McMorrow, James Vincent - Cavalier Lyrics






Speak until the dust
settles in the same specific place
Light refused to go
Drink it from a cast and iron plate
instead of cold milk
was offered unripe
Instead of silence
considered craven

Nothing made it seem
hidden where the aging soil was pure
Pressed against the crease
Mountains become fragrant at the source
how can you stand this
exotic angle
I read it somewhere
that they would lie still

I remember how cloth hung
flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love

Unrelied I was called
missing teeth out of favour
Nickel beach it was all
gathering by the sundial

I woke hard
I woke heavy
for the half way stop
Five whole hours in
when I woke hard
I woke heavy with the live or parts

I remember how cloth hung
flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love

I remember my first love





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  1. �.... �....

    Люблю его песни и музыку!!!!!

  2. T.... C....

    One of my favourite songs ever, even the video is perfect

  3. M.... R....

    hear MATT CORBY .UNTITLED

  4. B.... B....

    I appreciate this song better if I don't watch the video
    due to the

    Drugs
    Alcohol and
    Cheap sex acts
    It takes away the beauty in the song
    and definition of what cavalier means to me.
    This joker is a dope fiend..nothing cavalier about that...that's the definition of a FOOL

  5. H.... J....

    I Love this song

  6. T.... ....

    Is it just me or does it sound like James Vincent McMorrow uses slight controlled voice cracks for emotional feel. He doesn’t even lose the note. It’s subtle but super impressive

  7. N.... S....

    Wish I’d never seen the video. Some songs mean more than the artist intends. If ever some would dare let their agendas go and put out a good song to trust the audience to enjoy it how they see fit

  8. J.... d....

    Brasil?

  9. L.... M....

    oh I need a moment just to let that sink in...

  10. R.... A....

    Who's here after listening to Daniel caesar's cover

  11. M.... V....

    me encanto

  12. P.... ....

    The lyrics, the production, the video...everything is sublime and heartbreaking .

  13. a.... ....

    This guy has the same last name as me. McMorrow!

  14. M.... T....

    A S M R

  15. B.... B....

    😍😍😍😍😍

  16. R.... ....

    my personal sad song

  17. s.... 2....

    and there goes my tears

  18. N.... G....

    Here I am🙌

  19. r.... ....

    Beautiful voice.

  20. A.... J....

    Amo essa música pra sempre

  21. M.... ....

    it's so huge !!!

  22. C.... L....

    Listeaning in 1.5x

  23. L.... l....

    Anybody can ID his jacket at the start?

  24. S.... B....

    Just got the song title tattooed on today. I’ve never related more to a song than this before. Not just the song but the music video will forever make me feel something inside no matter if I am happy or sad. I hope one day I’ll be able to really make people feel something like this song has to me and many others.

  25. S.... P....

    The lyrics are impossible to explain but this song is so gd good, it's unreal.

  26. R.... G....

    STILL AMAZING 💟💟💟

  27. A.... T....

    Siapa yang kesini karena tempat bercakap

  28. J.... S....

    God these lyrics are difficult to dissect

  29. I.... p....

    I have sinned, because I just found out there are songs as beautiful as this, thank you for entertaining me with this extraordinary work

  30. C.... L....

    This songs makes sense

  31. I.... V....

    Música profundamente linda e atraente, mesmo com seus significados desastrosos. Me encantei, pela voz de James, pela melodia da música, pelo clip que foi excepcional.

  32. p.... ....

    I loved this song from the moment I heard it and I love it still. One of my faves, the imagery is gorgeous.

    My interpretation is that it's a man who's lost his wife and child.

    Speak until the dust
    Settles in the same specific place

    (keep going until he you find love again)

    Light refused to go
    Drink it from a cast and iron plate
    (you can't drink anything from a plate. Cast iron is very strong and can last a lifetime, but he's using the wrong thing for his purposes)

    Instead of cold milk
    Was offered unripe
    (he's substituting all the wrong things for what he had, finding people who offer love but there's no maturity, no history. So it's unpleasant.)


    Instead of silence
    Considered craven
    (he's a coward because he can't stand the silence)

    Nothing made it seem
    Hidden where the aging soil was pure
    (back when he had his wife and child, it was a carefree and innocent time. He didn't see this pain coming. Never saw himself losing them)

    Pressed against the crease
    Mountains become fragrant at the source
    (breasts, obviously. But it's a duality. Here he's pressing his face between her breasts.)

    How can you stand this
    Exotic angle
    (here he's watching her breastfeed their child)

    I read it somewhere
    That they would lie still
    (his wife and child are dead)

    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    (his baby in its bassinet. It reaches 'half waist' and the baby reaches for him. Kicking at the sheets because that's what babies do when they're determined to NOT FUCKING SLEEP)


    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love
    (two loves, one for his wife and one for his child. They were both the first of two types of love.)


    Unrelied I was called
    Missing teeth out of favour
    Nickel beach it was all
    Gathering by the sundial
    (Nickelbag=$5 worth of drugs. So you have him being toothless and burning his bridges in grief. then you have him taking drugs to get over the pain. it takes him to a more pleasant place 'beach' and takes him back to a time in his history/memories 'sundial')

    I woke hard
    I woke heavy
    For the half way stop
    Five whole hours in
    When I woke hard
    (coming off the high)


    I woke heavy with the live or parts
    (with a shock and scattered mind. Can't remember everything he did while high.)

    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love
    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love
    (he's unable to forget and still trapped in memory)

  33. S.... ....

    I can't remember the last time a song made me cry... but damn I'm tearing up right now

  34. Z.... B....

    I just want to know if this song has a meaning to it or is it supposed to be interpreted

  35. E.... M....

    You know when the song is sooo beautiful but you have no idea what they’re talking about, this is one of those songs.

  36. n.... ....

    Should I call an ambulance?

    Exquisitely composed in lyrics voice music and moving pictures.

    Thank you JVM

  37. T.... ....

    Anyone else with tears in their eyes?

  38. J.... M....

    Who stills listen to this in 2018?

    J.... M....

    Jalene Martin me! 😉

  39. C.... D....

    I am late af but I love this song, this video, everything of it. Such a beautiful masterpiece. Thank you Paris for letting me know this. Never thought I would find something like this in a place like that.

  40. O.... ....

    it's really a good actor because I know this state and it's so true

  41. M.... P....

    Speak until the dust
    Settles in the same specific place
    Light refused to go
    Drink it from a cast and iron plate
    Instead of cold milk
    Was offered unripe
    Instead of silence
    Considered craven

    Nothing made it seem
    Hidden where the aging soil was pure
    Pressed against the crease
    Mountains become fragrant at the source
    How can you stand this
    Exotic angle
    I read it somewhere
    That they would lie still

    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love

    Unrelied I was called
    Missing teeth out of favour
    Nickel beach it was all
    Gathering by the sundial

    I woke hard
    I woke heavy
    For the half way stop
    Five whole hours in
    When I woke hard
    I woke heavy with the live or parts

    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love

    I remember how cloth hung
    Flexing with the forest clung
    Half waist and high raised arms
    Kicking at the slightest form
    I remember my first love
    I remember my first love

    I remember my first love

  42. Z.... B....

    I came here from Daniel

  43. D.... A....

    Who is he?

  44. H.... ....

    Here from Conan Gray!

  45. G.... ....

    How many replays is considered too many replays? 10? 20?

  46. L.... ....

    Underated

  47. �.... �....

    that guy reminds me of Jessie from breaking bad

  48. n.... ....

    We need Keaton Henson and James to do a song together

  49. M.... M....

    I hope you see this one day Tiger 🐯 -GSM

  50. D.... M....

    Daniel Caesar’s version is better. Love this one though ♥️

  51. J.... B....

    Such a beautiful song and expression of to deal with a bad situation. Trying to fight a feeling but It's ok to be "weak" sometimes

  52. T.... D....

    Great video

  53. �.... ....

    insane!

  54. T.... K....

    How love is like a drug It seems so awesome at first til you find yourself in a whirlwind of craziness and are left so sad and alone I remember my first love Beautiful song

  55. R.... R....

    This song just envelopes me, takes my mind to another space, gives me goosebumps. It's so good.

  56. M.... M....

    Came here looking for Daniel Caesar

  57. L.... ....

    Remember me ''The Kite String Tangle'' and ''Deptford Goth''

  58. S.... W....

    I know I'm a dork! This song made me cry driving home from work @ 2:41 am. 89.9 KCRW was playing this "Incredible Song!" Man you got me in all my "Feelz" HA! Thank you for being so talented and sharing your gift! Your song touched my Soul!

  59. L.... ....

    Horribly in love with this, for eternity

  60. s.... J....

    #teenwolf😭😭😭😭

  61. r.... ....

    This is a classic Irish poet .....sublime.

  62. A.... T....

    At 1:01 when the video shows all the guys watching the girl. It's so beautiful and I want the whole video to just be the girl dancing in front of the light. Idk I just really appreciate that visual

  63. S.... G....

    One of the few artists that put me in a place mentally where no one can reach me or come near me. James Vincent McMorrow, Bon Iver, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Ry-X, The Acid. Yet to meet anyone who can sit and listen to this music with me and appreciate it for what it is....True Beauty.

  64. H.... J....

    I think this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

  65. R.... B....

    This song wrecks me every time

  66. S.... C....

    What is the video supposed to mean?

  67. S.... C....

    THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING GOOD WTF

  68. M.... H....

    I used to think this was about an actual person being his first love but now that I have became an alcoholic and somewhat addict this music video reminds me so much of my dependency and how it stole my heart before any actual person has

  69. p.... s....

    if my homies knew i listened to this id get fucking roasted lmaoooo whos with me

  70. M.... O....

    muy lloron

  71. T.... D....

    This is one of the best music videos I have ever seen. love if it was a movie.

  72. E.... V....

    Definite perfection = James mc morrow cavalier

  73. J.... M....

    🇲🇽💚

  74. F.... ....

    STILL MY FAVORITE SONG UNTIL NOW, i really love this

  75. L.... F....

    Amazing!

  76. M.... K....

    this is amazing

  77. E.... M....

    So is the video metaphorically depicting him looking for the feel of his first love to no avail ?

  78. g.... m....

    majestic!

  79. R.... H....

    como me encanta esta canción

  80. R.... S....

    This hits right in the feels

  81. B.... ....

    If u can how u name this kind of music? :)

  82. L.... M....

    This song hits me right in the feels... specially the ending when his bleeding, meaning that his heart is broken. the guy actually tries to make himself feel better with woman, alcohol and drugs. But no matter what, there's nothing to fill that emptiness, that pain inside him. which a lot of people can relate to it.

  83. �.... A....

    Ağlayan çıksın kasıyor

  84. A.... W....

    you guys helped me with life, please keep making music

  85. t.... ....

    i wanna die to this song

  86. T.... ....

    I'm sorry but Daniel Caesar's version is equally as good if anything it's better than this.

  87. M.... ....

    I discovered this through Daniel Caesar's version. It's pretty different from this one, but I still love both regardless.

  88. D.... J....

    Anyone here coz of Daniel Caesar

  89. D.... G....

    I came here because i heard Daniel caesar cover and I was like omg I have to know who wrote this omg

  90. s.... ....

    only artist that can sit at the same table with Damien

  91. H.... E....

    I don't think I've ever heard/seen a song and video that has captured the hollow searching and aching heartbreak that this does – at least for myself. Still cut up more than I should be, still doing the same kinda stuff.

  92. A.... C....

    Listen to Daniel Caesar's version of this song. You'll find a new artist to like.

  93. D.... K....

    I imagine the song is about the loss of his first born thru and abortion or being still born...

    *Light refused to go
    Drink it from a cast and iron plate
    instead of cold milk
    was offered unripe
    Instead of silence
    considered craven


    *how can you stand this
    exotic angle
    I read it somewhere
    that they would lie still

    *Half waist and high raised arms
    kicking at the slightest form

  94. O.... J....

    Blissfully blissful.