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Tender Night

by Foreign Diplomats

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Tender night is about writing Tender Night. It’s about my father telling me that I’ve gotten lazy in my song writing. I wrote the music after listening to a lot of Dirty Projectors and a lot of Animal Collective. I changed the lyrics so many times, the theme of the song became about the stress of trying too hard to reach the right lyrics and about wanting to leave everything and go to the zoo or the waterpark or something.

lyrics

Tell me I’m lazy
Make me think as I go back to sleep
Questioning
The value of original ideas
But I’m falling apart
And I can understand why
You want the return of the queen
I’m drifting away
Drifting away
Drifting away
Forgetting names
Losing face
And my crumbling faith

Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight
Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight

Go back
Running in place, make all your pears wait
Go back
Soaking up in the slick lives of strangers
Go back
Amalgamating, consuming

Go back
Adding too much
Add three, add another one
Take me, take another one
Watch me lure your heart in

Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight
Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight

Disappear in the cold of the light
‘Cause it is too much at the same time
Disappear in the cold of the light
It’s always too much at the same time

Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight
Tender night
I want you for myself
Hold me tight

credits

released September 28, 2018
Recorded in Montreal, April 2018
Words and music by Élie Raymond
Arranged by Foreign Diplomats
Produced by Ryan Battistuzzi and Foreign Diplomats
Mixed by Ryan Battistuzzi
Mastered by Richard Addison
Thom F. Bruneau: Trombone, Prophet 600, Moog Sub Phatty, Casio CZ-101, MPC 500, vocals
Tony L. Roy: Bass, Moog Sub Phatty, vocals
Charles Primeau: Guitar, vocals
Élie Raymond: Guitar, acoustic guitar, Casio CZ-101, Prophet 600, vocals
Lazer Vallières: Drums, percussion

Cover Artwork:
Photo: Jerry Pigeon
Layout: Guillaume Lavallée

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