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I See A Darkness

4:25art pop 2025-10-21

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The warmth here is strange - like a lightbulb under a lampshade, flickering now from an excess of feelings, now from a lack of air. Between the lines - a friendship that has long been more complicated than just "how are you?" People who are used to drinking to laughter suddenly notice that silence is hiding somewhere behind the laughter. The one where you can hear your chest boiling - not from alcohol, but something like an inner heat that burns from within and is called love. And it seems like everything is clear: talking until morning, a couple of confessions, a nod goodbye... And then - a black screen in my head and a quiet "Heat," repeating like a mantra. Maybe it's just a way not to go crazy from your own fire. Or the opposite - a way to remind yourself that as long as it's still burning, you're alive. Director: Alexander Brown Producer: Alex White Production Company: We Are Jealous Commissioner: John Mole Cinematographer: Marty Giver First Assistant Camera: Peter Swinford Second Assistant Camera: Ciaran Turner Cinematographer: Adam Trzinski Spark: Finn Grover Stylist: Phoebe Butterworth Assistant Stylist: Alice Sanders Security: Amity Group Production Company: David White Editing: Avner Shiloah Visual Effects: Alexander Brown

Lyrics and translation

Original

-Well, you're my friend -It's what you told me -And can you see -What's inside of me?

Many times we've been out drinking

Many times we've shared our thoughts

Do you ever, ever notice

The kind of thoughts I got?

Well, you know I have a love For anyone I know

You know I have a drive To live,

I won't let go

But can you see this opposition

Rising up sometimes?

And it's dreadful imposition

Goes blacking in my mind

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

Do you know how much I love you?

Is it hope that somehow you

Can save me from this darkness?

Well, I hope that someday, buddy

We'll have peace in our lives

Together or apart

Alone or with our wives And we can stop our worrying

And pull the smiles inside

And light it up for love

And never go to sleep

My best unbeating brother

This isn't all I see

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

Do you know how much I love you? Is it hope that somehow you

Can save me from this darkness?

English translation

-Well, you're my friend -It's what you told me -And can you see -What's inside of me?

Many times we've been out drinking

Many times we've shared our thoughts

Do you ever, ever notice

The kind of thoughts I got?

Well, you know I have a love For anyone I know

You know I have a drive To live,

I won't let go

But can you see this opposition

Rising up sometimes?

And it's dreadful imposition

Goes blacking in my mind

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

Do you know how much I love you?

Is it hope that somehow you

Can save me from this darkness?

Well, I hope that someday, buddy

We'll have peace in our lives

Together or apart

Alone or with our wives And we can stop our worrying

And pull the smiles inside

And light it up for love

And never go to sleep

My best unbeating brother

This isn't all I see

And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness And then I see a darkness

And then I see a darkness

Do you know how much I love you? Is it hope that somehow you

Can save me from this darkness?

Watch video Anna Calvi, Perfume Genius - I See A Darkness

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