Big Thief - Simulation Swarm (Live from Levon Helm Studios) [SHEROES]

A live special Sheroes presentation, of Big Thief Live from Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY - watch the full session & interview with Carmel Holt here:    • Big Thief Live from Levon Helm Studio...  

'Simulation Swarm' is taken from Big Thief's 2022 album 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You', out now via 4AD: https://bigthief.ffm.to/dnwmibiy

Find all upcoming tour dates here: https://bigthief.net/tour/

Filmed & Recorded on location at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock NY
Sponsored by 4AD & Beggars Group
Produced by Ellena Osis, Carmel Holt & Marisa Gesualdi
Video by Slopehouse
Cinematography by Adam Gundersheimer
Camera Operators: Adam Gundersheimer, V Haddad, Matt Phillips, Dino Davaros
Performances Edited by V Haddad, with additional editing by Adam Gundersheimer
Engineered and Mixed by Alice Wilder
Mastered by Philip Weinrobe
Interview Mixing Engineer and Video Editor: Marisa Gesualdi
Interview Editor: Carmel Holt
Studio Production: Brendan McDonough
Studio Manager: Drew Frankel
Studio Operations: Christy Newman


Lyrics:
I tried to tell you,
Didn’t know how to stay
You believe she can see through
Cutting at the silent clay
A relief, beckon deep blue
Fettered in the magnet sun
Eat the gun as it feeds you
Spitting up the oxygen
Once again

Once again,
Empty horses
Gallop through the violet door
Follow red, crooked courses
Shadows on the moonlit floor
O my stars
Winged creatures gathering in silken height
Like the last human teachers

Once again,
We must bleed new
Even as the hours shake
Crystal blood like a dream true
A ripple in the wound and wake
You believe, I believe too
That you are the river of light
Who I love that I cling to
In the belly of the empty night

From the 31st floor
Of the simulation swarm
With the drone of fluorescence
Flicker, fever, fill the form
With a warm gush
Now I wanna touch
Like we never could before
I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not
Fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
And walk you to the shore

I remember building an energy shield
In your room, like a temple,
Swallows in the windless field
Very thin, with your mother
Tall as a pale green tree
Very wild, bright as winter
Rising with a prism key
And a child to deliver
Tangled in the blood and vine
The first little angel

Little Andy, soft in your newborn skin
Only one, little Andy, will you return again
I believe we can renew
And you could be my brother
Once again, fall asleep with our backs against each other
You believe, I believe too
That you are the river of light who I love
That I sing to in the belly of the empty night

From the 31st floor
Of the simulation swarm
With the drone of fluorescence
Flicker, fever, fill the form
With a warm gush
Now I wanna touch
Like we never could before
I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not
Fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
And walk you to the shore
I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not
Fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms
And take your arms