James Vincent McMorrow & The Theodora Byrne Ensemble - The Less I Knew

A beating heart gets thrown out of a car in the dark
I find it and I check it for scars and make sure it's clean
Then I go back inside
'Cause there's nothing for us here in the night
Just a helicopter buzzing nearby, ruining my sleep
And I can feel a strong vibration when I look at you, you
Everybody knows my failures, well I know theirs too, too
So is this what it takes?
What it takes to be impossibly great?
'Cause if it is then I think maybe the less, the less
The less I knew the better
Please just be kind when I drag myself out on through the line
'Cause in the end I think that maybe the less, the less
The less I knew the better
Now that heart and me
At first we get on so splendidly
And we called you but you never seemed free
So we just drove around for a while
But then the poetry of silence
It has this way of catching me and that heart
And it rises to tell us that all of this is grief and everything we love is a shame
So I open up my window and I throw that heart through, through
Now everybody knows my failures, but I know theirs too, too
So is this what it takes?
What it takes to be supposedly great?
'Cause if it is then I think maybe the less, the less
The less I knew the better
Please just be kind when I drag myself out onto the night
'Cause in the end I think that maybe the less, the less
The less I knew the better
The less I knew the better
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

[@nicobucci3465]

You deserve the huge stages on this planet. I Follow you since your beginning and you always wrote and produced little huge diamonds. Thanks

[@ga_s6]

Right? I love his songs since 2014, I couldn't agree more.

[@sarahp3228]

Your voice is magical. The emotion is huge and pure. I'm in another universe listening to your music. Thank you!

[@averagelistener.]

Why do I get chills anytime I listen to you? 🥺

[@rasiaksnaps9399]

Amazing! Really looking forward to the new album... One of those songs that makes you come back to James Vincent McMorrow all over again!

[@FrankMalaba]

❤️‍🩹
What a soul!
When I listen to most of your compositions I can almost touch your words. Thank you for being here.

[@cg021199]

So grateful you are in this world making music. Astounding always. Not many artists can put this much vulnerability into their work.

[@theradc]

"The poetry of silence"

[@ZuzuOfficial]

Had this song on repeat since it came out. What a Phenomenal performance! I can’t deal! 😭✨

[@TheLily888]

Amazing 😌💖

[@winnierecordsherself]

love this song so muchhhh

[@kentborges5114]

WHAT A GREAT SONG JAMES !

[@philouphil7877]

J'adore ❤❤❤ un vrai délice ❤❤❤

[@sophiamcnamara9851]

Stunning and sang with such hearth beautiful.

[@TheCreativesUK]

Amazing track. The album will be very strong with this intro record.

[@elizabethfaith5064]

Beautiful

[@boshowcommunity]

You are the best ❤️

[@mariafurlong6994]

Heavenly voices, beautiful 😻

[@sutp0t]

Great performance. First time hearing this

[@paulblack18]

Thank You McM 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@federicameurisse9624]

❤️

[@7heavenlyvirtues]

👍

[@Norimraz]

I want to listen mellow yellow’s song. How could I listen it?

[@justinmoffatt1972]

Go hálainn ar fad !

[@Isakovian]

Wish the mixing was a bit better, this would've sounded magical