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"Lover to Lover" is the sixth track and single from Florence and the Machine’s sophomore album, Ceremonials.
Background[]
This song was inspired by '60s Soul numbers such as "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." She explained to Mojo magazine: "It's me saying, 'I want to make a song just like this.' I was listening to lots of Marvin Gaye and lots of Otis Redding, and 'Lover To Lover' was me wanting to make a song I could imagine a male Soul singer doing. I was listening to a lot of Sam and Dave, as well."
Lyrics[]
I've been losin' sleep
I've been keepin' myself awake
I've been wandering the streets
For days and days and days
Going from road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
And black to red
But I believe
I believe
There's no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
But that's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
And I've been taking chances
I've been setting myself up for the fall
And I've been keeping secrets
From my heart and from my soul
Going from road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
And black to red
But I believe
I believe
There's no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
But that's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
Road to road
Bed to bed
And lover to lover
And black to red
And road to road
Bed to bed
And lover to lover
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
But that's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
Road to road
Bed to bed
And lover to lover
And black to red
And road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
To lover, to lover
To lover, to lover
To lover, to lover
To lover, to lover
To lover, to lover
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
Music video[]
A music video to accompany the release of Lover to Lover was first released onto YouTube on November 19, 2012 at a total length of four minutes and twenty seconds. The video stars Welch alongside Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn and was directed by Vincent Haycock, who previously worked with the band when he directed the music video for Calvin Harris's single, "Sweet Nothing."[1]
Critical reception[]
"Lover to Lover" received acclaim from music critics. In a review of Ceremonials, Allison Fitts of Dart News Online praised the song, calling it "one of the most unique [songs] on Ceremonials" and saying, "'Lover to Lover' is basically what the band would have sounded like 50 years ago", and compared it to the works of Fitz & the Tantrums. American magazines Rolling Stone and Billboard, in their reviews of the album, compared the song to the work of Adele.
References[]
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| Tour • Merch • Photoshoot • Producers | |
| Discography | |
| Releases | Ceremonials |
| Tracklist | Only If for a Night • Shake It Out • What the Water Gave Me • Never Let Me Go • Breaking Down • Lover to Lover • No Light, No Light • Seven Devils • Heartlines • Spectrum • All This and Heaven Too • Leave My Body |
| Deluxe | Spectrum (Say My Name) • Breath of Life • Take Care (BBC Live at Maida Vale) • Remain Nameless • Strangeness and Charm • Bedroom Hymns • What the Water Gave Me (demo) • Landscape (Demo) • Heartlines (acoustic) • Shake It Out (acoustic) • Breaking Down (acoustic) • What the Water Gave Me (acoustic) |
| Extra Releases | Sweet Nothing • Over the Love • Midnight • I Come Apart |
| Other Eras | |
| Lungs • Ceremonials • How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful • High As Hope • Dance Fever | |