St. Vincent - The Power's Out (Official Audio)

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Lyrics:
monday morning subway station pushers pushing racers racing came the message on the station the power’s out across the nation
and ladies and gentleman it seems we’ve got a problem the man on my screen said just as somebody shot him
and the mothers gasped the children cried almost could not believe my eyes
the power’s out and no one can save us no one can blame us now
that the power’s out
it was pouring like a movie every stranger looked like they knew me handsome cowboys praying gothic said I just remembered being happy
and “ladies and gentleman do remember me smiling” the queer on the train said as she jumped off the platform
and some blind folks held the police crying I swear to you I would not lie
the power’s out
the power’s out and no one can save us no one can blame us now
that the power’s out
that’s why I never came home
#stvincent #thepowersout #allbornscreaming
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[@natalia499]

Best song on the album that is already magnificent in its entirety.

[@abraham3673]

this is one of the most haunting songs i’ve ever heard. the subject matter and structure clearly reference five years by david bowie, but modernized. sonically feels like beach house mixed with joy division, or even cocteau twins. the dream pop/gothic influence is heavy, but it’s still distinctly st. vincent. thank you for such incredible music, annie. all born screaming is easily already one of the best albums of 2024.

[@michaelkonomos]

Yeah that’s a great catch. Totally nail it with Five Years. I wouldn’t have thought of that but I totally hear it with the opening beat and the story she is telling.

[@ksiMacro]

It's also kinda Portishead : )

[@jonh2179]

She really captured the feeling of living in these times we are in as a young person, being in the throws of all this crazy shit. Beautiful work Annie!

[@TheVideoChatter]

This is certainly the album's highlight. It sounds so bright sonically, but lyrically, it provides such a somber account of current times

[@Callmestar168]

This new album is making me so happy today.

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

Top 3 track on the album for me

[@BIZARBIES]

We got 5 years, stuck on my eyes...

[@wikaela9822]

omg THAT’S what it reminded me of!!!

[@Whuditlooklike]

LYRICAL PARALLELS - Monday morning, subway station, pushers pushing, racers racing // Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing - Came the message on the station, "The power's out across the nation" // News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in - "Ladies and gentleman it seems we've got a problem" the man on my screen said // News guy wept and told us Earth was really dying - And the mothers gasped, the children cried // Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying - Almost could not believe my eyes // My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare - It was pouring like a movie, every stranger looked like they knew me // And it was cold and it rained, so I felt like an actor - Handsome cowboys praying Gothic // A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest - And "Ladies and gentleman, do remember me smiling" // Smiling and waving and looking so fine - The queer on the train said as she jumped off the platform // And a queer threw up at the sight of that - I swear to you I would not lie // Then I knew he was not lying - No one can save us now // 5 years, that's all we've got edit: formatting

[@sc5350]

Yep.

[@florence5500]

Best song in the album by far

[@tarynolyvia]

NEW ST. VINCENT ALBUM IS FINALLY HERE! Thank you, Annie!

[@ChrisKotra]

Didn’t understand this track on my first couple of listens despite finding it haunting. Then it clicked and I just love it.

[@spaacefaace]

"it was pouring like a movie, every stranger looked like they knew me..." "and it was cold, and it rained, so I felt like an actor..." ("the power's out" / "five years")

[@pantalaemon]

the drum beat at the beginning is also a (digitized-sounding) callback to the opening drums of Five Years

[@fjodorgarrincha6584]

Am I the only one to recall Brian Eno's first Albums listening to these songs ?

[@ianbrown3304]

Yes. Go back and listen to them again.

[@thelargge]

The songwriting and the pace reminds me of late Bowie.

[@fjodorgarrincha6584]

I love this song especially !

[@brandonneth7707]

far and away my favorite. absolutely haunting.

[@73kdt]

Watched your interview with Zane the other day. Absolutely love your take on Goyas “Black Painting” and the music is 🖤

[@audrac7677]

My reward for staying up too late ❤

[@gefthetalkingmongoose]

Reminds me of the early albums which is the highest compliment I can give

[@ValentinaZiliani]

highlight of the album

[@horstpollak1297]

Her best Album ❤

[@BatPotatoes]

Annie knows we love the bummer tracks at the end of all the records, so All Born Screaming is "Oops! All bummers!" This must be the sequel to Fear the Future

[@adjective73]

This is the perfect way to put it. I absolutely love the album and it has such a sense of... foreboding, longing, loss, regret, sadness, bittersweet, haunting. Like we're all holding hands watching the mushroom cloud expand.

[@LeBeautiful]

I’m scared but in awe at the same time

[@ianbrown3304]

You know its only music right?

[@riboxrecords]

Fabulous !

[@73kdt]

I love this song…

[@ianbrown3304]

Did I hear this album thirty years ago?

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🎧▶🎶⚡

[@EDP2000]

New St. Vincent track drops the day I first discover? I’m here for it

[@breanabojorquez1845]

You’re just in time, the album came out rn!!

[@roymantic1833]

welcome!! very excited for you to delve into her music. Shes amazing

[@johnhenderson5564]

Comment so the algorithm can pick this great song up better

[@lisaannehill]

That's why... I neverrr came home

[@barbierash2137]

great, predective programming music....clever U R!!!

[@robertcarolinar]

♥️♥️♥️

[@julyanomauro]

eu te amo tanto 🧡

[@starchild2727]

⚡️

[@JustZox]

Thanks for the shoutout Annie❤

[@AsadDelRey]

I made a Civil War movie edit to this song! It’s on my instagram. Same username. This song instantly reminded me of the movie.

[@The_Real_Zeliboba]

So I’m currently having a severe depersonalization-derealization episode and this song is really something that brings me back on the ground and keeps me relatively sane

[@Kerogas_]

Bowie’s Five Years beat

[@thelargge]

@kerogas_ I'd say her work is very much Bowie-like

[@nancykillsyou]

Also about an apocalypse. 👍🏼

[@ianbrown3304]

Eh Bowie didnt do "beats" on 5 Years. We used to call it a rhythm section.

[@catherinecoleman2235]

The spiritual successor to Fear the Future, like Daddy’s Home follows up on Year of the Tiger.

[@hernanknack4424]

Un aura Portishead, PJ Harvey. Me gusta

[@bodelaire6395]

Portishead and PJ are so much better.. can’t compare them to this music.

[@michaelbeard8503]

I missed this version of you.

[@carlobustamante7999]

Gotta check her new stuff out!!!! totally lost track of her after the snore-fest "daddy's home" was

[@fernandosantiago9144]

esta canción me hace llorar, es hermosa y estoy profundamente obsesionado con ella, me tomó dos semanas digerirla pero ahora la comprendo y la amo 😍😭😭😭😭😭 / this song makes me cry, so beautiful and i'm super obsessed, it takes me 2 weeks understand it and now i'm in love with this incredible song 😍😭😭😭😭😭

[@robertfsullivan1756]

Peace Love Cool

[@sharonofroses]

What is it about Annie that makes me hear Bowie❤❤❤

[@heriette]

how does this have less than 1K views? people have no taste fr

[@JP-ve7or]

It. Literally. Just dropped. Today.

[@aplyrin]

Hang on me's little sister

[@jameswhite1319]

👍

[@rickvongottberg8661]

Come back …

[@jeffchicao]

03:37 - Aerosmith - Crazy

[@nottheagainagain8410]

5 years left for trying.... Nice

[@s4mo3000]

power should come in more dynamic......

[@mystiquesquared]

I got a little left just in case.

[@bodelaire6395]

😴

[@TheBeezusjones]

Yeah i've tried to like her voice but I can't. Lol

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

Not all humans are blessed with taste. Stick with Ed Sheeran, he is more you speed😂😂

[@matthewmaki]

I have a song called “Annie Clark” if anyone is remotely interested you can find it on my channel. It is the only song I’ve recorded that I listen to because I actually enjoy it.

[@jacobprince6602]

This drags but it’s giving Kate bush so I’ll allow it

[@hamptoonythecat2171]

It neither drags nor gives Kate Bush !!

[@jacobprince6602]

@@hamptoonythecat2171we can’t agree on anything can we

[@hamptoonythecat2171]

@@jacobprince6602I guess not 🙊

[@willowufgood261]

Go drag a bush I’ll allow it

[@ianbrown3304]

Its fine , nice enough or pleasant. A bit woozy which is good. Not new but ok.