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Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Mix)

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Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Mix)

Release date: 7th September 2009

From Basic Space (Remixes)

About This Track

"Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Mix)" is a track by The xx, from the album Basic Space (Remixes), released 7th September 2009. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about The xx.

About the Artist

The xx

The xx

Lyrics

Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Mix)

[Verse 1: Oliver Sim]

Neck, chest, waist to floor

Easy to take, you could take me in fours

Make me a deal, a day a piece

Take it all, just stay a week

[Verse 2: Romy]

I'll take you in pieces, we can take all apart

I've suffered shipwrecks right from the start

I've been underwater, breathing out and in

I think I'm losing where you end and I begin

[Chorus: Both]

Basic space, open air

Don't look away when there's nothing there

[Verse 3: Romy]

I'm setting us in stone

Piece by piece before I'm alone

Air tight before we break

Keep it in, keep us safe

[Verse 4: Oliver Sim]

It's a pool of boiling wax, I'm getting in

Let it set, got to seal this in

Can't adjust, can't relearn

Got to keep what I have, preserve

[Chorus: Both]

Basic space, open air

Don't look away when there's nothing there

[Bridge: Oliver Sim]

Hot wax has left me with a shine

Wouldn't know if I've been left behind

Second skin

Second skin

[Outro: Both]

I can't let it out

I still let you in

I can't let it out

I still let you in

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Track details

From Basic Space (Remixes)

2009

Album

Basic Space (Remixes)

Release year

2009

—Basic Space (M.A.T.H.E.S. Remix)
—Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Mix)
—Basic Space (diskJokke Remix)
—Basic Space (Astronomer Remix)
—Basic Space (Pariah Remix)
—Basic Space (Mount Kimbie Remix)
—Basic Space (Sampha Remix)

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Credits

Credited: Baria, Jamie xx, Oliver Sim, Romy