Grimes

Released: March 15, 2015

Featuring: Bleachers

Songwriter: Jack Antonoff Grimes

Producer: Jack Antonoff Grimes

[Verse 1: Grimes]
Everything I've ever known is wrong
Oh, what's the matter with me?
Did I even want it?
Did I just assume that's how it had to be?

[Verse 2: Grimes]
Throw a ball, it's bouncing off the wall
That's how I heard music first
Did I really need it?
How can something so free feel so rehearsed?

[Chorus: Grimes]
Calculate the entropy
Running out of energy
A lack of love or empathy
Leave me lonely
Calculate the entropy
Bitter path in front of me
Oh neither friend or enemy
Leave me lonely

[Verse 3: Grimes]
Every day I let the music play
It seems to play by itself
Did I let it bleed me?
Did I hit it back until it bled itself?

[Verse 4: Grimes]
How the birds can sing a tuneless song?
How can they stay in the sky?
Maybe they're just screaming
Maybe it's not music and it's all a lie

[Chorus: Grimes]
Calculate the entropy
Running out of energy
A lack of love or empathy
Leave me lonely
Calculate the entropy
Bitter path in front of me
Oh neither friend or enemy
Leave me lonely

[Bridge: Grimes]
E-eh, e-eh, e-eh, eh
E-e-eh, eh
E-eh, e-eh, e-eh, eh
E-e-eh, eh

[Chorus: Grimes]
Calculate the entropy
Running out of energy
A lack of love or empathy
Leave me lonely
Calculate the entropy
Bitter path in front of me
Oh neither friend or enemy
Leave me lonely

[Outro: Grimes]
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely
Keep me lonely

Grimes is the pseudonym of Claire Elise Boucher, a singer-songwriter and experimental electro pop producer. Her music is characterized by 80s-influenced synths, pop sensibility, and high-pitched, ethereal vocals that sit in the background.

Upon releasing her first two albums, Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, in 2010 (Arbutus Records), and a split record with d'Eon called Darkbloom in 2011, she increased her fanbase and captured the attention of many. The attention led to a record deal with label 4AD and her third album, Visions, released in 2012, which she produced entirely on Garageband. The album received mass critical acclaim and pushed Grimes closer to the spotlight. At the end of 2013, she signed to be managed by Roc Nation, and following some sparse releases, released Art Angels in 2015. This album once again showed Boucher’s skilled craft, but with catchy choruses that she’d bend and twist to expand the possibilities of music.

Armed with passion, eclecticism, and a distinct sense of confidence, Grimes' music excites and enthralls her listeners, challenging them emotionally and psychologically. Grimes' discography reflects her obvious versatility—feminist club bangers, “escaping into art”, politically-coded tracks regarding sexual assault, and lyrics surrounding numb artistry. Her inability to read music doesn’t affect her quality whatsoever; she produces and engineers all her tracks herself.

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