Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Melting of the Sun - St. Vincent

Lagu tersebut diproduseri olehnya bersama Jack Antonoff dan dirilis pada 2021 melalui Loma Vista Recordings.

“The Melting of the Sun” dimuat dalam album studi keenam St. Vincent yang bertajuk Daddy’s Home.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Melting of the Sun” dari St. Vincent:

[Intro]
Bb Dm A7 Cm7/F
Bb D7 A7 Eb

[Verse 1]
Gm Dm     Fm              C/E
So sorry, missed the party
Eb                   Bb                        F
Hello, on the dark side of the moon
Bb     Dm       Fm               C/E
Jane lost it, crashed her corvette
Eb                 Bb          F
Ran into the tide in Malibu

[Pre-Chorus 1]
        Gm  F    Eb    Bb/D Cm
And we all heard the gun
      Bb                    D7
But I was slow to run

[Chorus]
D                                         Gm
It's just the melting of the sun
       Gm/D      Ab
(It's just the sun)
              C/E                          Eb
I wanna watch you watch it burn
       Bb            F
(So watch it burn)

[Verse 2]
Gm    Dm   Fm         C/E
Saint Joni ain't no phony
Eb                              Bb                     F
Smoking reds where Furry sang the blues
Gm Dm        Ab            C
My Marilyn shot her heroin
Eb                             Bb                Fsus    F
"Hell," she said, "It's better than abuse"

[Pre-Chorus 2]
     Gm         F Eb  Bb/D   Cm
So who am I trying to be?
    Bb                     D7
A benzo beauty queen?

[Chorus]
D                                        Eb
It's just the melting of the sun
                     Bb
(It's just the sun)
                                             Eb
I wanna watch you watch it burn
                    Bbmaj7
(So watch it burn)
                                                    Eb
We always knew this day would come
                       Bb
(The day has come)
                                          D7
It's just the melting of the sun

[Interlude]
Bb Dm A7 Cm7/F
Bb D7 A7 Eb Eb

[Breakdown Verse]
Gm     Dm    Fm         C/E
Brave Tori told her story
Eb                       Bb                           F
Police said they couldn't catch the man
Gm      Dm    Ab       C/E
Proud Nina got subpoenaed
Eb                     Bb                 F
Singing "Mississippi good goddamn"

[Breakdown Pre-Chorus]
      Gm   F    Eb Bb/D Cm
But me, I never cried
      Bb                     D7
To tell the truth, I lied

[Outro]
Bb            F                           Dm
Girl, the world's spinning 'round
                A7                       Cm    Bb
Spinning down and out of time
Bb                                D7
Girl, you can't give in now
                     A7                 Cm7/F
When you're down, down and out
Bb                                      D7
Girl, the world's spinning 'round
                A7                       Cm   Bb
Spinning down and out of time
Bb                               D7
Girl, you can't give in now
                     A7                        Cm7/F
When you're down, down and out