Lay Me Down - Stream with Review and Lyrics

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I didn't expect to neglect this blog for so many months but I've been busy trying to sort my life out and am regularly daunted by the mountain of stuff I still have to watch and review. Maybe I'll just draw a line under it seeing we have new music to get into. Here's Avicii's new song Lay Me Down with Adam on vocals and Nile Rodgers on Guitar:



There's no messing around here; a thumping four on the floor start with some signature Nile Rodgers funk guitar licks make the intro to this tune instantly recognisable.

Highly distorted vocals are gradually introduced, so mangled they could belong to anything from me singing whilst drunk to a hamster on helium. Then the bassline... wow. The wicked wicked bassline. It's irresistibly fast and funky with rapid changes that whoop your arse into gear.

A pause in the beat with a delightfully cheeky lick lays down the foundation for Adam's vocals to come in. No hamsters here and very little meddling. Breathy, laid back, echoey, deep and punctuated by a delicious amount of coarseness in places like “life” and “damn”, it's an absolute joy. The style is different to what we've been accustomed, but the departure is a welcome one. His voice is the soul of the tune, confiding in the verses, then big and belty when needed to lift it to euphoric levels for the dancefloor.

The chorus has layers of backing vocals and an unapologetically cheesy organ-synth, the sound of which I find whiny and annoying. Another niggle is when Adam crams lots of words into a small space a la Aftermath: “Anytime anybody” but here it's “Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one”. I guess I just feel inadequate when I can't keep up with the singing. The lyrics aren't particularly deep, basically saying "Fuck it! And fuck me!" which is fine by me as it's a song for good times. The end of the tune is a little surprising with Adam going softly up to his falsetto and an abrupt end.

Despite the negatives, I do rate this song, it's so addictive and never fails to get me moving. The combination of Adam's voice, the bass and the funk really hit the spot. I love love love the guitar solo parts, which are made of absolute win. Adam and Nile should just write shit together all the time and I would buy it, dance to it and worship it.

Here are the lyrics as far as I can make out:

I've been weak
Things get tough
Sometimes my knees can barely hold me up
I'm no fool
But it's said
You gotta walk a mile to get outta my head

Going In
Tasty luck
Take a little bit and baby don't you give up
Get your life
Give a damn
You gotta make a move to show me where we can stand

Lay me down in darkness
Tell me what you see
Love is where the heart is
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Come on
Lay me down in darkness
Tell me what you see
Love is where the heart is
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need

Come on
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need

I got the time it'll be alright yeah
I got the time that you need yeah

We all bleed
Bleed the same
If you get the picture leave it out of the frame
In the now
Take a chance
Make a mess and don't forget that life is a dance

Going in
Tasty luck
Take a little bit and baby don't you give up
Get your life
Give a damn
You gotta make a move to show me where we can stand

Lay me down in darkness
Tell me what you see
Love is where the heart is
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Come on
Lay me down in darkness
Tell me what you see
Love is where the heart is
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need

Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need
Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need

Show me baby baby tell me that you need yeah

I got the time it'll be alright yeah
I got the time that you need

Come on

Lay me down in darkness