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hi. so, first, i want to say… there are two songs on our new DIIV album, “is the is are” with a person’s name attached to them… which doesn’t rly mean there are two songs ABOUT these two people, as much as they may partially be, it just means that in my head, there’s something about that person that I just can’t disconnect from the song. grant is one person. roi (pronounced row-EE) is the other. you likely don’t know them. or maybe you do? needless to say, i love them both with all my heart. roi’s song, aka “bent”, used to make me feel sad, lonely, and terrified… but circumstances have changed, and now the song makes me smile… laugh even. the primary struggle of this song now exists (hopefully forever) in the past. roi’s song isn’t really ABOUT roi, just as grant’s song isn’t about grant. roi’s song is about a lot of people, including myself, and our struggles along the path to clarity, sanity, and sobriety. roi’s song is also the second public taste of our new album… dopamine was the first. dopamine was an extension/exploration of the sounds we explored on “Oshin”, reimagined. roi’s song extends the sounds further… it removes the vocal reverb that has graced all our previous output, it places lyrical content at the forefront, and it starts to hint at the more diverse sonic palette that defines “is the is are”… it is a diverse record, it is a happy record, a sad record, a happysad, sadhappy, mad, glad, quiet, mad, dark, glad, poppy, fast, slow, heavy, fast, peaceful, angry, chaotic, beautiful, lost/found, ugly, dry, wet, fuck, fast, dead, heartbroken, in love, loud, quiet, loud, loudquiet, quietloud, happy, mad, quiet, fuck, and loud record. please like it. please love it. do you love me? DIIV is the real me. fuck, xo cole
lyrics:
i saw you with a very lose grip on yr tight ship
and i left you with a very big mess then i watched it progress
took a little time for your trip but i saw you starting to slip
+ you always kept your eyes on any little hiding spot that u had forgot
i saw you after a decent spell in a private hell
and i told you i hope i live a thousand lives, and hope i live them well
fought my mind to keep my life, but my body’s putting up a tougher fight
yeah if it feels wrong, go on along
but once it feels right then YOU JUST LOST the FIGHT
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i saw you with a very lose grip on yr tight ship
i lost you when you said one hit couldn’t hurt a bit
took a little time for your trip but i saw you starting to slip
cuz you always kept your eyes on any little hiding spot that u had forgot
i can’t shake the terror of my life fleeting, minute by minute,
even when i can’t imagine another day waking up in it
fought my mind to keep my life, but my body’s putting up a tougher fight
yeah if it feels wrong, go on along
but once it feels right then YOU JUST LOST the FIGHT
