Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean
Vocals
Ben Reed
Ben Reed
Bass Guitar
London Contemporary Orchestra
London Contemporary Orchestra
Strings
Malay Ho
Malay Ho
Keyboards
Rostam
Rostam
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Christopher Breaux
Christopher Breaux
Songwriter
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Songwriter
James Ryan Wuihun Ho
James Ryan Wuihun Ho
Songwriter
Rostam
Rostam
Songwriter
Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean
Producer
Jeff Ellis
Jeff Ellis
Engineer
MIKE DEAN
MIKE DEAN
Mastering Engineer
Malay Ho
Malay Ho
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The markings on your surface
Your speckled face
Flawed crystals hang from your ears
I couldn't gauge your fears
I can't relate to my peers
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here
[Verse 2]
Maybe I'm a fool
Maybe I should move and settle
Two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave
Brave
I'm not brave
[Verse 3]
I'm living over city
And taking in the homeless sometimes, huh
Been living in an idea
An idea from another man's mind
[Verse 4]
Maybe I'm a fool
To settle for a place with some nice views (Nice views)
Maybe I should move, settle down
Two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave
[Verse 5]
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather go to jail
I've tried hell (It's a loop)
What would you recommend I do? (And the other side of the loop is a loop)
[Verse 6]
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell
Brave
[Verse 7]
Speaking of Nirvana, it was there
Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix
There with my crooked teeth and companion sleeping, yeah
Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought
That could think of the dreamer that thought
That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God
I be dreaming of dreaming a thought
That could dream about a thought
That could think of dreaming a dream where I cannot
Where I cannot
[Verse 8]
Less morose and more present
Dwell on my gifts for a second, a moment
One solar flare, we're consumed, so why not
Spend this flammable paper on the film that's my life?
High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice
Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you
See some colors, light hang glide off the moon
[Outro]
In the dark
In the dark
I'd do anything for you (In the dark)
I'd do anything for you (In the dark)
I'd do anything for you (In the dark)
I'd do anything for you (In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for you (In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for you
Written by: Breaux, Ho, Batmanglij, Elliott Smith
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