Someone You'd Admire Lyrics
Fleet Foxes
Lyrics
After all is said and done I feel the same
All that I hoped would change within me stayed
Like a huddled moon-lit exile on the shore
Warming his hands, a thousand years ago
I walk with others in me yearning to get out
Claw at my skin and gnash their teeth and shout
One of them wants only to be someone you'd admire
One would as soon just throw you on the fire
After all is said and after all is done
God only knows which of them I'll become
Song & Lyrics Facts
Fleet Foxes' "Someone You'd Admire" is a single from their fourth studio album, Shore, released on September 22nd 2020. The track was written by the band's frontman Robin Pecknold and was produced by Jonathan Rado of Foxygen.
It features harmonies between Pecknold, bassist Christian Wargo, guitarists Skyler Skjelset and Casey Wescott, keyboardist Morgan Henderson, drummer Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty) and vocalist Uwade Akhere. The lyrics center around Pecknold's admiration for someone he loves, as he sings "I know you are so much more than I can say/But if I could find the words I'd give them to you today". With its lush instrumental arrangements and layered vocals, "Someone You'd Admire" is one of Fleet Foxes' most stunning tracks to date.