Perfecto Miserable

Album: Man Alive! (2020)
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Songfacts®:

  • Archy Marshall, aka King Krule, became a father for the first time when Marina Marshall was born to him and photographer Charlotte on March 14, 2019. Though Marshall is enjoying family life, this is a desperate love song. It begins with a recording of a ringing phone going to voicemail - Marshall trying to reach someone who is clearly not there or not picking up. What follows are his fears of struggling with dark thoughts when he's not with them.

    Another lonely night
    You're my everything
    You make me feel alright
    You're the only thing
    You make me feel alright


    "Yeah that's a tough one really," he told Q magazine. "I wrote it in one night and I wasn't having a good time."

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