil's got my arms

[Drop]

And it pulls me back into the night

The devil's got my arms

And it pulls me back into the night

[Bridge]

I would rather forget

And wash my memory clean

Oh, I would rather forget

And wash my memory clean

I would rather forget (I would rather forget)

Wash my memory clean (Wash my memory clean)

I would rather forget (I would rather forget)

Wash my memory clean

[Drop]

'Cause the devil's got my arms

And it pulls me back into the night

The devil's got my arms

'Cause the devil's got my arms

And it pulls me back into the night

And it pulls me back into the night

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From Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4)

2018
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Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4)
Other People’s Heartache (Pt. 4)
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Dan Smith, Earwulf, Espen Berg, joki, Mark Crew, Simen Eriksrud
    Producer
    Earwulf, joki, Mark Crew, Seeb
    Vocals
    Dan Smith
    Mastering Engineer
    Emerson Mancini
    Mixing Engineer
    Manny Marroquin
    Programmer
    Earwulf, joki, Seeb
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