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The Sun Will Fool You

from High Times in the Dark by The Claudettes

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THE SUN WILL FOOL YOU
This is a song about people who are the life of the party, with radiant smiles in public, bottomless charisma and charm--but a coldness known only by those closest to them. We all have our moments of being willfully cold and distant to those we are supposed to love, and it can be crueler than outright abuse. We can cause the slow, icy death of the spirit by savagely withholding our warmth. The music video was created by award-winning Metalocalypse animator Daniel Vincent Bigelow and his longtime artistic partner Talon Nightshade. The hand-drawn illustrations and computer animation took more than a year to complete.

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The sun will fool you
That's how you are
I get accustomed to your warmth
Then on the coldest days
You're there, you're right there
But I feel nothing from you
And I shiver and my eyes water
We have to revolve around someone
It's you, it's always you
So, why, on the coldest days, do you look down on me?
You do look down on me
And I'm cold, with no comfort from you
But you're there
I can't really feel you, but you're right there
If you weren't
I'd collapse and disappear in the dark
You must be giving off just enough warmth
To keep me clinging to life
Around you
The sun will fool you
That's how you are
You look the part, they think of you as warm
And I remember our days at the beach
But it's cold now, and you're right here, but I don't feel you
The sun will fool you
It looks down at me
It blinds me like it's hot
It reminds me how it feels to be warm
But I shiver and my eyes water
You look so warm
People think of you as warm
But the sun will fool you
And the wind will chill you to the bone
As the sun looks down
Too far away to help you now

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from High Times in the Dark, released April 3, 2020

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The Claudettes Chicago, Illinois

The Claudettes stare down dark personal and national moods, seizing high times on the road and on their best album yet. Piano is still the core of the Claudettes' music, but Berit Ulseth's sublime vocals steal the spotlight on the band's fifth release. Produced by Grammy winner Ted Hutt, this richly atmospheric album conjures images of Julie London and Allen Toussaint in a '60s hot-rod band. ... more

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