Listen to The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows by Gang of Youths

The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows

Gang of Youths

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

David Leaupepe

Lead Vocals

Donnie Borzestowski

Donnie Borzestowski

Drums

Joji Malani

Lead Guitar

Jung Kim

Guitar

Max Dunn

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Leaupepe

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gang of Youths

Producer

Adrian Breakspear

Adrian Breakspear

Producer

Peter Katis

Mixing Engineer

Joe Lambert

Mastering Engineer

David Leaupepe

Additional Engineer

Josh Pearson

Assistant Engineer

Lewis Mitchell

Additional Engineer

Peter Holz

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a sky full of life

And none of them stars

But each white, silvery flickers

A faithful reminder to us

Of a weight that's in youth

That makes a dick of us all

If it happened today

Then it's probably happened before

In a crowd unfamiliar

I just wanna touch a familiar face

And make friends at the parties I've feared

The likes of an age

To be wanted with truth

And make formidable love

See light in myself

That I see inside everyone else I know

[Verse 2]

It's not a lacking of spine

Nor a physical pulse

It's just a feeling of distance

Akin to a feeling of loss

Of love in the youth

Of my limited life

That passed in a violent

And a ritual screwing inside

And the years unfamiliar

Are made of increasingly digital days

And I'm grieving the loss of myself

With frightening malaise

When there's weightless in youth

And the sum of it's small

Just stand in the darkness

And laugh with your heel on its throat

[Verse 3]

'Cause not everything means something, honey

Just say the unsayable

Say the most human of things

And if everything is temporary

I will bear the unbearable

Terrible triteness of being

[Verse 4]

Alone in my house

Frozen in time

But don't get me wrong now, honey

I am trying

[Chorus]

There's a warmth in the eyes

And a clearness of thought

When the deepest of sighs

And the frankest of shadows are gone

[Verse 5]

We're pushing a stone

Up a mountainous waste

And the lines at the store

Look like lines on a beautiful face

See, I'm not so assured

Nor unusually strong

Or outstandingly brave

I'm more just fumbling around in the dark

For the bulk of my day

When there's weight that's in youth

And the sum of it's small

I will stand in the darkness

And laugh with my heel on its throat

[Chorus]

And not everything means something, honey

Say the unsayable

Say the most human of things

And if everything is temporary

I will bear the unbearable

Terrible triteness of being

[Verse 6]

Alone in my house

Frozen away

But don't get me wrong now, honey

I'm okay

[Verse 7]

Ah, cast me a line

Ah honey, cast me a line

Won't you fear me tonight

Goddamn, do you feel me tonight?

Ah, pass me a light

Ah honey, pass me a light

Won't you feel me tonight

Goddamn, do you feel me tonight?

[Chorus]

'Cause not everything means something, honey

So say the unsayable

Say the most human of things

If everything is temporary

I will bear the unbearable

Terrible triteness of being

Written by: David Le'aupepe

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