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Despair by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Despair

Release date: 11th April 2013

From Mosquito
Track 10
4:49
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About This Track

'Despair' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an alternative track from the album 'Mosquito' (2013). The lyrics are a tug-of-war between bleak feeling and a stubborn sense of presence, repeating the reassurance “Don’t despair, you’re there”. Over wasted days, nights, years and lonely fears, despair is framed as something that has been there all along, then is met with resilience rather than collapse. The vocal stance is exhortatory, but the imagery keeps circling fatigue and loneliness, so the comfort lands with grit.

"Despair" is a single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from the album Mosquito, released 11th April 2013. The track is 4:49 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 13 articles about Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Lyrics

Despair

Don't despair, you're there
From beginning to middle to end
Don't despair, you're there
Through my wasted days
You're there through my wasted nights

Oh despair, you've always been there
You were there through my wasted years
Through all my lonely fears, no tears
Run through my fingers, tears
They're stinging my eyes, no tears
If it's all in my head there's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear inside

Through the darkness and the light
Some sun has got to rise

My sun is your sun
Your sun is our sun

Oh despair, you were there through my wasted days
You're there through my wasted nights
You're there through my wasted years
You're there through my wasted life

You've always been there
You were there through my wasted years
Through all of my lonely fears
Run through my fingers, tears
They're stinging my eyes, no tears
We're all on the edge, there's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear inside

Through the darkness and the light
Some sun has got to rise

My sun is your sun
Your sun is our sun

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Track details

From Mosquito

4:492013Single
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Mosquito
Mosquito
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12th April 2013
Track number
10
Release year
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