This is a love song expressing regret over losing something that felt so natural and right. Sonically, however, we attempted to create a parallel with the loss of a harmonic relationship between humanity and the natural environment.
lyrics
I've been trying to make my mind up but I can't
Trying to find a hill but I can't stand
Chasing fairies as the wind declines
Maybe it'll work out this time, or it won't
Or it won't
Oh babe you take me to your nirvana
Oh I can't have you but I know you want to
Be my baby
I see right through you
How long it takes me
Does it matter?
...
Now I'm winding back the clock on this one
I don't know how I feel about time
Said I didn't need you but that was a lie
Wish I could turn back just to rewind
Wish I could turn back it's clear to see that I want to be with you right now
If you feel it, I could probably be on the next flight right back in town
I finally realized that it could be just you and me and no one else
You stole my heart and now I pay for your crime
Can we just get over ourselves?
Ourselves
It doesn't matter to me, matter to me, yeah
You're all I need, you're all I need, yeah
Now I can see, now I can see that you're the one for me yeah
You're the one for me yeah
You're the one for me yeah
It don't matter yeah
You're all that I need yeah
Now I can see that
You're the one for me yeah
Now I'm winding back the clock on this one
I don't want to be with no one else
Stole my heart and now I pay for your crime
You're the one for me, yeah
credits
from The Birdsong,
released June 17, 2022
Spencer Leibow: lead vocals
Sandeep Kanchiraju: backing vocals
Fahim Rahman: production
supported by 5 fans who also own “One for Me (Spencer Leibow & Sandeep Kanchiraju)”
saw Thundercat for the first time recently - truly a GOAT of live performers. this album is him in his most honest, focused, and emotional state, and it beautifully intertwines his silly artistic voice with his stories of struggle and loss. the album is short and sweet - BUT, if you want to see him and his friends jam a little longer on these ideas, definitely see him live. the dude literally practices like Coltrane and it shows. zilla
One of the last albums to be recorded at Brooklyn's Silent Barn, a jazz-inflected soul/spoken word EP full of grace and heart. Bandcamp New & Notable May 9, 2018