Y K M
FEiN co-write from a dark place: you'll never see me again: social alien, abusive kindness, locked in orbit; you know me; come to the binding.
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ISRC QZ2QB1900004 (soundexchange)
FEiN single (June 13, 2019), co-written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato. Not on Little Homes (2016); 2019 single cluster with Infant (May), 800,000 (May), Culling (June), and Behave. Title Y K M reads as you know me: last line of the repeating chorus.
Luke has said this one is really tough for him to listen to, that it came from a dark place. Listen when you’re ready.
Disappearance as desire, the contradiction held rather than resolved: you’ll never see me again / I promise set against I want this / my love, my love / you know me. The verses read as wrongness mistaken for clarity, a social alien drifting out of orbit, mimicry and makeover offered in exchange for belonging, the dynamic named plain as abusive kindness.
The outro shifts voice into invitation as capture: come with me to the binding / I will keep you, cult comfort or parent-god, ending on the loneliness question rather than any answer. Heavier than Lucky You (sarcastic rescue) or Little Homes satire, FEiN theatrical pop at self-destruction and control. Pairs with Behave (scripted loyalty) and Infant (misreading, loss).
Written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward (FEiN). Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato.
Lyrics
You'll never see me again I promise I'll disappear in a flash As if I'll ever be done You'll never see me again I want this My love, my love You know me Maybe something's wrong Maybe it's recognition Nobody look to long for nature Social alien Everything as it should not be Maybe I took to long Out of orbit You'll never see me again I promise I'll disappear in a flash As if I'll ever be done You'll never see me again I want this My love, my love You know me I could speak like you Build me a better body Welcome me with abusive kindness Is this what you feel Knowing your place with certainty Maybe I'm far from view Locked in orbit You'll never see me again I promise I'll disappear in a flash As if I'll ever be done You'll never see me again I want this My love, my love You know me Come to me Are you lonely, my beloved child? Come with me to the binding I will keep you Come to me Are you lonely?