"Grand Paradise" is the opening track on the album Nearer My God by Foxing. The song has been described by critics as a festival-ready stomp that builds from its sombre opening to become a forceful onslaught[1][2] and a novel integration of pop and R&B influences which pits punk guitars against slinky beats and Murphy’s fetching, soulful falsetto.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag He further explained, “We’re very paranoid and fearful people. Rather than writing about love and relationships on this record, we focused a lot more on anxiety and paranoia and control, and fear that the world is going to end. That’s really what we thought about more than anything on this record, mostly because we were reading the news every day.”[3]
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Paradise | Nearer My God | 4:46 | 2018 | August 10, 2018 | |
| Grand Paradise (Mike Shinoda Mix) | Grand Paradise (Mike Shinoda Mix) | 4:17 | 2018 | November 22, 2019 |
Personnel
- Produced and Engineered by Chris Walla and E.M. Hudson
- Additional production by Mike V. Davis
- Additional Engineering by Conor Murphy, Enrique Sampson, Joe Reinhart, Mike V. Davis
- Editing by Ryan Wasoba, Mike V. Davis
- Mastered by Joe Lambert
- Arrangements by E.M. Hudson
- Lyrics by Conor Murphy
- Foxing is Conor Murphy, E.M. Hudson, Enrique Sampson, Jon Hellwig
Lyrics
I can be romantic
When I'm starving for sleep
When I try but I can't seem
To remember anything
With hair from a dog
I’ve got a fistful of its mane
It’s too coarse to stomach
So I shove it down my throat
Luck left late Saturday and now
Jesus Christ I'm wrecked to bed
They watch me sleeping in the kennel again
I can't recall the bark but the bay, I admit
If I was listening I could hear it
I’m shock-collared at the gates of heaven
25 years that I’ve been trying to shake loose
And if I try to sit still
Then someone's breathing down my neck
So I'm embarrassing myself again
I should see myself out
Lay me down in the tub
Throw away my phone
Strap a muzzle to my mouth now
And Jesus Christ I'm wrecked to bed
They watch me sleeping in the kennel again
I can't recall the bark but the bay, I admit
If I was listening I could hear it
If I was listening I could hear it
If I listen I can hear
Palms kept white hot gold rings folded like a
Knot tied tight sweat leave sleep take me now
I've done nothing right
I've gone wrong beside
I can't see what's there
But if I listen I can hear
Luck bent low roar drum pressed to the glass
The glass pressed loose soft spots marked on the wall
Wall an empty stomach
I've done nothing right
I can't see what's there
If I listen I can hear it
Palms kept white hot gold rings folding like a
Knot tied tight sweat leave sleep take me now
I've done nothing right
I've gone wrong beside
I can't see what's there
I can't see anything at all
External Links
- Grand Paradise (Official Audio): YouTube
References
- ↑ Foxing Interview: The St. Louis Band On Their Wildly Ambitious 'Nearer My God' - Stereogum, June 19, 2018
- ↑ On the brink: Foxing | Features | DIY, August 09, 2018
- ↑ Foxing 'Nearer My God' Interview: Aiming To Make A Masterpiece, August 08, 2018