Multi-slash artist Gallant drops his first new track in more than a year and it’s a doozy.  Featuring the singer giving some Prince-esque falsetto, he sings a beautifully powerful ballad about someone who loves him so good that they turn everything upside down.  The way that the lyrics are constructed are perfect with strong imagery that doesn’t handhold the listener about their meaning and lets them work it out for themselves.  The production has a strong, pulsing vibe to it and Gallant rides it expertly, adding some incredible adlibs throughout but especially towards the end of the track.  While we have a little bit of an issue with the last few seconds of the song (the mechanical pulse added to Gallant’s voice when it hadn’t been there for the rest of the track takes away a little something from the mood), we think this is something that we will be bringing ourselves back to over and over again.

The lyrics come from Gallant’s SoundCloud page for this track.

Lyrics:
if im drowning wont you take me to the waterfall?
lay stones in front of those banks
and keep me underwater til im breathing
throw me in the fire til im frozen
teach me til i dont know what im doing

why dont we open up sometime?
sell me that gold in your veins
i want your fortress next to mine
every nightmare on your plate
can i trust that you wont mind
my sanity slipping away?
why dont we open up?

if youre thirsty, let me lead you to the maranjab–
plant trees in spite of those rays
and leave you in the sun until youre soaking
throw you in the fire til youre frozen
teach you til you dont know what you do

lets be the last ones