Delirium

Album: case/lang/veirs (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • Case/lang/veirs is a collaborative record between singer-songwriters Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs. This swampy, torchy song takes place in bed with the trio wondering if their lover is dreaming of them.
  • The song originated in July 2013 when Veirs and Lang were struggling to come up with something in Veirs' backyard studio. "We didn't know what to write about, so we took a walk to get a coffee or a green smoothie or something," Veirs recalled to Uncut magazine. "We walked past a salespoint for fireworks. There were all these cool names and one was Delirium." After returning to Veirs' house they wrote the bones of the song. About a year later, Case took up the song, altered some of the words and made it a three-part collaboration.

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