I Contain Multitudes

Verse 1
I walk through fire just to chase the rain,
Whisper truth, then lie again.
I'm the preacher and the heretic,
The holy book and the heretic's trick.
I say I won’t, but then I do—
Don’t look for logic, I’m just passing through.

Pre-Chorus
I’m not broken, I’m just wide—
A thousand voices deep inside.

Verse 2
I loved you and I walked away,
I begged for night, then prayed for day.
I'm soft as silk, I’m hard as stone,
A crowded house that stands alone.
Don’t try to pin me to one name,
I’m changing every time you say it’s the same.

Pre-Chorus
You can’t cage what never hides—
I live on both the wrong and right sides.

Chorus
From chaos to the calm, 
from crimson to blue,
I’m the echo, I’m the spark, 
I’m the old and the new—
Every fire, every fuse—
But that’s the path I choose.
Do I contradict myself? I surely do.
I contain multitudes.

Verse 3
I’m thunder rolling in a lullaby,
A laugh that ends in a cry.
I’m the dream and the doubt, the whisper and shout—
The silence you can't figure out.
So let me be messy, let me be wide,
I’m not one thing—I’m all I hide.

Pre-Chorus
I’m not broken, I’m just wide—
A thousand voices deep inside.

Chorus
From chaos to calm, 
from crimson to blue,
I’m the echo, I’m the spark, 
I’m the old and the new—
Every fire, every fuse—
that’s the path I choose.
Do I contradict myself? I surely do.
I contain multitudes.

I Contain Multitudes

A Man Left Behind

intro instrumental]

Some things come to teach us
how to face the truth —
even when it breaks our hearts.

[ ref]
Some moments come to show us
the light that still shines through,
even when the sky is dark.

Some troubles teach us gently
how tears can carry worth —
from dreams fulfilled
[ bridge]
to dreams that fall apart.

[ instrumental intermezzo]

[ ref]
Some moments come to show us
the light that still shines through,
even when the sky is dark.

And in the end,
the morning sun returns again —
reminding us with every ray:

[ bridge]
“You can always start anew.”

[ instrumental outro ]

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"Brooklyn's Russian Baths released their debut album back in 2019. A year later, they've returned to album standout "Responder" for an entirely new "Night" version of the song. Where the original is a dark, driving rock song, the new take is haunted, twinkling like the midnight sky, with skittering drums, melancholy piano and an open road's worth of atmosphere." ~ BrooklynVegan

Striving to control others (emotions, desire, behaviors) corrupts. This seems like a chronic symptom of the worst in masculinity.

A responder talks back, but does it listen? Not equipped with the tools to be vulnerable, one voice denies reality, refuses to connect, exerts more control, idolizing restraint ("the way I held every face card") and admonishing its counterpart ("you way you scolded me"). With denial (to self and other), all's bound to collapse. Both know it will happen. Neither wants it.

I guess it's also an exploration of the big 80s breakup love ballads of the Patty Smyth featuring Don Henley variation, but the dark sexual politics of the heartbreak are more explicit. This is the night version.

I was listening to a lot of the xx and Sinead O'Connor when we wrote it and when re-recording it, I was listening to PJ Harvey almost exclusively. I wonder if this bleeds into the atmosphere.
credits
released February 5, 2021
Russian Baths are Jess Rees & Luke Koz

Keys ~ Jade Shames
Drums ~ Daniel Gallardo

Mixed by James Frazee

Russian Baths - "Responder (Night)"

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from the forthcoming album 'SECONDS'.

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pbWM5UOoE

Bandcamp - https://thedeathofpop.bandcamp.com/

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Produced by: The Death of Pop - Mastered by Rik Dowding 
Drums: Thom James

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