alt-J - Deadcrush Lyrics






Extraordinarily pretty teeth
Beauty lingers out of reach
You're my DC oh Lee, oh
Man Ray went cray cray over you
Capturing but never captured
You're my DC oh Lee, oh

Swim low
In a backyard in the night
Sample
Put it there, get the money
In the back of a Volvo car
Sample
Hold up
Pay up, sign up LA

Anna Bolina
Maid of honour
Not your sister, fearful temper
You're my DC oh Anna, oh
Unknown artist
Took your likeness
Henry Tudor left you lifeless
You're my DC oh Anna, oh

Keepa, keepa, keepa, keep me damn down
Let it low
Let me know where you go
Papa, papa, papa
Get me down
Deep deep down
Pablo let me know

If you don't have the ace of hearts
My dear, you're a lost man
Falcon for you Anna from the left arm of the falconer
Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna L'Arlésienne

Swim low
In the backyard in the night
Sample
Put it there, get the money
In the back of a Volvo car
Sample
Hold over
Pay up, sign up LA





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  1. M.... ....

    Incredible all the way through...

  2. M.... B....

    GODDAMNIT, THERE'S NO CAPTIONS!

  3. R.... :....

    REALisation: is the money coins spinning referencing the dream within a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream film?- i cant think of the name fuzzy Duck

  4. M.... ....

    Oh.
    :)
    Thank you for this beautiful, otherweirdly song, and for reminding me I should listen to you more agian :)

  5. B.... L....

    It is a psychopath song and sound

  6. B.... L....

    It is a psychopath song and sound

  7. D.... X....

    Fifa 18

  8. N.... K....

    I don't know why such an idiot would scream in a lonely song

  9. A.... S....

    I thought DC means JOKER and Batman... Now I found another meaning...LOL

  10. Y.... ....

    I think the rings at the beginning of the video are a reference to the audio recording rings from the Time Traveller movie.

  11. S.... g....

    Addicted to it maan

  12. M.... P....

    Beautiful song and video. Stunned

  13. J.... F....

    I want to know who these dancers are and what's going through their heads while they are doing this... if anything 🤔. I feel like it all becomes very feral if that makes sense... but at a professional level 😐

    J.... F....

    Leah Marojevic, Alana Everett and Natalia Iwaniec

  14. a.... a....

    every time I see this video, I want to learn dancing. This means, they did good job.

  15. T.... F....

    Honestly, my favorite song by Alt-J. Absolutely stunning work. Favorite band of all time.

  16. L.... P....

    Extraordinarily pretty teeth
    Beauty lingers out of reach
    You're my DC oh Lee, oh
    Man Ray went cray cray over you
    Capturing but never captured
    You're my DC oh Lee, oh
    Swim low
    In the back dry in the night
    Sample
    Put it there, get the money (watch me now)
    In the back of a Volvo car
    Sample
    Hold over
    Pay up, sign up, LA
    Anna Bolina
    Maid of honour
    Not your sister, fearful temper
    You're my DC oh Anna, oh
    Unknown artist
    Took your likeness
    Henry Tudor left you lifeless, yeah
    You're my DC oh Anna, oh
    Keepa, keepa, keepa, keep me damn down
    Let it low
    Let me know where you go (watch me now)
    Papa, papa, papa
    Get me down
    Deep, deep down
    How low? Let me know
    If you don't have the ace of hearts
    My dear, you're a lost man (oh)
    Falcon for you, Anna, from the left arm of the falconer
    Anna,…

  17. B.... H....

    I would like to see this video in slow motion from high speed camera's, Too beautiful, too much details to love. Wunderfull production. Superwomen, strong faces and supersexy. From 1:57 till 2:08. Three strong faces, these dancing shoulders with there hands on there back. Perfect, and that hand from the hip during the moves...perfectly sexy. What an eye this director has, love it.

  18. A.... C....

    When I forget the name of this song and try sing it to people they think im smoking crack

    A.... C....

    Aussie Comedy 😂🤣😂

    A.... C....

    Honestly. I'd think you were smoking crack if you tried singing this to me. Especially in public.

  19. a.... m....

    Dancing in The Sewers

  20. C.... I....

    *Military woman that arrives at **1:30*

    Looks like someone combined the attractiveness and grace of Trinity (from Matrix), with the stern strength and commanding presence of Miss Trunchbull (from Matilda). Lol

    Who would’ve *EVER* imagined how hot their theoretical kids would’ve been!! ??💕💕

  21. j.... p....

    Some well-choreographed dance moves

  22. S.... ....

    1:30 The most handsome woman I have ever seen in a music video.
    As hot as Trinity.

    S.... ....

    SpicyK - holy crap, right?!?
    It was like someone combined the attractiveness & grace of Trinity, with the stern strength and commanding presence of Miss Trunchbull (from Matilda). Lol

    Who would’ve ever imagined how hot their theoretical kids would’ve been!! ??💕💕

  23. S.... 6....

    Only one complaint:
    Can't find enough VOLUME FOR THIS S¤NG!!!

  24. C.... S....

    Loved this concept, the groove and the dancers. Alt -j where you been all my life?

  25. J.... M....

    I wanna dance like these ladies

  26. J.... M....

    трэк-огонь!

  27. q.... ....

    My interpertation of the video although may not be correct, but I quite like it. Each group of dancers (4 of them) represent different parts of "the state" or "country" or "society" in a post apocalyptic world, dancing together to do a "rain dance". Dancers represent the government or army (solider), religion (in the dress making praying motions), the common people (the three girls in brown), and the technocrats (easiest to miss but she is wearing black pants and a brown top). The technocrat makes motions around her head/brain and typing motions when it starts to rain, while the religions woman is praying, and solider is shooting. The spinning disks are also "dancing" and represent the physical world/technology/silicon etc.. dancing with the four recognizable pillars of modern human societies.

  28. B.... ....

    this is pure and raw art

  29. S.... S....

    Fifa 18 brought me here

  30. S.... S....

    Which language is this

  31. M.... B....

    "I'm sorry sir, she is fading. It will not be long."
    "I understand. Are you sure there is nothing you can do?"
    "Alas, nothing."
    "I suppose all I can do is sit by her and pray her suffering is... Damb it! Get off me, you ignoramus."
    "Yeah, not the best entrance ever. Sorry about that. I need to..."
    "Who, in God's name are you?"
    "Oh, shut up! I just need to stick this disc on this woman's head to save her."
    "What? You can save her? With that?"
    "Yeah, look. Doctor bloke, move out the way. I place it here and...."
    "What?"
    "Give it a mo... and there we are! She is saved."
    "Sir, she is dead."
    "Yeah got here in the nick of time."
    "Dead? She is dead? You said you could save her!"
    "She is saved! She is saved on the disc. It's a process tha... You don't look pleased. Better be off

    M.... B....

    are you accepting friend requests? o_O

  32. S.... L....

    Can someone let me know where to find more music like this

    S.... L....

    Look up Glass Animals

    S.... L....

    Samuel Lopez Artifice by SOHN

  33. F.... N....

    Incredible how alt-j invented art 2 years ago

  34. T.... i....

    I know EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. I just look through a different lense.
    #ThIsIsNoTThEaLgOrItHiM 🌬️🧠🍄🌌✨🚀👯‍♂️⚛️🧠⤵️🕳️⤴️🧠🕺🕺🕺🕺

    Do we grasp the importance of creativity? In all it's malleable mediums. An individual or group passionate process creative process. It then travel's some unseen conduit to connect with the recipient becomming part of their life. Our lives! Transcending time and space. Landing in our lap's like heart ache and hand grenade's.

  35. T.... X....

    1:58 is that herbert the pervert?

  36. w.... ....

    swim lowe ?

  37. A.... L....

    I just want to hear this song on a car trip at night

  38. T.... G....

    Esse música me faz lembrar do cara que amei, e das tardes que passávamos na casa dele, sempre discutindo nossos gostos musicais, eu vivia zuando o gosto dele mas ele que me apresentou essa musica que eu amo, sempre que volto aqui é de saudade :/ 💔

    T.... G....

    Que bad heim?! Infelizmente são lembranças assim que perduram.

  39. E.... W....

    The dancers look like Odo from Deep Space Nine.

  40. B.... M....

    Quien hace la propuesta del video ??

  41. P.... P....

    Sad to see Sylvia Plath didn't make the cut, but I guess it's hard to put 'stick your head in an oven' into lyrics.

  42. S.... S....

    The creators of this video are geniuses.

  43. E.... D....

    What a shit dance!

  44. N.... H....

    amazing

  45. R.... ....

    FIFA 18 browsing transfer window xD

  46. M.... B....

    0:51 orgazm
    No comment

  47. J.... M....

    It doesn’t matter where I am; when I hear this song, I always wanna start dancing. I love their music.

  48. M.... L....

    Awful song

  49. S.... W....

    Choreography is on point. Love the beat too.

  50. M.... Y....

    Sound like put it in my butt to me -_-

  51. C.... E....

    It took me till the fourth or fifth time hypnotically re-watching this video that I realized "DC" stands for "Deadcrush"

  52. L.... R....

    Like si conoces este tema por el FIFA 18 😂

  53. A.... T....

    J.G. Ballard. Time-tombs. Fantastic video.

  54. D.... d....

    Long-Noise.Intro... but a f....ng cool Song ! :) Thx !

  55. m.... ....

    Why Am I late to this?

    m.... ....

    Me tooooo. Just discovered today!

  56. a.... a....

    la musica empieza hasta el 0:53

  57. T.... ....

    This is how I dance at 3am in the morning lol...its actually fun

  58. V.... S....

    I just realise that "you're my DC" means you're my deadcrush

    V.... S....

    took me literally hearing the song appr. 20 times before realizing what 2 "places" like DC (washington), and LA (los angeles) have to do with Anna Bolina and Lee Miller... and then the coin fell.. and I felt incredibly dumb XD

    V.... S....

    Oh thanks now I know 😘

  59. L.... 4....

    Does this remind anyone of massive attacks song 'man next door' ?

  60. E.... P....

    Fifa 18 anyone?

  61. w.... t....

    is this the new secret site in SCP?

  62. �.... H....

    Who From Fifa 18 😂❤️?

  63. I.... S....

    فن ربك!

  64. C.... K....

    Few people would understand the combination between the video clip (the 3 ladies ), the lyrics and the music rhythm. believe me it's so deep ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡*)

  65. H.... O....

    From this video I will learn very sensual steps to conquer my crush :')

  66. A.... G....

    Quem veio pelo Fifa 19 ??

    A.... G....

    Nem tem no 19

  67. M.... 1....

    Anne Boleyn giving "suck it" to the red rose of Lancaster..... I love knowing history.

  68. M.... 1....

    Was that the lead singer on the ground for the Lee Miller segment?

  69. s.... d....

    Rewelacja deep and clear and no simple

  70. d.... d....

    The best thing to watch when high

  71. �.... ....

    my deadcrush is river phoenix

  72. e.... *....

    2060 anyone?

  73. L.... B....

    A MELHOR DO FIFA 18 <3

  74. E.... B....

    This is the greatest choreography ever. I've seen it like 35 times and it never gets old.

  75. b.... v....

    FIFA 18 squad!!!

  76. R.... i....

    fifa 18...

  77. B.... F....

    smoke J, enjoy

  78. V.... C....

    This song is about two long-deceased historical women that members of Alt-J have crushes on: American mid-20th century photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller and Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife. The band told NPR's all things considered:

    "As we were finishing writing our second album, This Is All Yours, we came up with a quick jam which we luckily captured on one of our phones. This turned into 'Deadcrush', which is a word we made up to describe someone who is no longer alive that you fancy. Thus the first verse is about Lee Miller, Joe's deadcrush, the second about Anne Boleyn, Gus's."

    Elizabeth "Lee" Miller was a successful fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became an established fashion and fine art photographer. Miller is best known for her work as a correspondent for Voguemagazine during World War II, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.

    Alt-J's 2011 song "Taro" is about two other mid-20th century war photographers, Gerda Taro and Robert Capa. That track deals with Taro and Capa's deaths in their line of work.

    Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – May 19, 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Her charms caused the English king to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and declare his independence from Rome. Over the centuries, she has inspired, or been mentioned, in many artistic works including popular songs by Ursula Greville, Stanley Holloway and McFly.

    When writing the song, the Alt-J threesome imagined what historical figure they would go on a date with. We know that Joe Newman chose Lee Miller and Gus Unger-Hamilton went for Anne Boleyn. However drummer Thom Green's choice of the poet Sylvia Plath didn't make it into the lyrics.

    The video was directed by LA-based Young Replicant who Alt-J had previously worked with on the clip for "3WW", and was choreographed by Darcy Wallace. The visual features three woman dancing around an apocalyptic bunker, each representing aspects of the trio's historical crushes.

    "Darcy took the lyrics first and choreographed it after researching each character," Newman explained. "She looked at Lee Miller's photos and the Tudor style and famed beheading of Anne Boleyn. She did her research and she came up with this beautiful, collaged choreography that we then took to Alex who worked out a story to go around the dancing."

    From songfacts.com, you're welcome.

  79. H.... M....

    3:56 Sylvia <3

  80. J.... D....

    Why does this look like it was filmed in the building that the Nazi's did their occult rituals? I like it

  81. M.... ....

    I want to dance like this

  82. b.... t....

    უსექსესსსი 🤯

  83. z.... ....

    Lee Miller, that one makes me cry.

  84. v.... 0....

    Now that i understand what this song is about...it makes the song even more better

  85. B.... M....

    My deadcrush is Marilyn Monroe

  86. K.... ....

    This reminds me so much of "I'll Keep Coming by Low Roar"... Strongly suggest that if you like this!

  87. M.... C....

    Video like Russia, stand up from shhiiittt? Fkn VVP dance, fkn soldier of death dance with death...Red star.... star of the death.... evil fk. GOOD CLIP!! Yee

  88. r.... Z....

    btw this is a jojo reference

  89. J.... T....

    This is the dopest concept for a track and video

  90. w.... ....

    who the hell directed this you should be out making movies holy shit

  91. v.... i....

    omg 2:03 was so creepy lol