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A live special Sheroes presentation, of Big Thief Live from Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY - watch the full session & interview with Carmel Holt here: 'Simulation Swarm' is taken from Big Thief's 2022 album 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You', out now via 4AD: Find all upcoming tour dates here: Filmed & Recorded on location at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock NY Sponsored by 4AD & Beggars Group Produced by Ellena Osis, Carmel Holt & Marisa Gesualdi Video by Slopehouse Cinematography by Adam Gundersheimer Camera Operators: Adam Gundersheimer, V Haddad, Matt Phillips, Dino Davaros Performances Edited by V Haddad, with additional editing by Adam Gundersheimer Engineered and Mixed by Alice Wilder Mastered by Philip Weinrobe Interview Mixing Engineer and Video Editor: Marisa Gesualdi Interview Editor: Carmel Holt Studio Production: Brendan McDonough Studio Manager: Drew Frankel Studio Operations: Christy Newman Lyrics: I tried to tell you, Didn’t know how to stay You believe she can see through Cutting at the silent clay A relief, beckon deep blue Fettered in the magnet sun Eat the gun as it feeds you Spitting up the oxygen Once again Once again, Empty horses Gallop through the violet door Follow red, crooked courses Shadows on the moonlit floor O my stars Winged creatures gathering in silken height Like the last human teachers Once again, We must bleed new Even as the hours shake Crystal blood like a dream true A ripple in the wound and wake You believe, I believe too That you are the river of light Who I love that I cling to In the belly of the empty night From the 31st floor Of the simulation swarm With the drone of fluorescence Flicker, fever, fill the form With a warm gush Now I wanna touch Like we never could before I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not Fighting in this war I wanna drop my arms and take your arms And walk you to the shore I remember building an energy shield In your room, like a temple, Swallows in the windless field Very thin, with your mother Tall as a pale green tree Very wild, bright as winter Rising with a prism key And a child to deliver Tangled in the blood and vine The first little angel Little Andy, soft in your newborn skin Only one, little Andy, will you return again I believe we can renew And you could be my brother Once again, fall asleep with our backs against each other You believe, I believe too That you are the river of light who I love That I sing to in the belly of the empty night From the 31st floor Of the simulation swarm With the drone of fluorescence Flicker, fever, fill the form With a warm gush Now I wanna touch Like we never could before I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not Fighting in this war I wanna drop my arms and take your arms And walk you to the shore I’d fly to you tomorrow I’m not Fighting in this war I wanna drop my arms And take your arms
